Gunnhildur is born in Westman Islands and lived there until she moved to Reykjavík in 1969 to study at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafs. She graduated from the College in 1973. Later, 1989-1992, she studied and graduated from the ceramic division of the Design School Kolding in Denmark. Gunnhildur / Hildur has been teacher of art most of her working life. Her paintings are first and formost figurative works with the man / woman in the foreground in interaction with nature and telling micro-stories of life.
