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Biography
1932 | born as Guðmundur Guðmundsson in Ólafsvík (Iceland) |
1949-1951 | Studies of Art education at the School of Painting and Crafts, Reykjavik |
1952-1954 | Studies at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts |
1954 | Moving to Florence |
1955-1957 | Florence Academy of Arts Mosaic studies in Ravenna (Italy) and Reykjavik |
1957 | Stay in Israel |
1958 | Move to Paris |
1967 | Renaming to Erró, Release of the film “Grimaces” |
1972-1985 | Stays in Thailand and Southeast Asia |
1990-1994 | Trip to Vietnam and Angkor Wat (Cambodia) |
Erró lives and works in Paris.
Awards and grants
2010 | French National Order of the Legion of Honour (Knight’s Cross) |