Hailing from the peripheries of Iceland, she studied composition in Reykjavík and at Mills College, and currently resides in Reykjavík where she has been assistant professor of composition at the Iceland University of the Arts since 2022.

Her work has been commissioned by some of the world’s leading ensembles and festivals/venues, including the International Contemporary Ensemble, INA GRM, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Tectonics Festival, Prototype Festival, National Sawdust, Nordic Music Days, Klang Festival and SPOR Festival, among others. Further ensembles that have presented her music include the Oslo Philharmonic, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Cikada, Esbjerg Ensemble, Norrbotten NEO, Avanti Chamber Ensemble, Distractfold, KNM Berlin, and more. Her work has been featured at prestigious festivals and venues such as Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart, ISCM’s World New Music Days, Ultima Festival, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Only Connect, Heroines of Sound, Sound of Stockholm and the Arctic Arts Festival.

Selected works: 2 víti for two electric guitars (2012), The oneness of 2 is 1 for harp and percussion (2012), Esoteric Mass for 16 winds / 12strings + 4 winds (2014), Push for flexible ensemble (2015), Protean Lair for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, trombone and piano (2015), Drive Theory for three percussionists and nine pitched instruments (2016), Intrinsic Rift for viola and accordion (2017), BAE (before anyone else) for 4–6 performers (2017), Areolae Undant for contrabass clarinet, English horn/alto flute, two cellos and two percussionists (flexible instrumentation) (2017), Strange Turn/Narwhal for violin, viola, cello, harpsichord/ grand piano/violin (2018), Soap for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano (2020), Skin In for two violins, two violas, two cellos and percussion (2020), Cumulus for percussion and live electronics (2019–21), Agape, multichannel audio/video installation (flexible length/loop) for one or more performers (2021), Ecognosis for amplified violin, viola, violoncello, bassoon, clarinet (flexible instrumentation) and ten transduced tam-tams (2021), Quorum Sensing for string ensemble (2021), The Spilling Jars for Bb clarinet, harp and bowed cymbal (2022), head first in earth for six acoustic guitars (2022), Axis Spirat for four amplified low to mid-range instruments and light (2023), Quorum Sensing II for violin, viola and violoncello (2023), Striations for orchestra (2023–24), Venutian Wetlands for flute septet (2024), Veðrahnútur for bass flute and live electronics (2024), Veðrah-nútur II for solo string instrument and live electronics (2025), ROFÖLDUR for contrabass clarinet and electronics (with John McCowen,2025).