Haukur Halldórsson (born 1937 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic artist and illustrator. After beginning his career as a graphic designer and illustrator he developed into a visual artist. Halldórsson's work also includes sculpture. He is a co-author of the Yggdrasil Divination Deck together with his daughter Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir. Biography & Personal Life Haukur Halldórsson was born in Reykjavík in 1937. He married Sigrún Kristjánsdóttir and has three children with her: a son Kristján Már Hauksson, who works in digital advertising, daughter Hallgerður Haukssdóttir, chairwoman of the Icelandic Animal Association, and contemporary artist Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir who has worked with Halldórsson on several projects. He is active in the Icelandic neopagan organisation Ásatrúarfélagið. In 1994, he stood for election to become the organization's allsherjargoði, but lost to Jörmundur Ingi Hansen. Aside from his artistic work Halldórsson has been a commercial designer, a sailor and builder for over the years. Education and early career He studied at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts but never graduated. He moved to Copenhagen to continue his studies in design and print and returned to Iceland in the early 1960s, There, he started the advertising agency Cello with his friend from studying in Denmark, Egil Nordheim. He subsequently started Kassgerðin Design Agency in partnership with Bragi Hinriksson. After Kassagerðin, he worked independently in advertising until the early 1980s when he started focusing solely on becoming an artist. During his years as a designer, he worked on multiple projects, ranging from stamps to different packaging designs. While at Kassagerðin he created the promotional material for H-dagurinn in 1968 when Iceland moved from left traffic to right. As an Artist His first art exhibition was in Gallery Djúpið in Reykjavík in 1978 with Einar Þorsteinn Ásgeirsson. His first solo exhibition was in Reykjavík in 1980 in Gallery Torg run by the composer Jóhann G. Jóhannson. Since then he has made numerous exhibitions in Europe, China and the United States. Allthough his main medium is drawing and illustrations, he works in, and explores various mediums such as painting, sculpture, and jewel making. Halldorsson's main subject matter revolves around themes of folklore of his home country Iceland, the Brothers Grimm, Celtic mythology and Nordic mythology. He has created numerous drawings and illustrations on the subjects. Halldórsson has travelled widely to research art, to China, various countries in Europe, and the United States. In New Mexico he encountered Navajo Indians, and