Ragnar Kjartansson

Born: 1976-01-01

Ragnar Kjartansson is an Icelandic performance artist. He engages in multiple artistic mediums throughout his performative practice. Like video installations, performances, drawings, and paintings incorporate the history of film, music, visual culture, and literature.


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The Medúlla Videos

as Self
Released: 2005-01-01

Music videos for the album Medúlla. The medúlla videos. A documentary about the making of the...

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A Lot of Sorrow

as Self
Released: 2013-05-05

Icelandic artist and musician Ragnar Kjartansson’s often intensely durational performance-based...

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The Visitors

as Self
Released: 2012-10-17

A celebration of creativity, community, and friendship, The Visitors (2012) documents a...

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Satan Is Real

as uncredited
Released: 2004-01-01

Kjartansson appears bare-chested and buried waist-deep in a Reykjavik public park. Strumming a...

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Death and the Children

as uncredited
Released: 2002-01-01

Single-channel video, 4' 54"

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