Nína Magnúsdóttir: Lines of Flight | Hársbreidd
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…
Past program
Artist talk: Brooke Holve (US), Catherine Richardson (UK/US), Eve Provost Chartrand
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…
Bernd Koberling, Autumn – Loðmundarfjörður
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…
Rikke Luther – On Moving Ground
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…
FLOCK workshop with Rachel Simmons
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…
Exhibition and artist talk with Rachel Simmons
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…
Reading with A. Kendra Greene
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…
GÚLÍGOGG – Jón Sigurpálsson, Pétur Kristjánsson, Örlygur Kristfinnsson
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…
Afield – Diane Borsato, Geoffrey Hendricks, Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir
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…
Again the Sunset – Inga Huld Hákonardóttir and Yann Leguay
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…
Exhibition / artist talk: Joan Perlman and Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt
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…
Andreas Senoner – Paper Series
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…
Garðar Bachmann Þórðarson on the West Wall
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…
Johan F Karlsson – Pathway Through A Sunstone
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…
Dæja Hansdóttir on the West Wall
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…
Artist Talk: Eva Beierheimer & Samuel Brzeski
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…
Anna Júlía Friðbjörnsdóttir and Karlotta Blöndal: Slóð (Trace)
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…
Magdalena Noga – Even though it might hurt
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…
New mural in Seyðisfjörður by Anna Vaivare
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…
Pétur Kristjánsson – Tinkering ideas
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…
Anna Vaivare – Houses, Mountains and Landscapes of Seyðisfjörður
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…
Comics drawing workshop with Anna Vaivare
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…
Anna Margrét Ólafsdóttir – Mirror mirror
May 11 – July 25, 2021, West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro Open Wed-Fri from 12:00-22:00 and Sat-Sun from 16:00-22:00. In the year 2019 Anna Margrét dressed as Snow White for…
Anna Vaivare – Swimming Pool
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…
Artist Talk – Anna Vaivare
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…
Svandís Egilsdóttir – Several Drawings of Mountains
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 –…
Þór Vigfússon
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…
Unrelated – Rafael Vázquez
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,…
Piotr Kołakowski – Last Drawings
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…
PREFAB / FORSMÍÐ
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:…
Hello and Goodbye – Tinna Guðmundsdóttir
July 3 – August 16, West Wall Gallery, Skaftfell Bistro. Opening times: Wed-Sun 12:00-17:00. The photo series Hello and Goodbye is a documentation of the short period of family life.…
Pre-screening of Shore Power
Wednesday July 1, 20:00 – 21:00, Herðubreið cinema. Skaftfell presents a special pre-screening of Jessica Auer’s film Shore Power for the local community. This project was initiated during her residency…
Quarantine drawings
West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, June 17 – July 1, 2020. For many years visitors to the Skaftfell bistro have been invited to make drawings and writings on stacks of…
Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir: Mon ciel, mi cielo. What do you really mean?
June 17 – September 6th, 2020 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art’s summer exhibition will be with the Reykjavik based artist Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir (b. 1985). For this project she has chosen…
Tíra / Scintilla – Bjargey Ólafsdóttir
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…
(Matter) – Kirsty Palmer in the West Wall gallery
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)…
A place to be – Gudrun Westerlund
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…
SITE_
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…
Hyun Ah Kwon – Perspective. List í Ljósi 2020
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…
Pressure
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…
Ingirafn Steinarsson – Hólmi / Elevation
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…
Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS
