About — Patty Spyrakos

Patty Spyrakos is a mixed media sculptor and painter currently living and working in Reykjavik, Iceland. The form her work takes is driven largely by process in relation to experimentation with material, while content is often informed by environmental influences based on place of residency or exhibition location. Her body of work, while reinventing itself per show, also carries underlying themes tied to the evolution of the psyche, and an evaluation of the formation of all manner of bonds between self and society

EXHIBITIONS

2025 In Transit Duo Exhibition, Fantasía at Vinnustofa Kjarval, Reykjavík, Iceland

2025 Hõggó samsýning félagsmanna Myndhöggvarafélagið, Reykjavík, Iceland

2025 Pausing to Confront the Graveness of the Moment Á Milli, Reykjavík, Iceland

2025 Óþekkt alúð/Unknown Benevolence Sláturhúsið, Egilsstaðir, Iceland

2024 Steypa, brauð og jörð Bókumbók, Reykjavík, Iceland

2024 Óþekkt alúð/Unknown Benevolence Hafnarborg Museum, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

2024 Erfið-Leikar Group Exhibition/Curation, Gallery Port, Reykjavík, Iceland

2024 Art Market for Palestine Curator, Á Milli, Reykjavík, Iceland

2023 Margt smátt/Little by Little Harbinger Project Space, Reykjavík, Iceland

2023 Sequences XI Can’t See Gallery Port, Reykjavík, Iceland

2023 Desert Island Solo Exhibition, Gallery Port, Reykjavík, Iceland

2022 Svart tungl dvínar Solo Exhibition, Harbinger Project Space, Reykjavík, Iceland

2022 Báran létt, Miðin Djúp Gallery Gletta, Borgarfjördur Eystri, Iceland

2021 Brúnn, bleikur, banani Trio Exhibition, Gallery Port, Reykjavík, Iceland

2021 Gallery Port x Húrra Reykjavík Húrra, Reykjavik, Iceland

2021 Familia WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong

2021 Nowhere Solo Exhibition, Padre Gallery, New York, NY

2020 Silly Things Duo Exhibition, Gallery Port, Reykjavík, Iceland (with painter Baldur Helgason)

2020 I Saw You Post About It La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Smalls to the Walls Galerie F, Chicago, IL

2019 Pottery of Protest Lincoln Square Pottery Studio, Chicago, IL

2018 Skemmtilegs Duo Exhibition, Gallery Port, Reykjavík, Iceland (with painter Baldur Helgason)

2018 Couples Show Galerie F, Chicago, IL

2018 Hot Fun in the Summertime Line Dot Editions, Chicago, IL

2018 Pottery of Protest Lincoln Square Pottery Studio, Chicago, IL

2018 Got it For Cheap 0-0LA, traveling series of group shows at various galleries including: GIFC Artist picks series curated by Andre Alethier, The Costume House, Toronto, Canada; GIFC Artist picks series curated by Mike Swaney, Emma Pardos Store, Barcelona, Spain; GIFC Norway Tour hosted by Galleri Golsa

2017 TV Dreams Miishkooki, Skokie, IL (collaboration with painter Baldur Helgason)

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

The Most Difficult Game: Exploring the immigrant experience at Gallery Port, Grapevine, August 2024

Erfið-Leikar on Tengivagninn, RUV, August 2024

Var í sjálfsmyndarkrísu þar til hún kynntist leirmunagerð, RUV, August 2023

Paintings for Der Liebeszinken, Apollon, online magazine of the Bavarian State Opera, October 2021

Rapid Fire Questions, leagueoto.com, January 2021

“Silly Things” Happened in Iceland with the Works of Patty Spyrakos and Baldur Helgason, Juxtapoz, August 2020

When in Floam: Patty Spyrakos sculpts relief paintings using a kid’s science kit, It’s Nice That, February 2020

Endurmat og kynlíf ólíkar persónur (Reassessment and Six Different Characters), Frettabladid Newspaper (Iceland), August 2020

Artist Interview, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, December 2019

Sculptures of Sausages and Cocoa Milk, RUV Radio One Iceland, August 2018