Easter Opening hours
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
Skaftfell Residency
One of Skaftfell’s main benefactors passes away
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…
Open studio and artists talk
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…
Residency artists for 2017 confirmed
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…
Silent Act
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…
Edge Effects
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…
Artists Talk #28
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…
The visualisation of light and dark
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,…
Artists’ books from Printing Matter
For the past two weeks Skaftfells first thematic residency, Printing Matter, for practising artists has taken place. The work process focused on printmaking and artists books with the intention to make a platform for exchange, discussion and collaboration between artists…
The final stage of Climbing Invisible Structures
The final stage in the project Climbing Invisible Structures in an exhibition opening Feb 10 in Akershus Kunstsenter. Artists presented are: Mo Abd-Ulla, Eglė Budvytytė, Tanya Busse, Victoria Durnak, Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, Berlind Jona Hlynsdóttir, Saulius Leonavičius & Vida Strasevičiūtė, Robertas…