May – June 2025 Brianna Leatherbury’s recent work begins with research that is both personal and structural. They create abstract systems that investigate the material effects of economic forces through…
👫 Age: 10+📅 Dates: Week of 16th – 20th of June (holiday on June 17th)⏳ Timing: 13:00-16:00💰 Cost: Free📍 Location: Prentverk Seyðisfjörður – Öldugata 14 Skaftfell artists-in-residence Philippa C Thomas…
For whom: Artists working in all media. Solo residencies, duo residency and group residencies up to 3 artists. Period: January – June 2026. Application deadline: 31st of May 2025. Skaftfell…
Sindri Dýrason presents the painting series Paradise Lost at the West Wall of Skaftfell Bistro. Opening on Friday 2nd of May at 4pm. Sindri Dýrason’s exhibition is inspired by John…
April – June 2025 We are two artists who are also parents to a young child, and are based in a rural community. In our residency we will explore the…
Tuesday April 15th at 4-6pmPrentverk Seyðisfjörður, Öldugata 14, SeyðisfjörðurWith Gregory Thomas, Skaftfell artist in residencePrice: 3000 ISK In this monotype workshop you can explore the art of mark making, gestural…
In 2025, we will facilitate two funded residency exchanges taking place between June 2025 and December 2025. The NAARCA resident(s) will receive a fee, materials/equipment allowance, and a travel stipend.…
Skaftfell artist in residence Gregory Thomas opens his exhibition everyone i ever loved in Herðubreið gallery on April 4th at 4pm. The exhibition will be on view until April 18th.…
Skaftfell invites you to an artist talk with Skaftfell’s current artists in residence, Wednesday March 12 at 7 pm at the Skaftfell bistro. Abigail Severance, Gregory Thomas, Nicole Cecilie Bitsch…
February/March 2025 Abigail Severance is a Los Angeles-based artist making films and other images about nostalgia, flawed history, and queer thought. Her work has been exhibited at the Broad Museum,…
February/March 2025 Something will grab my attention. This can be a material, something found in a walk, hand gestures, a certain feeling or shape. During my stay I will find…
February-April 2025 “I am an artist, designer, and between 2016 and 2025 the Senior Printmaking Technician at AUT University in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. With a focus on…
February/March 2025 Nicole Cecilie Bitsch Pedersen is a sound and visual artist and composer working with soundscapes, acousmatic composition, installations, and sound sculptures. Her works explore humans’ relationship with time…
Skaftfell kynnir sýningu á nýjum verkum eftir Pétur Kristjánsson á Vesturveggi Skaftfells bistro. Sem opnar samhliða List í ljósi, 14. febrúar kl. 18.00 Myndirnar hér, níu talsins, eru allar af…
We are welcoming the year with a great group of third year fine art students from the Icelandic University of the Arts, staying at Skaftfell for two weeks and working…
December 7th, Skaftfell gallery from 15-17.00 Join us at Skaftfell Gallery to celebrate the Christmas season and a chance to make your own Christmas card. We’ll have a selection of…
November/December 2024 Nina Tobien is a german artist who lives and works in Berlin. She is a painter who also works with ceramics and textiles. Researching and developing her own…
November/December 2024 Rainy Siagian (b. 1994) is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher who lives and works between Brussels and Reykjavík. Born in Indonesia and raised in Belgium, her work is…
November/December 2024 Andrea Salerno (Roma, 1989) is a visual artist and graphic designer based in Amsterdam. His recent work has focused on examining problems of visual representation of duality in…
Nú stendur yfir listfræðsluverkefnið “Trunt, trunt, tröll og allar aðrar landsins vættir” og hefur verkefnið nú þegar heimsótt 6 skóla: Brúarársskóla, Grunnskóla Fáskrúðsfjarðar, Egilsstaðaskóla, Nesskóla, Fellaskóla og Grunnskóla Borgarfjarðar eystra.…
A warm welcome to Elly Glossop, Skaftfell’s artist in residence in October!Elly Glossop is a British artist who lives and works in Copenhagen. Her ceramic works are constructed around a…
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the Nordic Baltic Funded residency supported by Nordic Culture Point who will be joining us August-October 2025. Kristina Stallvik is an artist,…
21. June – 27. September Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir & Mark WilsonCurator Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir. Opening 21. June 4pm Who are the whales that visit the Icelandic seas each summer?How differently has human…
THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED This fully funded residency, made possible by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, will support one artist and one artist duo to participate in the…
THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED Skaftfell Art Center offers an international self-directed artist-in-residence program in Seyðisfjörður, a small village located in the East Fjords of Iceland. The residency program’s remote…
This Sunday on the 24th of March the LungA school is opening an installation in the Skaftfell gallery. The installation is a part of the final exhibition of the Lunga…
Skaftfell warmly welcomes Heejoon June Yoon artist in residence for the month of January. Heejoon June Yoon is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work aims to uncover the ecology…
The 8th and final episode of the NAARCA podcast series, Testing Grounds, is out now. Link in bio to listen! How might a philosophy of repair change our approach to…
The Board of Skaftfell is delighted to announce the appointment of Celia Harrison as new director of Skaftfell Art Center. She will take up her position on January 1st, 2024.…
Skaftfell warmly welcomes Jonas Bentzer as residency artist in November. In his practice Jonas works conceptually with sculpture and sculpture as an act. The works may contain the conditions for,…
