About me

I'm an artist, DJ, music publicist and manager, author and journalist living in Reykjavík, iceland.

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Projects

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  ArtistInteractive and participatory art work, in which situations or scenarios are provided within which the audience have a heavy influence on the final outcome. Work has ben shown / commissioned with: Fierce! Festival, Ikon Gallery, Impressions Gallery, The Centre Of Attention, e-2, DUMBO Festival NYC, Saga Festival, LungA Festival
• DJ JHNBRNLVFormer resident DJ at Club NME Koko in London, current resident DJ at Kaffibarinn in Reykjavík.
• Journalist, Reykjavík GrapevineProducing a broad range of articles for Iceland's biggest independent newspaper. Large scale features have included a survey of Icelandic DJs, an extensive interview with Björk, cover features on the i8 Gallery, DJ flugvél go geimskip, the Icelandic hip-hop scene, and the Grapevine's music awards. Travel features have included 1000wd+ narrative accounts of glacier trips, road trips around Iceland, helicopter travel, hikes, town guides, local culture guides, and lots more.

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Work history

Travel Editor & Journalist
Nov 2014
Managing and writing travel content and writing stories, particularly focussing on news, travel and culture, for Iceland's biggest independent newspaper.
Head of Digital PR
May 2011 - May 2012
Heading up digital publicity at Freeman PR for clients including Moshi Moshi, Morr Music, Art & Crafts.

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Skills

• Marketing PR
• Visual Arts
• Public Art
• Travel
• Blogs
• Online
• Print
• Digital Artist
• Creative
• News
• Media
• Social
• Communications
• Photoshop

Education

Contemporary art Practise Theory
Jul 1999 - Apr 2001
MA Fine Art

Awards

IMX Marketing Grant
John received a 1m ISK marketing grant to promote Icelandic music overseas.