Rósa Sigrún Jónsdóttir graduated from the Teaching University of Iceland in 1987 and then the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2001. She has held many solo exhibitions in Iceland and abroad and participated in a multitude of group exhibitions. Rósa served as chair of the Reykjavík Association of Sculptors for four years, in addition to being the Association of Iceland Visual Artist´s ( SÍM ) representative on the Public Buildings Art Fund.

By using slow process technique like knitting and crochet I´m celebrating my mother’s tradition, but also trying to take it further, expandi it and bring out the endless possibilities of the thread. But I´m also sort of resisting capitalism and consumerism and spreading my beliefs in the meditative and healing powers of crafts.