Svansý commenced painting with watercolour in 2015 and has attended numerous workshops and courses. Her teachers include Derek Mundell, Lena Gemzøe, Keith Hornblower, Ann Larson Dahlin, Margrét Blöndal, Eygló Harðardóttir, Sigtryggur Bjarni Baldvinsson, Karin Lykke Groth, Michael Solovyev og Vicente Garcia Fuentes.

 

Svansý finds inspiration primarily in Icelandic nature into which she places human skeletons in various positions. Additionally she enjoys working with watercolour on Yupo paper. She is fascinated by the properties of the pigments and water on different substrates.

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Solo exhibition:

2024: Þinghamar Varmalandi, Varmalandsdagar

2023: Deiglan Akureyri, Töfrar vatns og lita

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Group exhibitions:

2024: Gallerí Grótta, sjötta samsýning Vatnslitafélags Íslands: Árstíðir

2024: Gallerí Grásteinn, fjórða samsýning vatnslitahópsins Flæði

2023: Hallsteinssal, Safnahús Borgarfjarðar, 5th exhibition of the Icelandic Watercolour Society: Nuances

2022: Gallerí Göng, 4th group exhibition of the Icelandic Watercolour Society: Flow

2022: Safnahús Borgarfjarðar, MÓÐUR-KONA-MEYJA, 3 generations of women

2022: Hæðargarður, Reykjavík, Exhibition of the watercolour group, Flow

2021: Gallerý Grjót, 3rd group exhibition of the Icelandic Watercolour Society: Changes

2021: Gallerý Grásteinn, 3rd. Exhibition of the watercolour group, Flow

2020: Listasalur Mosfellsbæjar. 2nd group exhibition of the Icelandic Watercolour Society: Contrasts

2020: Skumuskot, Skólavörðustíg. Litka art society

2020: Skúmuskot, Skólavörðustíg. 2nd exhibition of the watercolour group, Flow

2020: Museum House Borgarnes. 1st. Exhibition of the watercolour group, Flow

2018: Hæðagarður, Reykjavík. Group exhibition