Lilja Birgisdóttir (b. 1983) is an Icelandic artist based in Reykjavík who works across photography, performance, video, sound, and installation. She studied photography at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (2007) and later earned a BA in Fine Art from the Iceland Academy of the Arts (2010). Since then, she has been closely involved with the artist-run gallery Kling & Bang in Reykjavík and co-founded Endemi, an art magazine focused on contemporary Icelandic art.
Lilja’s work explores transformation, the handmade, and sustainability, often combining photography with materials like oil paint, resin, plants, and found objects. She is a member of the international art collective Fischersund. Established in 2017, Fischersund is a family-run art collective and perfumery based in Reykjavik, Iceland. Founded by four siblings, Inga, Jónsi, Sigurrós, and Lilja, Fischersund serves as a creative platform using scent, visual arts and music. Fischersund makes immersive experiences that include unique perfumes, scented concerts and visual arts to facilitate their storytelling.
Recent exhibitions include Faux Flora at the National Nordic Museum, Seattle (2024-25), It’s Not You It’s Me at Þula (2022), and Gróður at Berg Contemporary (2020). In 2024, she collaborated with Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir on Hlutskipti / Fated at Þula. In 2015, she held solo shows at Rawson Projects (New York) and Jacqueline Falcone B&B (Miami), and participated in the NADA Art Fair in New York. In 2025, she exhibited at Market Art Fair in Stockholm with Þula.