Hallsteinn Sigurðsson

Hallsteinn Sigurðsson (born 1945) is an Icelandic sculptor.

He is noted for his Nordic-god sculptures, some of which are located at the Laxá Power Station in the north central part of the country and are arranged in the facility’s tunnels and vaults. Some twenty-five of his sculptures are exhibited in the Gufunes sculpture park in north-east Reykjavík.

Early life and education Hallsteinn Sigurðsson was born in 1945 and studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Iceland from 1963 to 1966, then went to the United Kingdom, where he studied sculpture at the Hornsey College of Art, London (1966–1967), Hammersmith College of Art, London (1967–1969) and the Saint Martin's School of Art, London (1969–1972). In London, he was influenced by the work of Anthony Caro and other "New Generation" sculptors.

Hallsteinn is a member of the Icelandic Sculptors Society, which he established in Reykjavík in 1972, along with Jon Gunnar Árnason, Ragnar Kjartansson, Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir and others. He is also a member of the Icelandic Association of Visual Artists. Maður og kona I – 1968 Steinbarn II – 1974 Svif XXIII – 1987 Píramídar III − 1996 Skeljar XII − 1996 Veðrahöll IX – 2002 Fönsun XVI – 2004 Vængir I – 2005

Personal life Hallsteinn Sigurðsson resides in Reykjavík.