Sunna Wathen is an Icelandic/British Painter, Sculptor, Picture book writer and Illustrator and Textile Artist with a Masters Degree from The Royal College of Art, 1991 London, a ‘Diploma in Art’ from The Byam Shaw School of Art, 1988 London, and a ‘Certificate in Art Foundation Studies’, Kingston Polytechnic, 1984 London.

Sunna was born in Athens, Greece in 1964 and lives and works on the island of Mallorca, Spain.

Selected Solo and group Exhibitions, Art Residencies and Commissions:

2022: ‘Exposición Sunna Wathen” Solo Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Deia, Mallorca, Spain.

‘The 7th George Sheridan Art Prize’, Group Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘NIT DEL ART Palma’ Open Studio Show., Palma de Mallorca.

2021: ‘Arturo in Pyjamas and Friends’, Group Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘Inspirational Uncomposition’ Joan Bibiloni. Album Cover and Design images. Spain.

2019: ‘Textiles’ Solo Show, Picketts House, Mallorca.

‘Tapestries’ Solo Show, Sa tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

'Group Show ‘The Beehive’, Alaró, Mallorca.

2018: Film ‘Sunna’, for Teatro Principal, Palma de Mallorca. Director Rafa Cortés.

‘The Emergency Man’ Solo Show, Aina Pastor Gallery, Palma de Mallorca.

‘EXPO’ Group Show, Sandro’s, Palma de Mallorca.

2017: ‘Alice Meyer Wallace and Sunna Wathen’ two-person Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘New Work’ Solo Show, ArteArtesania Gallery, Sóller, Mallorca.

‘V George Sheridan Painting Prize’ Group Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘George Sheridan Collection: Art in Deia since the 1960’s’ Group Show. Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

2016: ‘The First Glimpse’, Group Show curated by Stephanie Frapier, Edinburgh, Scotland.

‘Sunna Wathen’ Solo Show, The Old Bakery, Jane Winterbottom, Deia, Mallorca.

‘Sunna Wathen, New Work’ Solo Show, ArteArtesania, Sóller, Mallorca.

‘ Back to Basics: Drawings and other Friends’ Solo Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Mallorca.

2014: ‘Minus equals Plus’ collaboration with Michel Harcourt, Maison et Objet Fair, Paris.

‘Exposition Ephémère’ group Show, curated by Stephanie Frapier and EverGreen Events, Au Medici, Paris.

2013: ‘SOS KIDS’, Xray Sculpture and Film Directed by Dean Freeman, Mallorca.

‘ L’Art en Ciel dans le 13e’, Group Show, by EverGreen Events, Paris.

Winner of ‘The George Sheridan Painting Prize’, Sa Tafona, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘ 12 Artistas x 12 Obras’ Group Show, Agenda Cultural Arts, Palma, Mallorca.

“Life Drawing’ group Show, Sa Tafona, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

2012: ‘Jocomomola’ by ‘Sybilla’ Spanish Fashion Designer. Cloth design for Japan.

‘Studio SOS’, Sunna Wathen open studios, Mallorca.

2011: ‘The Island’ installation, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

2010: ‘The Body and Other Wall Installations’ , Solo Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘ Olive Tree Bread and Xray’, Installation for IdeaDeia Music and Art Festival curated by NinPetit.

2008: ‘Afterstaste’, Group Show curated by Maud Piquion, The Wall Gallery, Berlin.

2007: ‘Dried Skin’ and ‘Hanging House’ Ongoing projects at Can Ron Projects, Deia, Mallorca.

2002: ‘ The One Hour a Day Show’, Solo Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

2001-1991: ‘The Asylum Chapel’ CHCP Canal Head Community Projects, Ten years of Open Studios and Events, Peckham, London.

1999: ‘Icelandic Independence Day’ 3 Artists, South London Centre, London.

‘Splash’ Icelandic group Show, South Clapham Gallery.

1996: ‘Collectables’, Group Show, Conductors Gallery, London.

‘Contingent Lots’, Group Show, Riverside Studios, London.

‘Garden Doctors’ Dan Pearson, Sculpture filmed for Channel 4, UK.

‘Icefest: Celebrating the Art and Culture of The land of Fire and Ice’, Group Show, The Studio, Beckenham, London,

and The Vermillion Gallery, Icelandic Group Show, London.

1995: ‘New Work’ at Delicious Blue, Soho, London.

1994: ‘The Way From Home is the Way Home’ Two-person Show, curated by the Icelandic Embassy and ‘ Northern Light Years’

Celebration of Icelandic Culture and Arts, Shad Thames Gallery, Butlers Wharf, London.

1993: The City of Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Artist in Residence. Commissioned Sculpture. Award given by the Mayor of Derby.

‘Other People’s Shoes’ Sculpture commissioned by ‘ Possible Theatre‘ and ‘Those Environmental Artists’ filmed for ‘Myth’ Channel 4 ( 1994) touring Group Show,

Rossendale Festival, Dewsbury Harris Gallery, Leicester, and Leeds City Art Gallery.

‘LIFT’ London International Festival of Theatre, Shorlisted for the ‘Lift Launch Competition’., Covent garden, London.

1992: ‘The Body Shop HQ’, Artist in Resident, International Franchise Meeting, Littlehampton, Uk.

