Baldvin Ringsted

Baldvin Ringsted was born in Akureyri, Iceland in 1974. He graduated from Akureyri School of Art in 2004 prior to which he studied jazz theory at the F.I.H. school of music in Reykjavik, Iceland. Ringsted has also worked as a rock and experimental musician. Currently he lives and works in Glasgow where he recently graduated from theMasters course at The Glasgow School of Art in 2007. Ringstead has exhibited extensively including recent shows in Finland, New York,Glasgow and Berlin. Baldvin Ringsted's installations draw upon his experience as a musician. His work explores the relationship of musical suggestion to cultural history and industrial development. Within his pieces a delicate transaction occurs from image to sound and vice versa. This translation is echoed by the audio and visual mark-making that he creates, which reflect the conceptual concerns of each piece