Charlotta María Hauksdóttir is an award winning visual artist based in California, incorporating photography, collage and mixed media in her work. Residing in the USA for over 20 years, she still draws inspiration from her home country Iceland. Her work centers around the unique connection one has to places, and how memories embody and elevate those connections. Hauksdóttir received a BA in Photography from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, Italy and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She also holds a Diploma in Creative and Critical Thinking from the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Hauksdóttir’s work has been exhibited around the world, with solo exhibitions in the United States, Russia, and Iceland. Venues include, Center for Photographic Art, Berkeley Art Center, Reykjavik Museum of Photography, National Museum of Iceland, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, and Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. She has also been invited to participate in photography festivals in China, Portugal, Scotland, Uruguay, Kuala Lumpur, Zurich and Spain. Her photographs have been published in several magazines and books, including a monograph “A Sense of Place -Imprints of Iceland” that is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, SFMOMA, and Princeton. Public and private collections holding her work include Stanford Health Care, Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Genentech, Fidelity Investments and the Fairmont Banff Springs.