oskar.arngrimsson@gmail.com 

b. 1983



Education:

2019 - 2022

Iceland University of the Arts (LHÍ), BA in Music Composition & New Media,
Reykjavík, Iceland

2014 - 2016

Félag Íslenskra Hljómlistarmanna (FÍH), Drums, Reykjavík, Iceland

2010 - 2012

School of Audio Engineering Institute (SAE), Diploma in Sound Engineering, London, United Kingdom

2026

Byrkningar - Pteridophyte, Florasonic 25th Anniversary Installation, Quadraphonic Composition Commissioned by ESS, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL

Live Performance, Musica, Akron, OH

Artist in Residence - Akron Soul Train, Akron, OH

Live Performance for “Probably 3:15” exhibition by Micah Kraus, East Ave Gallery, Akron, OH

Live Performance with VJ work by Ella Medicus, Cave, Akron, OH

Music Video for Nötrugras, made by Ella Medicus, Akron, OH

Music Video for Tjörn, made by Ella Medicus, Akron, OH  

Live Performance with VJ work by Ella Medicus, Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project, Cleveland, OH

Album Release, Gjóta, Black Cat Enterprise, Akron, OH


2025

Live Performance for “Phantom Yellow,” exhibition by Ella Medicus, Zach Frank & Co, Buffalo, NY, USA

Sound design and Music Composition for “Phantom Yellow,” exhibition by Ella Medicus, Zach Frank & Co, Buffalo, NY, USA

Live Performance, Nick's International Virtual Garage Concert Series, Internet, World

Live Performance with Jesper Pedersen, Ljómi, Sólheimakirkja, Sólheimar, Iceland

Album Release, Heyr, Black Cat Enterprice, Akron, OH, USA

Live Performance with field recordings from Magnús Bergsson for Micro/Macro exhibition by Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, Kent State Museum, Kent, OH, USA


2024

Poem Book, Satanic Organic Flesh Machine, Black Cat Enterprise, Akron, OH, USA

Music Composition for Serious Business Podcast, Munich, Germany

Poem Book, A Few Flonks, Black Cat Enterprise, Akron, OH, USA

Cassette release, KV=LD, Black Cat Enterprise, Akron, OH, USA

Cassette release, Seabird, Black Cat Enterprise, Akron, OH, USA

Live Performance for Re:Sound 2024 Festival, Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project, Cleveland, OH, USA

Album Release with Gaffer Ensemble, Reykjavík, Iceland

Sound Design and Music Composition for The Wrong Biennale, Internet, World

Sound Design and Music Composition for Ella Medicus at (UU)ater Exhibition and zine launch, Eurika, CA, USA

Sound Design and Music Composition for Hokkaido Innovation Week and Weird Pickle, Hokkaido, Japan



2023

Sound Design and Music Composition for Utopia Manifestation Daemon, Vinegar Projects, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Sound Design and Music Composition for Hæ/Hi and Weird Pickle installation, Hometeam Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA

Sound Design for Karl Lagerfeld Révélation with Stephan Poisson for Canal+ Documentary Series, Paris, France

Live Performance with Lars Åkerlund, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Sound Design and Music Composition for HÆ/HI; DESIGNING FRIENDSHIP, with Weird Pickle, at Ásmundarsalur, Design Week, Reykjavík, Iceland

Sound design for Bedtime Stories installation by Tor Erik Bøe, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Live Performance with Lars Åkerlund, Ella Medicus and Katharina Gruzei as LÓEK, Open Studio Night, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Live Performance with Lars Åkerlund, Open Studio Night, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Live Performance with Ella Medicus, Open Studio Night, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Live Performance with Ella Medicus and Yoichi Kamimura, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Live Performance with the Ótal Life Support Unit, with Jesper Pederson, Karl Magnús Bjarnarson, Yoichi Kamimura, visuals by Ella Medicus, 12 Tónar, Reykjavík, Iceland

Cassette release, Rauða Augað, Space Odyssey Music Space, Reykjavík, Iceland



2022

Music Composition and Sound Design for Ella Medicus and Alessandro Mallamaci, SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland

Music Composition and Sound Design for Ella Medicus, Reykjavík, Iceland

Music Composition and Sound Engineering for Jæja, with Yoichi Kamimura, SÍM Residency Exhibition, Reykjavík, Iceland

Live Performance with ROF, Yoga Moves, Yoga Salah Studio, Reykjavík, Iceland

Live Performance, Ambient Series, Space Odyssey Music Space, Reykjavík, Iceland

Live Performance with ROF, Ysta Festival, Selfoss, Iceland

Live Performance with Ása Önnu Óladóttir and Cameron Anderton, Mengi, Reykjavík, Iceland

Live Performance with Karl Magnús, S27, Reykjavík, Iceland

Live Performance with Þorsteinn Eyfjörð, Húrra Reykjavík, Iceland

Live Performance for Þorsteinn Eyfjörð´s exhibition Ohmscape, STAK Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

