Steina
1940–

Introduction

She trained as a violinist and played with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She met Woody Vasulka in Prague in the early 1960s. Together they later founded The Kitchen in New York City in 1971, where they had settled in 1965.

Roles

Artist, director, installation artist, musician, sound artist, video artist

ULAN identifier

500104306

Names

Steina Vasulka, Steinunn Briem Bjarnadóttir, Steina, Steina Vesulka

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