ABOUT
Rainy Siagian (b.1994) is an artist based in-between Brussels
(Belgium) and Reykjavik (Iceland). In her work, she constructs
a different understanding of the meaning of light and space.
Playing with confusion and the unknown of the tradition of
romantic landscape. Whereas some images are carefully
constructed, others are incidental scenes she encounters, thus
becoming less about a specific subjects and more about feeling.
After she obtained her MFA at The Royal Academy of Fine
Arts in Ghent, Belgium, Siagian has repeatedly returned to
Iceland, which has since been a fertile source of inspiration
for her. A continuous exploring on the unexpected juxta-
positions between locations, ideas and forms. Foregrounding
the fragments, light and magical thinking is what defines her
practice.
Exhibitions of Siagian work took place internationally and
appeared in such publications as Aint Bad Magazine, Phases
Magazine, C41 Magazine, among many others. She is currently
a doctoral researcher in Museum Studies in the University of
Iceland.
Current Position
2020 - Doctoral Researcher in Museum Studies at The University of Iceland, Háskóli Ísland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Education
2016 - 2018 MFA in Visual Arts, School of Arts / KASK, Ghent, Belgium
2013 - 2016 BA in Visual Arts, School of Arts / KASK, Ghent, Belgium
Other Projects
2020 Intern Studio Olafur Eliasson, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 Artist Residency, Gamli Skóli Arthouse, Hrísey, Iceland
2018 Photographer NGO Wisnu Foundation, Bali, Indonesia
Awards
2019 Nominee International Photography Grant
Exhibitions
2020 Isolation, Rome, Italy
2019 Ológyra, Athens, Greece
2018 Camping In The Milimeters Kingdom, Ghent, Belgium
2017 Made by, Ghent, Belgium
Selected Publications
2020 ‘Rainy Siagian finally recounts the Midnight Sun in Iceland’, C41 Magazine
2020 ‘Isolation’ Living Apart, LoosenArt
2019 Album cover ‘There are Two’, Foil Music
2019 Phases Magazine
2019 Aint Bad Magazine
2019 ‘Abstraction Issue’, F-Stop Magazine
2019 Interview w/Rainy Siagian, Siilk Gallery