2026 Icelandic Art Prize, Motivational Award recipient. The jury states: “Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir (b. 1993) has received the Motivational Award for her exceptionally mature and complex work. Hildur Elísa’s contribution to the Sequences Art Festival in collaboration with Elja Ensemble at the House of Collections in 2025 is an excellent indication of what lies ahead.” Full announcement from the Icelandic Art Center here.
2026 Icelandic Art Prize Motivational Award Nomination for Tacet: Extrinsic with Elja Ensemble at Sequences XII. Full announcement from the Icelandic Art Center here.
‘TACET: On Silence, Presence, and Performance’ by Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir in Dunce Magazine, issue no. four (2025)
‘to revel in the seemingly endless völudarhús”: On Opera in Icelandic Visual Contemporary Art’ interview with Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir and Sigrún Gyða Sveinsdóttir by Adam Buffington in Art in Iceland No. 5 (2025). Full article in English here.
‘Hið ofurvenjulega er ótrúlega skrýtið.’ Interview with Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir in Straumar, a radioshow about Icelandic fringe music from various sources, discussed from various angles. Curated by Árni Matthíasson, broadcast by The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Full interview in Icelandic here.
‘Op de bres voor de bruine kroeg – Over zelfgebrouwen jenever, wegsmeltende stamgasten en woordeloze klaagzangen bij het resort in Groningen‘ by Dinnis van Dijken on Metropolis M. Full article in Dutch here.
“Overall, I think the festival [Nordic Music Days 2024 in Glasgow] could have taken a couple of bigger risks in its program choices. The program was impressively diverse, but in places safe. The biggest risk in terms of the program was probably Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir's conceptual work of silence, Tacet: Extrinsic, which was performed alongside Sibelius's 7th Symphony. This provocative and challenging work had caused a stir within the orchestra. Still, unfortunately for some of the audience, Hildur's performance in the brass section had gone unnoticed in the concert.” Excerpt from ‘Breaths from the Nordic Music Days’, published in Kompositio, Suomen Säveltäjien Lehti No. 2 (2024). Full article in Finnish here.
‘As a human being, I am just a temporary home for potential beauty.’ Interview with Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir by Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė for echo gone wrong (2024). Full interview in English here.