Gardening of Soul: Riso workshop – 31/10 and 1/11 from 16 – 19. Two day workshop in riso printing for 14 and up in Prentverk Seyðisfjörður, Öldugata 14. The workshop…
We warmly welcome artist Nerime El Ansari to Skaftfell’s residency. During her six-week residency from October 15 to November 30, El Ansari will work on her project ‘Dreams in Exile’…
Skaftfell warmly welcomes Michaela Labudová and Kristyna Cisarova from the project GARDENING OF SOUL: IN FIVE CHAPTERS. During Michaela Labudová residence at Skaftfell she will create work for the exhibition…
Skaftfell warmly welcomes Florin Bobu artist-in-residence for the month of October. Bobu is a Romanian artist and curator who lives and works in Iași. He is a part of 1+1,…
Skaftfell Art Center’s educational program The Young Arctic Creatures Workshop will be part of the pedagogy toolkit that will be published and made publicly available in Spring, 2024, by NAARCA,…
Skaftfell warmly welcomes Dianne Bos, a photographer from Calgary, Canada and the newest artist in a co-residency collaboration with Ströndin Studio. Renowned for her photographs produced using a pinhole camera,…
Skaftfell welcomes visiting artist Karen Stentaford in a residency co-sponsored by Skaftfell and Ströndin Studio. Karen is an artist and educator from Atlantic Canada, based within the greater territory of…
Olivia Louvel is a French-born British artist, composer and researcher whose work draws on voice, computer music and digital narrative. Her work is presented in the form of sound recordings,…
Skaftfell warmly welcomes Victoria Torboli, a Finnish art student at the School of Fine Arts of Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, in Kankaanpää, Finland who has been given an Erasmus internship to work in…
Episode 4: Baltic Art Center – Artists’ Role in an Age of Climate Crisis What role can, and should, artists play in an age of the climate crisis? What…
Acknowledging Lukas Kühne’s sculpture Tvísöngur as “an important sonic landmark in the cultural landscape of East Iceland,” Múlaþing, which owns the work, and Skaftfell, which oversees its care, recently signed…
Episode 3: Skaftfell Art Center – The Tensions of Environmental and Cultural Sustainability for Artists and Institutions LINK HERE How can arts institutions and artists be more sustainable – in…
Skaftfell Art Gallery announces a new partnership for the management of Skaftfell Bistró, looking ahead to a grand reopening of the restaurant in early May. The new restaurant managers–Eva Jazmin,…
Skaftfell welcomes new artist in residence Roman Sokolov, a documentary photographer and graduate student at Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole (DMJX). Born in St. Petersburg, Roman is now exiled in Denmark.…
Saturday March 11, 2023, 14:00-16:00, Herðubreið This workshop explores ways to convert memory into a painting, using the exact colour from a photograph. By extracting ink from the film, participants…
Tuesday March 7, 17:00-18:00, Skaftfell 3rd floor Skaftfell warmly invites you to an artist talk with our two current residency artists: Ji Yoon Jen Chung is an interdisciplinary artist and…
February 10, 2023, Skaftfell project space Lucia Gašparovičová presents her photo installation “26 minutes” at Skaftfell on Friday, February 10, from 17:00-18:00. The pop-up exhibition is part of the List í…
Wednesday, February 1, 17:00-18:00, Skaftfell, 3rd floor Skaftfell invites you to an artist talk with current residency artists Lucia Gašparovičová, Tóta Kolbeinsdóttir and Salka Rósinkranz: Lucia Gašparovičová is a Slovakian visual artist…
The Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA) announces the launch of its new podcast TESTING GROUNDS The introductory episode will be released on Friday, January 27, 2023. As…
Thursday, January 26, 2023, 17:00 – 18:00. Skaftfell, 3rd floor Skaftfell Art Center invites you to an artist talk with Jessica Auer, Canadian artist, photographer, and filmmaker, and co-founder of Ströndin…
On December 7, the opening of the exhibition “Gardening of Soul: Introduction” took place at House of Arts, Ústi nad Labem, Czech Republic. The exhibition is the first outcome of…
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 11:00 – 18:30, Herðubreið community center, Seyðisfjörður Skaftfell offers a full day workshop for 14-18 year olds including video performance and installation on December 10 in Herðubreið,…
Saturday, December 3, Prent Verk Seyðisfjörður Skaftfell offers a printmaking workshop for young people on Saturday, December 3, in the Prent Verk Seyðisfjörður studio in Öldugata 14. The workshop will…
Skaftfell Projects, Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður November 26 to December 15. Open Monday-Friday from 9:00-15:00 British artist Nicola Turner has been in residency at Skaftfell for the month of November. Now…
November 26, 2022 – January 29, 2023 Skaftfell Gallery, Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður Opening: November 26, 2022, 16:00 – 18:00 Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 17:00 – 22:00, closed on Mondays More…
Skaftfell invites young people of all ages to join our ceramics workshops led by ceramicist Rikke Høgenhof. The workshops will be held on November 19 and 20 in the Heima…
We warmly invite you to a presentation of work and sharing of thoughts by our two current residency artists. Thursday, November 10, 19:00 – 20:30. Skaftfell, top floor. Sound and…
We are excited to announce Skaftfell’s participation in the international collaborative project “Gardening of Soul: In Five Chapters”, led by the Faculty of Art at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University and House…
On October 22, Skaftfell offers a workshop on climate change awareness and climate action for children aged 8 and older. The workshop starts at 10:00 in Skaftfell, Austurvegur 42, 3rd…
Join us for an artist talk with Skaftfell’s current residency artists on Wednesday, September 28, 17:30-18:30 in the Skaftfell apartment (top floor). Coffee and biscuits will be served. Brooke Holve…