Live Performance, Einsteinungur (Monolith) Graduation concert from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts, LHÍ, Reykjavík, Iceland

Live Performance, Borders, for Ana Luisa S. Diaz, Graduation Concert from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts, LHÍ, Reykjavík, Iceland

Synthabæli Hljóðgervlamessa (Synthesizer Mass), Borgarbókasafn, Reykjavík, Iceland



2021

Sound Installation for Úlfur Karlsson’s 2+2=5 Exhibition, Mutt Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

Sound Installation with Ronja Jóhannesdóttir, Ida Schuften, Robin Morabito, Jóhannes Stefánsson and Örlygur Steinar Arnalds for SURVEILLANCE TRANSMISSIONS : : ORGAN INTERFACING, Reykjavík Winter Festival, Fríkirkjan, Iceland

Ómkvörn, Student Concert, LHÍ, Reykjavík, Iceland

Modular Synthesizer Performance, Mengi, Reykjavík, Iceland

Sound Installation, Raflost Festival, Mengi, Reykjavík, Iceland

Live Performance with Jesper Pedersen for Raftíðni-Zamband Norrænna Póla, Nick’s International Virtual Garage Concert Series

Synthabæli Hljóðgervlamessa (Synthesizer Mass), Borgarbókasafn, Reykjavík, Iceland



2020

Live performance with Þorsteinn Eyfjörð, Raflost Festival, Mengi, Iceland

Sound Installation, Raflost Festival, Mengi, Reykjavík, Iceland



2015

Sound design for Me U and the Robot: The Gift of Dyslexia by Ragnheiður Káradóttir, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA

Music video with Emil Ásgrimsson for Your Head Is My Ground by Æla, Reykjavík, Iceland.



2013

Sound Design for Arnar Már Jónsson’s Graduation Fashion Show, LHÍ, Reykjavík, Iceland

Sound Design and Music Composition for Perspectives / Sjónarhorn by Emil Ásgrimsson, Turku Biennial, Turku, Finland



2012

Sound Design and Music Composition for The way things are & the way things should be by Emil Ásgrímsson, Central St. Martins, London, UK.

Grants:

Akron Soul Train Artist in Residence and stipend recipient, 2026
Recording Grant, STEF Composers Rights Society of Iceland, grant for Gaffer Ensemble, 2022



Commissions:

Interpretation of Time, TID Watch Company, 2018



Band Involvement:

ROF, 2020 - Present
Modular Synthesizer, Sound Engineer

Gaffer Ensemble, 2020 - Present
Modular Synthesizer, Sound Engineer

Æla, 2015 - 2017
Art Director and Manager

The Breaches, 2011 - 2014
Drummer, Sound Engineer

Lokbrá, 2001 - 2009
Drummer



Studio Involvement:

3Three3 Studio, Akron, OH, USA, 2023 - Current

S27, Síðumúli 27, Reykjavík, Iceland, 2019 - 2023

Hljóðverk, 2013-2018



Freelance Work:

2020 - Present

Vitar Games, Sound Design and Music Composition

2019 - Present

Weird Pickle, Sound Engineering, Sound Design and Music Composition

2015 - 2019

Pain Improve, Sound Engineering, Sound Design and Music Composition

2013 - Present

Kaffibarinn, Resident DJ

2013 - 2019

Kex Hostel, Resident DJ

Slippbarinn, Resident DJ

Boston, Resident DJ

Bar Ananas, Resident DJ

Pizzastaðurinn Hverfisgötu, Resident DJ

Bravo, Resident DJ

Central Hotels, Resident DJ

Press:

Star’s End Review of Gjóta, written by Chuck Van Zyl for Star’s End, 2026

Star’s End Review of Heyr, written by Chuck Van Zyl for Star’s End, 2025

Straumar: Ótal einingahljóðgervlar, Icelandic National Radio

DJ Playlist: Z Is An Icelandic DJ Who Listens To The Gods, Reykjavík Grapevine

Festival Coverage for Secret Solstice, Icelandic National Radio

Óskar Þór’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík, Reykjavík Grapevine

Icelandic Drag-Punks Æla Rise To Puke Again, Reykjavík Grapevine

Vildu láta Sigga Sigurjóns æla, Visir Newspaper,

Lokbrá snýr aftur á Rockville, Morgunblaðið Newspaper

Hamingjusöm Hljómsveit, Morgunblaðið Newspaper

Hljómsveit Fólksins, Morgunblaðið Newspaper

Íslenskar Rokkstjörnur Á Airwaves, Morgunblaðið Newspaper

Hljómsveit á Krossgötum, Morgunblaðið Newspaper

Ólalaus Lokbrá, Morgunblaðið Newspaper

Leggjum alltaf jafnhart ad okkur, Morgunblaðið Newspaper