Artists talk #16

Friday the 4th of April at 14:00 Newly arrived artists in residence Karlotta Bl?ndal (IS) and Jens Strandberg (SE) will give a short introduction to their work. All welcome !…

23:58 – Just a little time

Marie decided to take one year of her time to spent it in Iceland. Time to share with people while exploring an unknown world. Time is money. Time is precious.…

Roots of the past

the West Wall Thursday May 15, at 14.00 Students from grade 3.-6. Seydisfjordur primary school illustrate Icelandic folk tale. Supervised by Þorkell Helgason. The event is a part of the…

Forgotten folk tale

Bistró Skaftfell Thursday May 15, at 14.00  Shadow theatre by pupils from the kindergarten Sólvellir that came to life from stories told by elderly patients in the Seydisfjordur hospital. Supervised…

Twin City: February 7-15, 2014

Skaftfell recommends Twin City a public art show that opens this Friday. The show combines temporarily two locations, Seydisfjördur and Melbu in Norway that are separated by 1500 km sea.…

Disney, Lazy town and Toy story

Bookshop-projectspace Daníel Björnsson, guided by Elvar Már Kjartansson, exhibits versatile drawings made this winter. The event is a part of the yearly art-festival, List án landamæra.

Educational project winter 2013-2014

For the past months Skaftfell has invited students from elementary schools in East Iceland to do an educational project about Dieter Roth and graphic technique. Students took a field trip…

Open studio at Skaftfell

Jens Reichert (DE) invites into his studio: Thursday January 23rd from 16:00 – 20:00 Skaftfell residency, Austurvegur 42, top floor Jens has been in residence at Skaftfell for December and…

Christoph Büchel represents Iceland in the Venice Biennale

Skaftfell wishes artist Christopher Büchel and curator Ní­na Magnúsdóttir congratulations on representing Iceland in the next Venice Biennale. Büchel was Skaftfell’s honory artistic director in 2011-2012 and initiated the Narrative…