Updated 4/2/2022

Edda Valborg

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MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Edda Valborg is a graphic designer and a fine arts printmaker. Printmaking, using hand-pulled print method through monotype technique as well as photopolymer intaglio work. Member of Zea Mays Printmaking studio in Florence Massachusetts. Also a member of Boston Printmakers, California Society of Printmaking, Monotype Guild of New England and The Icelandic Printmakers Association.

Edda Valborg grew up in Reykjavík, Iceland where she studied art and received her degree in Graphic Design. Later, she received a Master's Degree in Advertising Design at Syracuse University, New York.

Edda's website: www.eddavalborg.com

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Edda Valborg Sigurðardóttir (she/her)

Job Title: Printmaker / Fine Artist

Phone: 6176421673

Address:

1 Front Street

Unit 4

Leeds, MA 01053

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Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2017

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2017

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Visual/Crafts - Printmaking

Additional Disciplines:

Design - Graphic

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
Design Services

Communities

Populations Engaged:

Adults
Businesses
General Public

Languages Available:

English

Geographic Reach:

International
Town / City
National

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

N/A

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Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts
Boston Printmakers, Boston, Massachusetts
California Society of Printmakers, San Francisco, California
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
Monotype Guild of New England
Icelandic Printmakers Association

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts
Boston Printmakers, Boston, Massachusetts
California Society of Printmakers, San Francisco, California
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
Monotype Guild of New England
Icelandic Printmakers Association

Awards

Awards:

Accepted submission to exhibit at the Artist and Editions Book fair (A/EB) in New York City. "Iceland Horizons" portfolio was acquired by the New York City Library’s Special Collections in October, 2018.
The California Printmaker Journal accepted and published my article titled “Printing in Color” in 2021.
Received an Honorable Mention Award for my monotype hand-pulled print “Gray and Green Landscape” at the Monotype Guild of New England juried membership show, November 2021.
A Jurors Choice Award was earned for my monotype hand-pulled print “Where Earth Meets Sky I” at the BLUE2021 exhibit at Cambridge Arts Association in October 2021.
Awarded a two week artist residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland in September, 2019

Education

Education:

BFA in Fine Art and Graphic Design, The Icelandic College of Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
MA in Advertising Design, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY