Edda Jóna Gylfadóttir was born and raised in Reykjavík Iceland, 1967. Today she paints and makes ceramics in her studio inspired by everything that goes by in her daily life. That can be Icelandic nature, emotions, people, weather, colors or a texture of a stone. Like most people tend to do when they grow up, she thought it's best to learn something prac-tical. After a journey through life, working and studying and graduating from different schools, she found her place. The art took a space in her soul again. Exhibitions:
-2013 DesignMarch. Concoction in Harpa. Association of Icelandic Product and Industrial Designers, group exhibition.
-2012 DesignMarch. Concoction. Association of Icelandic Product and Industrial Design-ers, group exhibition.
-2012 Recycling Waltz. A group of 9 artists and designers exhibit new designs from recy-cling materials.
-2011 DesignMarch. Kirsuber.
-2011 DesignMarch. Vöruhús. Association of Icelandic Product and Industrial Designers.
-2011 DesignMarch. The Nordic house. Microchips.
-2010 DesignMarch. New design from Lyng. Knifemagnet. Kokka.
-2010 DesignMarch. Skínandi skart. Reflextive jewelleries at Björg í bú studio. Vesturgata 12.
-2010 Christmas exhibition. Allir fá þá eitthvað fallegt.
-2009 Uppgötvaðu Vesturgötuna.
-2009 Graduation exhibition. Icelandic Academy of the Arts at Kjarvalsstaðir.
-2008 Kubburinn. Sýning á afrakstri úr námskeiðinu “Íslensk menning er sérstakur hljómur”.
-2007 “Magma Kvika. Exhibition of contemporary Icelandic design. Kjarvalsstöðum 2007.
-2007 Design festival in Reykjavík. Laugardalshöll. Kolla-stool.

Artist Statement:
“When I paint, I face the canvas without knowing what exactly is going to happen. That is the beauty of it. All kinds of emotions, happy or sad memories or passions slip out of my mind and control the process and create something I have never seen before. When I make ceramics, I am dealing with a totally different material. I must be the controller and I must win the battle with the clay to put it in a desired form”.