Edda 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 practical. 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. 

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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 have to be the controller and I have to win the battle with the clay to put it in a desired form.

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Education:

The Iceland Unversity of the Arts. 

Department of Design and Architecture. BA Product design, 2009.

The Reykjavík School of Visual Art. 

Preparatory studies, Art and design 2006.

Reykjavik Technical College Foundation studies in ceramics, 2005.

The University of Iceland. BA Psychology 1995.