September 23 – December 31, 2022, Skaftfell Bistro BERND KOBERLING Haust | Autumn – Loðmundarfjördur The Painterly Self Now on view in the bistro is an installation of watercolors by…
September 17 – November 20, 2022, Skaftfell gallery Opening on September 17, 16:00-18:00 in Skaftfell and 18:00-19:30 in Herðubío (film screening) Gallery talk with the artist on September 18, 14:00 All events…
Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10:00-11:30 and 13:00-16:00 Join the FLOCK workshop with Rachel Simmons in Seyðisfjörður! The workshop includes taking a birdwatching walk around town and then making colourful bird prints…
Sunday, August 7 at 16:30, Herðubreið Skaftfell warmly welcomes Rachel Simmons, our artist in residence for the month of August! This Sunday afternoon Rachel will show her work FLOCK in the…
Seyðisfjörður Print Workshop, Öldugata 14 Wednesday, July 13, 13:00-17:00 – Open studio: see the artists at work Thursday, July 14, 13:00-17:00 – Open studio: see the artists at work and…
Saturday, July 16, 16:00. The Roth Corner, Skaftfell Bistro Skaftfell invites you to a book reading and signing with A. Kendra Greene, writer, artist, and author of The Museum of…
THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED. Skaftfell is inviting applications from individual artists and artistic collaborators to participate in its residency program in 2023. Application deadline: September 1, 2022 About the program:…
June 17 – August 28, 2022, Skaftfell Bistro Opening on June 17 at 16:00. Everyone is welcome. Opening times: like the bistro. This exhibition is the final episode of the…
June 04 – September 04, 2022, Skaftfell gallery Opening on June 04 from 16-18:00. Light refreshments will be available. A guided tour with artist Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir and curator Becky Forsythe…
Herðubreið cinema, June 6, 2022, 20:00 Please join us for this extraordinary performance/concert on June 6 in Herðubreið Culture and Community Center, hosted by Skaftfell. The work is part of…
May 17, 2022, 17:00-19:00, Herðubreið gallery and cinema Skaftfell’s residency artists Joan Perlman (US) and Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt (CA), will present current and recent work in a pop-up exhibition and screening…
Friday April 29, 17:00-20:00, Herðubreið Please join us for a pop-up exhibition of new works on paper by Andreas Senoner. Light refreshments will be available and the artist will give…
NAARCA, the Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action, of which Skaftfell is a member, are pleased to announce an open call for a freelance Podcast Producer. We are seeking…
April 1 – June 12, 2022, West Wall, Skaftfell Bistro Opening times are the same as for the bistro: Mon-Fri 12-22, Sat-Sun 17-22. Garðar Bachmann Þórðarson was born and raised…
The collective exhibition Alter/Breyta of the visual artists Brák Jónsdóttir, Hugo Llanes, Joe Keys and Nína Óskarsdóttir opened on March 26 and will continue until May 22. Curator is Hanna…
Our Art Sale for Ukraine managed to raise 500.000 kr ! The full amount has now been sent to the Icelandic Red Cross’ special fund for Ukrainian refugees. The fundraiser…
The Board of Skaftfell is delighted to announce the appointment of Pari Stave as new director of Skaftfell Center for Visual Art. She will take up her position on May…
Sunday March 13, 15:00-18:00, Skaftfell gallery. Together with Seyðisfjörður’s artistic community Skaftfell is organising a fundraiser art sale to support the people of Ukraine. The income from the sale will be donated…
Saturday, March 12, 15:00 in the Skaftfell gallery The talk will be held in English. Heinz Kasper (AT) is a painter, designer and dramaturg of light. He lives and works…
February 11 – March 12, 2022, Skaftfell Gallery Opening on February 11 from 18:00-20:00, in partnership with List í Ljósi art festival. The exhibition will be open until 22:00 on the…
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: RESIDENCY AND GROUP EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY FOR IUA FINE ART DEPARTMENT GRADUATES FROM THE YEARS 2017-2022 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art and the fine art department of the Iceland…
January 28 – March 30, West Wall, Skaftfell Bistro Opening times: Mon/Thu/Fri 12:00-14:00 and 17:00-22:00; Tue/Wed 12:00-22:00; Sat/Sun 17:00-22:00 Dæja Hansdóttir (b.1991 Reykjavík) was raised in the United States by…
As the year is coming to an end we are looking back at Skaftfell’s main projects in those rather unusual twelve months: REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS After the landslide disaster in…
November 27, 2021 – January 30, 2022, Skaftfell gallery Opening on November 27, 16:00-18:00. Opening times Mon-Fri 12:00-20:00, Sat-Sun 16:00-20:00. Entry is through the bistro on the ground floor. A…
Skaftfell is delighted to announce its participation in a new international research project, which was officially launched last week at Cove Park residency in Scotland and will continue until 2024.…
“In memoriam”, a publication by our former residency artist Anna Vaivare, has reached the President of Iceland! The inside of the folded print shows drawings of eleven houses in Seyðisfjörður…
The art festival Sequences 2021 finished recently where Skaftfell participated by hosting an art event by Anna Margrét Ólafsdóttir which took place in Seyðisfjörður. Anna Margét invited twenty residents of…
October 23, 2021 – January 3, 2022, West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro Opening times are the same as for the bistro. Þórarinn Andrésson (b. 1968), or Tóti Ripper, was born…
Tuesday, October 12, 16:30 – 17:30 in Herðubreið Our next artist talk is on Tuesday Oct 12, from 16:30-17:30 in Herðubreið, and everyone is welcome. Skaftfell’s current residency artists Eva…