1991:’ The RCA’ Group Show, The Tabernacle, Portobello, London.

1988: ‘Amnesty International’ Group Show. Club Nautico, Santa Ponsa, Mallorca.

1985: ‘Jo Per Tu, Yo por Ti, One For One’ , Amnesty International Group Show, Palma, Mallorca.

Sunna Wathen is an Icelandic/British Painter, Sculptor, Picture book writer and Illustrator and Textile Artist with a Masters Degree from The Royal College of Art, 1991 London, a ‘Diploma in Art’ from The Byam Shaw School of Art, 1988 London, and a ‘Certificate in Art Foundation Studies’, Kingston Polytechnic, 1984 London.

Sunna was born in Athens, Greece in 1964 and lives and works on the island of Mallorca, Spain.

Selected Solo and group Exhibitions, Art Residencies and Commissions:

2022: ‘Exposición Sunna Wathen” Solo Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Deia, Mallorca, Spain.

‘The 7th George Sheridan Art Prize’, Group Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘NIT DEL ART Palma’ Open Studio Show., Palma de Mallorca.

2021: ‘Arturo in Pyjamas and Friends’, Group Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘Inspirational Uncomposition’ Joan Bibiloni. Album Cover and Design images. Spain.

2019: ‘Textiles’ Solo Show, Picketts House, Mallorca.

‘Tapestries’ Solo Show, Sa tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

'Group Show ‘The Beehive’, Alaró, Mallorca.

2018: Film ‘Sunna’, for Teatro Principal, Palma de Mallorca. Director Rafa Cortés.

‘The Emergency Man’ Solo Show, Aina Pastor Gallery, Palma de Mallorca.

‘EXPO’ Group Show, Sandro’s, Palma de Mallorca.

2017: ‘Alice Meyer Wallace and Sunna Wathen’ two-person Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘New Work’ Solo Show, ArteArtesania Gallery, Sóller, Mallorca.

‘V George Sheridan Painting Prize’ Group Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘George Sheridan Collection: Art in Deia since the 1960’s’ Group Show. Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

2016: ‘The First Glimpse’, Group Show curated by Stephanie Frapier, Edinburgh, Scotland.

‘Sunna Wathen’ Solo Show, The Old Bakery, Jane Winterbottom, Deia, Mallorca.

‘Sunna Wathen, New Work’ Solo Show, ArteArtesania, Sóller, Mallorca.

‘ Back to Basics: Drawings and other Friends’ Solo Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Mallorca.

2014: ‘Minus equals Plus’ collaboration with Michel Harcourt, Maison et Objet Fair, Paris.

‘Exposition Ephémère’ group Show, curated by Stephanie Frapier and EverGreen Events, Au Medici, Paris.

2013: ‘SOS KIDS’, Xray Sculpture and Film Directed by Dean Freeman, Mallorca.

‘ L’Art en Ciel dans le 13e’, Group Show, by EverGreen Events, Paris.

Winner of ‘The George Sheridan Painting Prize’, Sa Tafona, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

‘ 12 Artistas x 12 Obras’ Group Show, Agenda Cultural Arts Mallorca.

2010: ‘New Work From Berlin’, Solo Show, Sa Tafona Gallery, Belmond La Residencia, Mallorca.

2008: ‘Afterstaste’, Group Show curated by Maud Piquion, The Wall Gallery, Berlin.

2007-1985: Ongoing Exhibitions at Max Gallery, Mallorca, and Vives Gallery, Mallorca.

‘The Asylum Chapel’, Ten years of Open Studios and Events, Peckham, London.

1996: ‘Collectables’, Group Show, Conductors Gallery, London.

‘Contingent Lots’, Group Show, Riverside Studios, London.

‘Garden Doctors’ Dan Pearson, Sculpture filmed for Channel 4, UK.

‘Icefest: Celebrating the Art and Culture of The land of Fire and Ice’, Group Show, The Studio, Beckenham, London,

and The Vermillion Gallery, Icelandic Group Show, London.

1995: ‘New Work’ at Delicious Blue, Soho, London.

1994: ‘The Way From Home is the Way Home’ Two-person Show, curated by the Icelandic Embassy and ‘ Northern Light Years’

Celebration of Icelandic Culture and Arts, Shad Thames Gallery, Butlers Wharf, London.

1993: The City of Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Artist in Residence. Commissioned Sculpture. Award given by the Mayor of Derby.

‘Other People’s Shoes’ Sculpture commissioned by ‘ Possible Theatre‘ and ‘Those Environmental Artists’ filmed for ‘Myth’ Channel 4 ( 1994) touring Group Show,

Rossendale Festival, Dewsbury Harris Gallery, Leicester, and Leeds City Art Gallery.

‘LIFT’ London International Festival of Theatre, Shorlisted for the ‘Lift Launch Competition’., Covent garden, London.

1992: ‘The Body Shop HQ’, Artist in Resident, International Franchise Meeting, Littlehampton, Uk.

1991:’ The RCA’ Group Show, The Tabernacle, Portobello, London.

1988: ‘Amnesty International’ Group Show. Club Nautico, Santa Ponsa, Mallorca.

1985: ‘Jo Per Tu, Yo por Ti, One For One’ , Amnesty International Group Show, Palma, Mallorca.