Ragnar Kjartansson

Biography

Ragnar Kjartansson is an Icelandic performance artist. He engages in multiple artistic mediums throughout his performative practice. Like video installations, performances, drawings, and paintings incorporate the history of film, music, visual culture, and literature.

Directed

1. Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment (2013) — Director
2. Mercy (2005) — Director
3. The Visitors (2012) — Director
4. No Tomorrow (2022) — Director
5. A Lot of Sorrow (2013) — Director
6. Death and the Children (2002) — Director
7. Satan Is Real (2004) — Director
8. The Man (2010) — Director
9. Death is Elsewhere (2019) — Director
10. Sunday Without Love (2025) — Director
11. A Boy and a Girl and a Bush and a Bird (2025) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Medúlla Videos (2005) — Self
2. Death and the Children (2002)
3. The Visitors (2012) — Self
4. A Lot of Sorrow (2013) — Self
5. Satan Is Real (2004)
6. I'll Be Your Mirror (2024)
7. A Boy and a Girl and a Bush and a Bird (2025)