Gardar Eide Einarsson (born 1976 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in New York, NY, USA) makes works that uses a particular stylistic approach to highly charged source material. He works in a range of media from painting to text works and from light boxes to installation. Gardar Eide Einarsson has had solo exhibitions at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (2010); Frankfurter Kunstverein (2007); Sorry, We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium (2007), Nils Stærk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (2006), Team Gallery, New York, USA (2005) and Marres Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Maastricht, The Netherlands (2004). His work has been exhibited at venues such as P.S.1., New York, USA; Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (both 2006); CCA Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland; Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey (both 2005); Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden (2004); Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania (2003); and Casino Luxembourg Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg (2001). The artist is currently exhibiting within the 17th Biennale of Sydney - 'The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age'.