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Erró

Biography

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

Erró lives and works in Paris.

Awards and grants

2010French National Order of the Legion of Honour (Knight’s Cross)