Venue: Persons Projects, Lindenstr. 35, Berlin

Persons Projects is privileged to present Kristján Guðmundsson’s exhibition during this year’s Gallery Weekend in Berlin. He is one of the most important conceptual artists to emerge from Iceland. The exhibition extends Guðmundsson's lifelong fascination with the medium of drawing, meticulously reducing the emotional expressiveness of each piece by focusing his attention on the precise nature of the materials used. His work reflects his minimal aesthetic philosophy, resonating with an understated sense of poetry, humor, and pragmatism. This is most evident in his ‘potential drawings,’ which combine graphite rods with paper rolls, reducing the concept of the drawing to its essential components. Complementing these abstract works, Guðmundsson’s graphite typographical symbols—such as hashtags, exclamation marks, and other signs encountered in everyday communication—become the raw material he uses to redefine his visual language.

Artwork: Kristján Guðmundsson, Helvetica Bold (If this is the birth of a picture, then the image is a question), 2025

Venue: Persons Projects, Lindenstr. 35, Berlin

Persons Projects is privileged to present Kristján Guðmundsson’s exhibition during this year’s Gallery Weekend in Berlin. He is one of the most important conceptual artists to emerge from Iceland. The exhibition extends Guðmundsson's lifelong fascination with the medium of drawing, meticulously reducing the emotional expressiveness of each piece by focusing his attention on the precise nature of the materials used. His work reflects his minimal aesthetic philosophy, resonating with an understated sense of poetry, humor, and pragmatism. This is most evident in his ‘potential drawings,’ which combine graphite rods with paper rolls, reducing the concept of the drawing to its essential components. Complementing these abstract works, Guðmundsson’s graphite typographical symbols—such as hashtags, exclamation marks, and other signs encountered in everyday communication—become the raw material he uses to redefine his visual language.

Artwork: Kristján Guðmundsson, Drawing 1, 1989

Venue: Persons Projects, Lindenstr. 35, Berlin

Persons Projects is privileged to present Kristján Guðmundsson’s exhibition during this year’s Gallery Weekend in Berlin. He is one of the most important conceptual artists to emerge from Iceland. The exhibition extends Guðmundsson's lifelong fascination with the medium of drawing, meticulously reducing the emotional expressiveness of each piece by focusing his attention on the precise nature of the materials used. His work reflects his minimal aesthetic philosophy, resonating with an understated sense of poetry, humor, and pragmatism. This is most evident in his ‘potential drawings,’ which combine graphite rods with paper rolls, reducing the concept of the drawing to its essential components. Complementing these abstract works, Guðmundsson’s graphite typographical symbols—such as hashtags, exclamation marks, and other signs encountered in everyday communication—become the raw material he uses to redefine his visual language.

Artwork: Kristján Guðmundsson, Siamese Drawings, 2025