VOLTA: Libia Castro & Ólafur Olafsson

Based in Rotterdam and Berlin and aptly referred to as “citizens of the world” – met in the Netherlands in 1997 and have been collaborating since. From the outset, their work caught attention in the Netherlands and in Iceland, and soon internationally, earning them in 2009 the third prize of the prestigious Dutch art award Prix de Rome, for their video Lobbyists. They have been chosen to exhibit on Iceland’s behalf at the 54th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia 2011.

Selected Group Exhibition:

Momentum, 5^th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art. Moss, Norway

Biennale Cuveé, The Biennial of Biennials, OK Center, Linz

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. El sur de Nuevo, Madrid
ARCO Art Fair, Gallery adhoc, Vigo
Zacheta, The National Gallery of Art, Warsaw

Manifesta 7, Trentino, Italy

Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Still of Lobbyists, 2009, Video HD, color, sound, 16 min