Translation is dialog is a project developed by the artist Arlene Tucker (TW/USA) who lives and works in Joutsa, Finland. Arlene was artist in residence at Skaftfell in September 2021 and…
Opening on September 25, 16:00-18:00, in Skaftfell´s gallery. The artists will give a guided tour on September 26 at 14:00. The exhibition continues until November 21, 2021. Opening times Mon-Fri…
In 2022, we will be working mostly with artists who had to postpone their residencies due to the pandemic. Hence the year is fully booked, and there will be no…
July 27 – October 3, 2021, West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro Open daily 12:00-22:00 Magdalena Noga’s exhibition “Even though it might hurt” opens on July 27 in the West Wall…
Norðurgata 7, Seyðisfjörður Artist in residence Anna Vaivare has been working tirelessly on finishing her latest mural, and now it is done! Come and see this beautifully cheerful addition to…
Opening June 17, 16:00-18:00, in the Skaftfell gallery On view until September 5, 2021. Open Tue-Sun from 13:00-17:00. Closed on Mondays. Guided tour and artist talk on June 19, 15:00-16:00…
Herðubreið gallery, May 29 – June 4, during Herðubreið’s opening hours. Opening May 29, 14:00 -16:00. Everyone is welcome! In conclusion of Anna Vaivare’s residency at Skaftfell the artist is sharing…
Skaftfell’s artist in residence Anna Vaivare has been teaching a comics drawing workshop for children from 10-14 years old. The workshop was co-organized with Signý Jónsdóttir from Seyðisfjarðarskóli’s after school…
May 7 – June 5, 2021, Seyðisfjörður Swimming Pool Open for swimming pool guests during the regular opening hours. “Swimming pool” is an exhibition of drawings from Anna’s book of the…
Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 17:00 – 18:00, Herðubreið. “Buildings, comics and children’s books – an unintentional way to become an artist.” In our first artist talk of the year, current…
West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, March 10 – May 10, 2021. Open daily 16:00-22:00. Several Drawings of Mountains is a collection of moments in which mountains come into play –…
Opening February 12, 18:00-20:00, Skaftfell gallery. Artist talk February 13, 14:00 (in Icelandic) Guided tour in English Mars 18, 17:00 The exhibition is on view until April 25, 2021. Open Mon-Fri…
The Skaftfell Bistro is open again! Opening times: daily 16:00 – 21:00
In the wake of the disastrous landslides that hit Seyðisfjörður in the week before Christmas, we would like to thank everyone involved in keeping the people of Seyðisfjörður safe and…
West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro. Dec 5, 2020 – Feb 5, 2021 UNRELATED is a small selection of photographs drawn from a bigger and constantly growing collection of non-related pictures,…
Saturday 5. December, 15:00-18:00, in the Skaftfell gallery Still looking for a Christmas present for an art lover? Come and have a look at our pop-up shop in the gallery,…
After almost 10 years of running Skaftfell Bistro with great success the team of Hotel Aldan has now decided to pass the baton to Haukur Óskarsson. We’re looking forward to…
As was stated in the Icelandic media recently, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art has been in financial difficulties this year, and this has led to great uncertainty about the continuation…
West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, September 26 – November 29, 2020. My heart’s in the Highlands My heart is not here The eight lithographs in this exhibition were created in…
Skaftfell gallery, September 26 – December 20, 2020. Opening times: Mon – Fri, 12:00 – 18:00. Sat – Sun 15:00 – 18:00. Curator: Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir, Advisor: Gavin Morrison Opening reception:…
THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED. Skaftfell is inviting applications from individual artists and artistic collaborators to participate in the self-directed residency program in 2021. Application deadline: September 1, 2020 About the…
THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED. Skaftfell is pleased to announce that we are able to offer three 2-month residency grants in 2021, courtesy of the Nordic Baltic Mobility Programme. These…
Current artist in residence Bjargey Ólafsdóttir (IS) presents her exhibition Tíra / Scintilla in the Skaftfell gallery from May 11 to May 30. Access is through the bistro, on weekdays…
Skaftfell is inviting applications from Iceland-based artists to join its “Wanderlust” thematic residency from 6th to 26th August 2020 in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. This program is being held for the…
Skaftfell’s current artist in residence Kirsty Palmer (UK) is showing a selection of her newest work in the West Wall gallery in Skaftfell’s bistro, beginning on 5th May 2020. (Matter)…
Current artist in residence Gudrun Westerlund (SE) introduces her latest work through a pop-up exhibition and video artist talk, set in Skaftfell’s gallery, which is closed at the moment due to…
Throughout the history of Skaftfell visitors to the bistro have been invited to record their thoughts and ideas through drawings, paintings and writings on stacks of A4 paper. Once a…
Given the current situation with Coronavirus (COVID-19) Skaftfell has decided to suspend its exhibition program for the time being. We hope that everyone is remaining safe and we look forward to…
SITE_ is a three-day exhibition in Skaftfell’s gallery by Julian Harold (FR), Hyun Ah Kwon (KR), Kristen Mallia (US), and Kirsty Palmer (UK), who are artists in residence at Skaftfell…
This exhibition is postponed. A new date will be announced shortly Pétur Kristjánsson is more than an artist. Having lived in Seyðisfjörður since the 1980s, he was until recently the…
Skaftfell’s artist in residence Kristen Mallia (US) has been teaching a short workshop for school children in Seyðisfjörður, working with light and darkness and the unexpected outcome while using a…
