REY  SAEM

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Born in Iceland, so close to the moon and feeling its presence, but I had to

learn to build the house, learn to draw and paint.  In 1981 I graduated as a

carpenter in Iceland and after that went to Copenhagen, Denmark to

study architecture.  I graduated from the Royal Danish Academy in 1988.

 

I worked in Iceland as an architect, and also had the responsibility for

putting up an exhibition about architecture and things connected with art. 

In 1998 I started painting and drawing landscapes, sculpting and making models of my architectural projects.

 

In 2009 I moved to Toronto and have been painting and doing some landscaping.  I got my Canadian Permanent Residency in 2016.

 

Like alchemists, I like to transform ordinary materials such as glue, foam, canvas and board into love.  Some of my pieces have a whimsical quality.

 

 

About FIVE - September 2017:   When I was five years old I planned to move away from home …

 

I didn’t fit in, I was seeing all these people who were gone (dead).  I wanted to move to another planet.  So I planned to move to the moon, build myself a house and also find a cave where I could go fishing and talk to the stars.

 

First I had to build a racing car (kassabil in Icelandic) that I could transform into a rocket.

This is my first art show and I have not been to the moon yet.  They say “don’t fall in love with a dreamer”.

 

But love is the meaning of life.