Gunnar Örn, one of Iceland's best-known artists, died on March 28, 2008. Örn represented his country at the Venice Biennale in 1989, and at the São Paulo Bienal in 1985. His works may be found in public collections worldwide, including the Guggenheim Museum, New York, The National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, The Seibu Museum, Tokyo, The Moderna Museet and the National Gallery of Sweden, Stockholm. Gunnar Örn also had solo exhibitions at Moeller Fine Art, New York in 1985 and 1989.