Björg Thorsteinsdóttir (Þorsteinsdóttir)

Atelier 17 group shows 7

1. 1971
   [Unknown title — First Icelandic exhibition of Atelier 17]

   Norræna húsið (Nordic House), exhibition hall, Reykjavik, Iceland · September 25, 1971

   Notes and sources

   Organized by the Icelandic printmakers' society Íslenzk grafík, its first international print exhibition. Arranged through Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir and Björg Þorsteinsdóttir, who had both worked at Atelier 17 (per Jónsdóttir, 1986). Listed in the Black/Moorhead chronology; confirmed by contemporary press.

   About the exhibiting artists

   153 works by 47 artists from 22 countries, drawn from prints left with Hayter at Atelier 17. Partial list of exhibitors is based on the two organizing artists and Atelier 17's director, Stanley William Hayter.

   Sources

   "Mikil grafíksýning í Norræna húsinu," Þjóðviljinn (Reykjavík), September 26, 1971, 15, https://timarit.is/page/2829041; Halldór Björn Runólfsson, "Seytján ára og í fullu fjöri," Lesbók Morgunblaðsins (Reykjavík), October 4, 1986, 7–9, https://timarit.is/page/3305286.

2. 1973
   Atelier 17 Prints

   Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, Australia · May 16 to June 11, 1973

   Traveled to

   • The Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, Australia · October 19 to November 19, 1973

   Notes and sources

   About the exhibiting artists

   "Mariana Berela (Colombia)" in the catalogue is Mariana Varela. "Ben (Israel)" is linked to the Atelier 17 member recorded only as "Ben," about whom nothing more is yet known.

   Sources

   Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/84/1.

3. 1976
   Exposition Atelier “17” S. W. Hayter

   Galerie du Centre, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · November 29 to December 24, 1976

   Notes and sources

   About the exhibiting artists

   The pamphlet gives surnames only. "Yoshida" is linked to Kenji Yoshida, the Yoshida whose dates of affiliation with Atelier 17 (1964–1970) are closest to this exhibition.

   Sources

   Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/97/1.

4. 1981
   Atelier 17, Paris

   Galerie Götz, Stuttgart, Germany · March 6 to May 9, 1981

   Notes and sources

   Sources

   Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/114/1.

5. 1981
   Atelier 17: New Directions

   Cedar Rapids Art Association, Cedar Rapids, Iowa · October 18, 1981 to January 24, 1982

   Traveled to

   • Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Iowa · October 24 to November 15, 1981
   • Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, Iowa · April 12 to May 23, 1982
   • Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa · June 5 to July 4, 1982
   • Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · July 25 to August 22, 1982
   • Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas · September 11 to October 10, 1982
   • Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa · October 30 to November 28, 1982
   • Art Center Inc., South Bend, Indiana · December 18, 1982 to January 16, 1983
   • Art Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York · February 5 to March 6, 1983
   • Albright Art Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri · March 26 to April 24, 1983
   • College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota · May 14 to June 12, 1983
   • Art Gallery, SUNY Albany, Albany, New York · July 2 to July 31, 1983
   • Tennessee Botanical Garden and Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee · August 20 to September 18, 1983
   • Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, New York · until November 12, 1983

   Notes and sources

   The Cedar Rapids Art Association, this show’s organizing institution, became the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in 1989. The show traveled to twelve subsequent venues through 1983. Thank you to Katherine Kunau, Associate Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at CRMA, for her help documenting the show.

   Sources

   Exhibition catalogue, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/115/1.

6. 1981
   Hayter et l’Atelier 17: quinze ans d’activités

   Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France · October 23 to December 31, 1981

   Notes and sources

   Sources

   Hayter et l’Atelier 17: Quinze ans d’activités. Exh. cat. Catalogue by Françoise Debaisieux and France Rouillé. Caen: Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1981.

7. 1983
   Atelier 17, Paris

   Arrangør: Århus Kunstforening af 1847, Aarhus, Denmark · August 13 to August 28, 1983

   Traveled to

   • [Unknown venue], Denmark · 1983-84
   • [Unknown venue], Sweden · 1983-84

   Notes and sources

   Sources

   Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/122/1.