British artist Mary Hurrell concludes her residency stay with a live audio visual presentation entitle Stereoskon. The presentation will take place Friday April 28 at 18:30 in the cinema of Herðubreið and is approx 20 minutes. Mary Hurrell works with performance…
German artists Uta Pütz presents works in progress in the foyer of Herðubreið Community Center Friday April 28 at 18.00. The art works have been in development for the past two months while Uta was an artist-in-residence at Skaftfell. Uta…
Skaftfell Bistró will be open during Easter for the following hours. Holy Thursday 12:00 Good Friday 15:00 Saturday 12:00 Easter Sunday 15:00 Easter Monday 12:00 * Kitchen closes at 21.00
One of Skaftfell´s main benefactor’s, Garðar Eymundsson, recently passed away. Eymundsson and his wife Karólína Þorsteinsdóttir made a significant contribution to the establishment of Skaftfell Art Center when they donated the house on Austurvegur 42 to the Skaftfell Group back…
It has been only a month in this total white. I started to produce some drawings and paper sculptures reflecting my state of mind being in this place where my vision is always shivering due to the excessive brightness. They…
The selection process for the Skaftfell residency program for 2017 has now finished. Nearly 325 applications were received; a 30% increase from the year before. A selection panel reviewed all of the applications to finalise the selection for the residency…
Solo exhibition. Hanna Kristín Birgisdóttir’s exhibition Silent Act comprises of two sculptures, both of which are somewhat confounding in their material form. A squared-off length of timber sits atop trestles, its ends covered in soil. Some of the same material has dropped…
Skaftfell summer exhibition in 2017, Edge Effects, is the second of seven exhibitions opening in the multipolar exhibition series witin the international collaboration project Frontiers in Retreat. Three artists, Kati Gausmann, Ráðhildur Ingadóttir and Richard Skelton were invited for an…
Skaftfell welcomes three artists-in-residence for March with an open artists talk Thursday March 9 in the Bistro. Mary Hurrel (UK), Uta Pütz (DE) and Tzu Ting Wang (TW) each have 20 minutes to give insight to their practise and current research…
Seyðisfjörður is currently preparing for the come-back of the sun. Last year the light was celebrated in a visual way through a new light festival List i Ljósi and this year the celebration continues in late February – through performances,…