Iceland Academy of the Arts

Listaháskóli Íslands

Type| Private
Established| 1998
Students| 452 (2009)[1]
Location|

Reykjavík

Iceland

Website| www.lhi.is

Iceland Academy of the Arts (Icelandic: Listaháskóli Íslands) is an Icelandic institution of higher education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.[2] The institution was founded on 21 September 1998[3] by consolidating the Iceland Drama School and the Reykjavík Arts School,[2][4] and classes began in autumn 1999.[5] It has five departments: Art education, Design and Architecture, Fine Arts, Music, and Theatre and Dance.

## Contents

* 1 Notable alumni
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Notable alumni

* Ólöf Arnalds, singer/songwriter and indie musician
* Ragnar Kjartansson, performance artist
* Hugleikur Dagsson, artist
* Sigurlaugur Elíasson, artist and poet
* Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson, composer and musician
* Þórhallur Gunnarsson, actor and television personality
* Karl Kvaran, painter and draughtsman
* Stefán Karl Stefánsson, film and stage actor
* Guðmundur Jörundsson, fashion designer
* Alex Somers, visual artist and musician
* Arngunnur Árnadóttir, clarinettist, poet and novelist

## See also

* Skemman.is (digital library)

## References

1. ↑ Statistics 2009
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lisa Z. Valdimarsdottir, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Department of Design and Architecture - Library[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] (pdf)
3. ↑ Institutional Charter, Iceland Academy of the Arts.
4. ↑ Accreditation Report - Arts - Iceland Academy of the Arts (pdf), 3 July 2007, pp. 7, 28.
5. ↑ Jóhannes Þórðarson, MA proposal for Applied Arts at the Iceland Academy of the Arts - dept. of design and architecture(pdf), 22 January 2010: "IAA started in 1999".

## External links

* Official homepage, English version
* Listing at Cumulus, International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media
* Listing and ranking at 4 International Colleges and Universities
* Listing at www.University.Directory.eu
* Arts Schools in Iceland, list at Center for Icelandic Art

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Universities in Iceland

* Agricultural University of Iceland
* Bifröst University
* Hólar University College
* Iceland Academy of the Arts
* University of Akureyri
* University of Iceland
* Reykjavík University

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