List í Ljósi festival, Seyðisfjörður, 13.-15. February 2020, daily 18:00 – 22:00. Skaftfell’s current artist in residence Hyun Ah Kwon (KR) is participating in the annual List í Ljósi light festival…
The exhibition is a result from a printmaking workshop held by the Iceland University of The Arts in Seyðisfjörður, East Fjords of Iceland, in collaboration with Skaftfell Center for Visual…
New exhibition in the West Wall gallery in Skaftfell’s Bistro. Open daily from 15:00. “The drawings bear a reference to the attempts of humans to understand and explain their experiences, and to the resulting knowledge…
09.11.2019 — 05.01.2020 Opening: Saturday, 09.11.2019, 16h-18h Gallery talk with the artist: Sunday, 10.11.2019, 14h-15h The exhibition, Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS is part of Skaftfell’s exhibition strategy to work with…
October 31, 2019, 16:30 – 18:00, at Skaftfell, Austurvegur 42, 3rd floor. In celebration of the Days of Darkness in East Iceland, Skaftfell’s current artists in residence Ioana Popovici (RO),…
Opening: Saturday, 21.09.2019, 16h-18h21.09 – 26.10.2019 The title of the exhibition, It’s not true is purposefully enigmatic and as such is highly appropriate for the work of Elvar Már Kjartansson…
Skaftfell is inviting applications from individual artists and artistic collaborators to participate in the self-directed residency program in 2020. Application deadline: September 5, 2019. Skaftfell Center for Visual Art is located in Seyðisfjörður,…
A big thank you to our first five residency artists of the year, who have shared their thoughts, works and inspirations with us in January and February: Jūra Bardauskaité (LT) and Kęstutis…
In celebration Skaftfell’s 20th anniversary, and to fund raise for its continuing activities, the art centre is pleased to announce the launch of a suite of editions. The artists who…
On Oct 30 a new agreement was signed by Þórunn Eymundardóttir, chairperson of the Skaftfell Group, Auður Jörundsdóttir, chairman of the Skaftfell board. The Skaftfell Group is a grassroot association…
The Skaftfell board is pleased to announce Gavin Morrison as the new Director of Skaftfell, Center for Visual Art in East Iceland. Morrison’s tenure will start in early November taking…
From Monday Oct 8 Skaftfell will go on autumn break. The Bistro will be closed until Oct 19 and the gallery program will also take a pause. The next exhibition…
During September Skaftfell has organized guided tours for families on Saturdays at 15.00. The tour offers insight into the work of Nína Tryggvadóttir (1913-1968) and Gunnlaugur Scheving (1904-1972) on display…
The applications for the Skaftfell Residency Program 2019 and for the thematic residencies Printing Matter and Wanderlust have now been forwarded to the selection panel for review. The results will be available by…
Skaftfell is one of the initiators of BRAS, a new cultural festival dedicated to children and young adults. The festival will take place for the first time all around East…
Skaftfell, Center for Visual Art in East Iceland, is seeking to appoint a focused, independent and driven director. Skaftfell has the essential role of presenting, discoursing and encouraging the development…
Skaftfell is inviting applications from artists across the world to participate in the Skaftfell Residency Program 2019, both individual artists and artistic collaborators. In 2019, the center is able to…
Skaftfell’s thematic residencies aim to create platforms for exchange, discussion, and collaboration amongst fellow artists from various disciplines, who share a professional interest in the residency’s topic, both on a…
As of Tuesday, May 8, Skaftfell closes for maintenance. The Bistro will reopen May 25. At the same time there will be a short pause in the exhibition program. The…
Holy Thursday 12:00 Good Friday 12:00 Saturday 12:00 Easter Sunday 12:00 Easter Monday 15:00 * Kitchen closes at 21.00
A curatorial team has been selected to curate Skaftfell’s summer and anniversary exhibition this year; C A B L E. The exhibition will open on June 16 marking the 20th anniversary of…
The Skaftfell residency program 2018 is now in full swing, and most residency places have been confirmed for this season. Out of 322 applications, 42 artists from all over the…
This year the small rural art center Skaftfell celebrates its 20th anniversary as an organization. A few projects are in process to mark the occasion, including a publication in collaboration…
As part of the ongoing Skaftfell Residency Program, the Thematic Residency Printing Matter aims to create a platform for exchange, discussion, and collaboration amongst fellow artists from various disciplines, who…
In the beginning of November starts a drawing course for curious and enthusiastic drawers. The course is aimed for age 12 and older, also grown ups. The main focus will…
Seyðisfjörður workshop is a two week long workshop hosted by the Dieter Roth Academy for students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. The workshop…
The Bistro and gallery are opening during the following hours during the holidays. 23rd of December: from 15:00 24th of December: Closed 25th of December: Closed 26th of December: from…
In the beginning of November starts a drawing course for curious and enthusiastic drawers. The course is aimed for age 12 and older, also grown ups. The main focus will…
The Bistro has reopened and is open from now on daily at 15.00, kitchen closes at 21.00. Skaftfell Bistro offers fulfilling food, pizzas, aromatic coffee, delicious cakes and sweets, ale,…
The deadline has passed for the Skaftfell Residency Program, Printed Matter and exhibition proposal in 2018. All of the received applications will now be reviewed by the selection panel and conclusions…
The Bistro will temporarily close from Sept 10, due to a maintenance session. The reopening will be advertised later. The gallery is open: Tue 15.00 – 18.00 Wed 15.00 – 18.00…
Landscape and sound figures is the title Skaftfells art education project for the winter of 2017-2018 with the sound sculpture Tvísöngur, by German artists Lukas Kühne, as the main focus.…
Autumn brings new opening hours for Skaftfell. Skaftfell Bistro: From August 31 the Bistro is open daily from 15.00, kitchen closes at 21:30. The Bistro will temporarily close from Sept 10,…
Skaftfell, Center for Visual Art in East Iceland, celebrates its 20th organizational anniversary next year. To mark the occasion the center calls for proposals for the 2018 summer exhibition in…
Application deadline: Sept 15, 2017 In partnership with the Goethe-Institut Dänemark, Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art is able to offer a grant for one artist for a two-month residency in…
Application deadline: Sept 15, 2017 The residency program at Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art, East Iceland, aims to create and nurture an environment for inspiration, focus, and experiment. The…
Application deadline: Sept 15, 2017 Printing Matter is a three-week thematic residency with an intensive program for 8-10 artists, focusing on artist book making. The program is guided by Åse…
In the beginning of 2017 a new advisory panel commenced within Skaftfell. Its key role will be to define artistic approach and premises for the gallery, residency- and education program.…
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 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…
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…
Two-week thematic residency with an intensive program focusing on printmaking and artist book making. The program is developed and guided by the Danish artist and graphic designer Åse Eg Jørgensen.…
The Bistro and gallery are opening during the following hours during the holidays. 23rd of December: from 15:00 24th of December: Closed 25th of December: Closed 26th of December: from…
A summary of the educational project Oral tradition and mapping of memories in the form of a web-map is ready, see: Skaftfell´s art education project for winter 2016-2017 was a travelling art workshop were…
Öldugata, www.oldugata.wordpress.com, is a newly founded entrepreneur centre and workplace for the creative sector in Seyðisfjörður were artists and entrepreneurs can rent desks and small studios. The center was founded…
The Skaftfell office has moved to Öldugata 14, entrance on south side. Julia Martin, residency manager, is currently on maternity leave and new team members Celia Harrison and Sesselja Hlín…
The Skaftfell Bistró has re-opened and is open: Mon-Fri 15.00-21.00 and Sat-Sun 14.00-21.00.
Unfortunately the gallery will be closed on Thursday Nov 3 and Friday Nov 4. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Friday Oct 21 artists-in-residency Morgan Kinne will host a mini-workshop for children age 6-10. Everyone is welcome while there is still space. Hanna Christel, Skaftfells education manager, will assist. The…
What is oral tradition? How does oral tradition manifest in modern times, opposed to the past were individuals relied solely on memory to share stories and knowledge? Skaftfell´s art education…
Skaftfell Bistró will be closed from Sept 26 until mid Oct, due to maintenance. The Skaftfell gallery will be open Tue-Fri from 13-16, and by appointment, during the maintenance period.
Autumn has arrived in Seyðisfjörður with inevitable changes in opening hours. Skaftfell Bistró is open daily from 15.00-21.30. The house of Geiri will be closed over winter and reopens on June 1, 2017.…
The call for applications for the Thematic residency “Printed Matter” is also closed. The call for applications for the Goethe-Institut residency grant remains open until 20th September. German artists…
Every room can be heard as an acoustic system consisting of a number of layers: it has its own sonic life; its resonance shapes the sounds produced in it; it…
Application deadline: 20th September 2016 In partnership with the Goethe-Institut Dänemark, Skaftfell is able to offer a grant for one artist for a 2-month residency in 2017. The Goethe-Institut residency grant…
Rolling snowball is an international visual art exhibition which presents works by contemporary artists. Rolling Snowball/7, Djúpivogur brings together artists working across the full spectrum of disciplines, including drawing, photography,…
Period: Feb 2-15, 2017. Deadline: September 1, 2016. Printing matter is a two-week thematic residency with an intensive program for 8-10 artists, focusing on printmaking and artist book making. The…
Deadline Sept 1, 2016. The residency program at Skaftfell Center for Visual Art aims to create and nurture an environment for inspiration, focus, and experiment; to encourage artists to experience…
Skaftfell welcomes residency artists: Kati Gausman, Richard Skelton and Ráðhildur Ingadóttir. The artists first stayed at Seyðisfjörður in September 2014 for one month and simultaneously launched their participation in Frontiers in Retreat. They have now…
A workshop for the curious and the keen in drawing. In the workshop the students will learn everything about proportion, perspective as well as various techniques and styles. The practices…
A workshop for the curious and the keen in sculpting, mostly in clay but also in other materials. The students will work with a certain motive as well as with…
Learn once and for all how to work your DSLR camera. In the course the students will learn all the basic technical settings on a DSLR camera as well as…
Application deadline May 15, 2016. Applications are open to curators interested in pursuing research, curatorial and critical writing opportunities in the northern regions of Norway, Finland, Sweden, Northwest-Russia, Scotland, Iceland…
Skaftfell Bistró and gallery will be open: Thursday 15:00-21:00 Good Friday 17:00-20:00 Saturday 12:00-21:00 Easter Sunday 17:00-20:00 Monday 15:00-21:00 The Skaftfell office will be closed from Thursday to Tuesday.
The final chapter of the Czech, Icelandic and Norwegian collaboration project Frontiers of Solitude took place Feb 4.- 6. in Prague,Czech Rebublic when an exhibition opened with 19 artists and…
Icelandic artists Ásdís Sif Gunnarssdóttir is currently participating in the Romanian Icelandic collaboration project entitled Artists as Agents of Institutional Exchange. As a part of the project she will stream…
Exhibition: February 5 – March 4, 2016 at Skolska 28 Gallery, Fotograf Gallery and Ex Post Opening on February 4, 2016 from 6 pm at Skolska 28 Gallery and Fotograf…
In collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Dänemark, Skaftfell will be able to offer a grant to one artist, for a two-month residency between September – December 2016. Application deadline: March…
Friday, January 28, tranzit.ro/ Iași will host a public presentation of the project Artists as agents of institutional exchange, organized by tranzit.ro/ Iași in partnership with Skaftfell. In the frame…
Dear art lovers, near and far. The gallery opening hours will be extended until the holidays. Thu Dec 17 open 15-20 Fri Dec 18 open 15-20 Sat Dec 19 open…
In conjunction with the exhibition opening of Icelandic artists Eyborg Gudmundsdottir and Eyglo Hardardottir, Skaftfell will launch its seventh educational project. Since 2007 the Center has produced a total of…
The deadline for the Skaftfell Artist-in-Residence program in 2016 expired on September 1 and over120 applications were received. A selection panel will review the applications and selected artists will be…
Icelandic artists Finnur Arnar Arnarson, Elvar Már Kjartansson, Karlotta Blöndal, Monika Frycová, Kristín Rúnarsdóttir and Þórunn Eymundardóttir have been selected to participate in the international project Frontiers of Solitude. The…
In her current project ‘Parallel Line Up’ Berlin-based artist Jenny Brockmann investigates environment, its dynamics and how poeple interact with it. She researches volcanic and geological processes that contain either…
Frontiers of Solitude is an international collaboration between artists and arts organizations in three European countries: Skolska 28 (Czech Republic), Atelier Nord (Norway) and Skaftfell. The project…
The call for applications for the Long-term Residency Program at Skaftfell 2016 is open now until the deadline of September 1. 2015. Applications must be submitted via the online application…
David Edward Allen (UK) lives in Berlin. His work revolves around a broadened notion of Landscape and our position as part of it. Using, for example, natural phenomena such as…
Saturday and Sunday May 9-10, from 12.00-14.00 Minimalist Composition (I+II) is a mini field + studio workshop hosted by Canadian artist Reza Rezai. The focus of the workshop will be…
Climbing Invisible Structures is a curated visual arts residency exchange and exhibition programme organised by the Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC) (Lithuania), in collaboration with the…
Skaftfell appoints with great pleasure Gavin Morrison as honorary artistic director for 2015-2016. I am fascinated by the different roles which Skaftfell fulfils for Seydisfjordur and how the art centre…
In September of 2014 the educational project Digital Craftsmanship was launched. The project emphasizes the union of creativity and sustainability and is designed for fifth, sixth and seventh graders in…
Fimmtudaginn 12. febrúar kl. 17:00 í Skaftfell Bistró. Danski listamaðurinn Cai Ulrich von Platen, gríski listamaðurinn Effrosyni Kontogeorgou – búsettur í Berlín, og breski rithöfundurinn Helen Jukes kynna verk sín…
Meet and hear the current artists in residence at Skaftfell Jessica Auer (CA) and the artist duo GIDEONSSON/LONDRÉ (SE) present their work on Tuesday January the 20th. at 17:00. The…
Geiri’s house, the former home of native artists Ásgeir Jón Emilsson at Oddagata 4c, graces Skaftfell’s greeting card. Geiri was creatively compulsive and decorated his house with great care. His…
Students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts have arrived for the second time this year to participate in “Workshop Seyðisfjörður”. This is the fifteenth…
The deadline for the Skaftfell residency program in 2015 expired on September 1 and nearly 180 applications were received. A selection panel goes over the applications and results will be…
The first artists participating in the Frontiers in Retreat project at Skaftfell, Kati Gausmann and Richard Skelton, arrived in Iceland in the end of August. Simultaneously the volcanic activity in South Iceland reached…
During the summer Skaftfell offers a guided presentation of the current exhibition “Rà RÔ every Wednesday afternoon. The staff will present each artwork in the exhibition room…
Program Outline The aim of Skaftfell´s residency program is manifold: to create and nurture an environment for inspiration; to encourage artists to experience life and work in a unique micro-community…
At the Bookshop – projectspace Newly arrived artists in residence at Skaftfell; Munan Ovrelid (NO) and Melissa Pokorny (US) will give an introduction to their work and practice. Munan will…
The outdoor sculpture ÂA movable feast by Andreas Jari Juhani Toriseva is a part of the exhibition Veldi, that is currently running in Skaftfell. The work is a car that…
The educational project during the winter of 2013-2014 revolved around the visual language and practice of the Swiss artist Dieter Roth. Skaftfell invited primary school students from ten to twelve…
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…
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…
The artist group RoShamBo, in good collaboration with Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art has now published a web based map which contains information on workshops, residencies, galleries, project platforms, schools and…
Deadline September 1, 2013 Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art runs a residency program in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. The program is aimed at visual artists but artists working in intermediate fields…
Skaftfell won the Eyrarrós award 2013 for outstanding cultural achievement in non-urban areas in Iceland. We are proud and very thankful for all the attentions. Here is a link to…
On Wednesday November 28, current artists-in-residence Linda Persson and Liam Sprod gave an artist talk at the college in Egilsstaðir, for visual art students.
The Narrative Collection project will have its official conclusion on December 1st. The project has been going on for the past two years and roughly 200 narratives from the people…
Call for artists: Due to cancellation Skaftfell residency program now has an opening this November for artists to apply and come with short notice. If interested, please contact us by email…
Hóll – residency, Vesturgata 28. – 29. October 2012Â Else Ploug Isaksen invites you in to see her work in progress Sunday and Monday afternoon 16:00-18:00. She has been…
The Skaftfell residency program now has an available residency for September (2012) due to sudden cancellations. If you are interested please contact us enclosing a short artist statement and/or projectdescription, min…
Call for artists: Due to cancellation, Skaftfell residency flat at the Skaftfell main building is now available for one month: 15th of August – 15th of September 2012. If you…
The Skaftfell residency program in 2013 Call for applications Deadline 1st. September 2012 Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art has opened a call for applications for the residency program in…
RI_2012_program Reaction Intermediate offers 11 different projects presented by visual and sound artists presented by Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art. The program is based on events, happenings, performances, open…
Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art, East Iceland, appoints with great pleasure Ráðhildur Ingadóttir as honorary artistic director for 2013-2014. A completed artwork is only a fraction of its existence…
Skaftfell Residency Program hereby calls for applications for a Residency stay with a grant courtesy of KulturKontaktNord. Nordic and Baltic artists are eligible to apply for a 2 month residency…
Tuesday the 29th of Mars 2012 Artist talk by current artists in residence at Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art; Judy-ann Moule and Fernando José Pereira at the college in…
Skaftfell Bistro will be open Saturday March 3 from 15-21. The exhibition SKÃSKEGG Ã VHS+CD is open on the second floor.
The annual Art Academy workshop, in collaboration with the Dieter Roth Academy and Technology museum, started today. The students are in total 14 and the process will end with a…
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The Skaftfell residency program in 2012 Call for applications Deadline 1st. September 2011 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art has opened a call for applications for the residency program in 2012.…
Dear artists Skaftfell is taking over one more house in Seydisfjordur this coming August 1st. There for we are now open for applications for the period August – December 2011…
Due to unexpected cancelations the Hóll residency is available in January and February 2011. If you would like to do a residency during those months please be in contact, the…
Due to unexpected cancellations the Iron House residency is available in January 2011 Artists that are not already on our waiting list need to send us a CV and some…
The Skaftfell residency program in 2011 Call for applications Deadline 1st. September 2010 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art has opened a call for applications for the residency program in 2011.…
Birgir Andrésson, Tumi Magnússon & Roman Signer Opening Saturday July 10th, 4pm The Swiss artist Roman Signer has been involved with Iceland in various ways during the last years. His…
Due to cancellation the period 18th – 2th June 2010 is available at Hóll residency. The fee for each week is 19.000 iskr. To see more info on Hóll go…
The Skaftfell residency program in 2011 Call for applications Deadline 1st. September 2010 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art has opened a call for applications for the residency program in 2011.…
Due to cancellation the week 11th – 17th June 2010 is available at Hóll residency. The fee for the week is 19.000 iskr. To see more info on Hóll go…
Skaftfell Residency Program Call for applications Residency stay with a grant courtesy of kknord. Nordic and Baltic artists are eligible to apply for a 1 – 4 month residency with…
The Skaftfell residency is open for applications for the coming month of April. The residency is available only for the whole month, not parts of it. Residency fee is 30.000…
Design-, music- and various artists that are interested to perform at LungA 2010 should send in an application. LungA festival will be held 12 – 18 July 2010 in Seydisfjordur,…
Skaftfell’s residencies are fully booked through out 2010 and we are not accepting any applications for 2011 yeat. We will post an opening for applications in spring 2010. The exhibition…
Please be in contact with SIM if you are interested, not Skaftfell. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS SIMRESÂ – NORDIC ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM IN REYKJAVIK Visual artists from the Nordic and Baltic countries…
Call for applications for Hóll residency ends tomorrow, 1st October. Postal stamp applies. More information and the application form can be found on the website under “residency”
The call for applications formally ends tomorrow! How ever we will give until next monday for posting the applications. So, for the ones who are a bit late, print out…
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The Technical Museum of East Iceland used to house printmaking facilities consisting of several antique printmaking presses and tools which were owned by the artist Dieter Roth. The workshop also included a…
Philipp Valenta. 23rd Nov 2018 to 14th January 2019. West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro. Iceland’s economy is becoming more and more dependent on tourism, a growing industry that offers…