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…
Days of Darkness Artist Talk – Ioana Popovici, Michala Paludan, Rasmus Røhling
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),…
Ioana Popovici – Discard, decay, rust
West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, Oct 26 – Nov 14, 2019. Opening times: daily from 15:00 to 22:00, or until the Bistro closes. Ioana Popovici is a choreographer, performer, and…
Jin Jing & Liu Yuanyuan
When The Boat Is Sailing Into Island I Know No More Than What I Know Now On September 26, from 17:00-20:00, Jin Jing (CN) and Liu Yuanyuan (CN) are holding…
Elvar Már Kjartansson & Litten Nystrøm: It’s not true
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…
Collectors
Opening reception April 6, 16-18h. April 7 – June 1, 2019 An exhibition of the wonderful, strange, and varied collections drawn from the residents of Seyðisfjörður and surrounding areas. Skaftfell…
Hazard Zone – Through the Layers
September 10, 20:00-21:00, Herðubreið cinema Zdenka Brungot Svíteková and her team, currently participating in Skaftfell’s residency program, will show a performative work in progress in Herðubreið’s cinema space on September…
Zdenka Brungot Svíteková – Through the Layers
Dance workshop and individual bodywork sessions “As in all of nature, our patterns are layered into landscapes,changing each moment, while maintaining a sense of continuity and longevity.” Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen…
Jessica Auer & Zuhaitz Akizu – Kujira (A White Whale)
New work by Jessica Auer and Zuhaitz Akizu in Skaftfell’s West Wall gallery in the bistro. Join us for the opening reception on June 17, 17:00 – 19:00. Everyone is welcome!…
Cheryl Donegan & Dieter Roth
Opening: June 17, 2019, Skaftfell galleryOpen from 17 June – 1 September, 2019 The exhibition Cheryl Donegan & Dieter Roth considers Dieter Roth as an artist and publisher of books alongside…
Dieter Roth, Húsin á Seyðisfirði, vetur 1988 – sumar 1995
Opening 17 June, 17:00-19:00. Angró, Hafnargata, Seyðisförður18.06 – 01.09. 2019Exhibition open Friday – Sunday 12:00-18:00 Skaftfell with Tækniminjasafns Austurlands and the Dieter Roth Estate will collaborate to re-stage the installation…
Alessa Brossmer / Morten Modin
Alessa Brossmer (DE) and Morten Modin (DK) are holding a pop-up exhibition in Herðubreið’s cinema on Friday May 24, 16:00-18:30. They will present the outcomes of their 2-month residencies at…
Alessa Brossmer – Glow In The Dark
Skaftfell’s current artist in residence Alessa Brossmer (DE) opens her in-house installation GlowInTheDark on April 16, 21:00 – 23:00 in Nielsenhús, Hafnargata 14. There will be hot drinks and conversations…
Åse Eg Jørgensen – Kompendium
West Wall Gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, March 27 to June 12, 2019. Åse Eg Jørgensen (b. 1958) is a danish artist and graphic designer based in Copenhagen. She has been co-editor of…
Printing Matter – Exhibition #4
Saturday March 23, 16:00 – 18:00, Technical Museum of East Iceland, Seyðisfjörður. Amy Uyeda (CA), Apolline Fjara (FR), Eva Bjarnadóttir (IS), Labhaoise Ni Shuilleabhain (IE), Mary Buckland (CA), Olga Adele…
Sidsel Carré: Åndedrættet – The Breath
Thursday March 21, 19:00 – 22:00, Herðubreið café/gallery Sidsel Carré (DK) will show new paintings and works in progress, which have been developing during her residency at Skaftfell in February…
Artist talk by Marta Hryniuk & WET screening
Thursday, March 21, 20:00 – 22:00, Herðubreið cinema The program is organised by Marta Hryniuk, current artist in residence at Skaftfell, in collaboration with WET– a Rotterdam-based cooperative for video…
FOSS editions at the West Wall gallery
FOSS publishes limited editions of printed and non printed matter by international artists. FOSS is based in Seyðisfjörður, and is run by Litten Nystrøm and Linus Lohmann. The exhibition at…
Korkimon – Semi-erect and non-threatening
Monday February 25, 19:00 – 21:00, in Herðubreið. Open until Wednesday February 27, daily 10:00 – 18:00. Korkimon – Melkorka Katrín Ingibjargardóttir (IS) – presents new work in the Herðubreið gallery,…
Creative Reading with Odysseus Atlas
February 25, 2019, 19:30 – 21:00, Herðubreið café. Join us for an introduction into creative reading with the artist duo Jūra Bardauskaitė (LT) and Kęstutis Montvidas (LT), who are collaborating…
Lisa M. Stybor – Flow of time
Lisa M. Stybor (DE), with Lísa Leónharðsdóttir (IS) / Anna Raabe (DE) / Max Richter (DE) Open Studio on February 22, 2019, 17:00 – 20:00, Skaftfell 3rd floor, Austurvegur…
Ultima Thule
Odysseus Atlas – Kęstutis Montvidas (LT) and Jūra Bardauskaité (LT) Fjarðará Lake, February 15 and 16, 2019, from 18:00 to 22:00. Odysseus Atlas is a creative initiative by artists Kęstutis…
30 Days – Work in Progress
On Wednesday Nov 28, Dana Neilson (CA) and Tuomo Savolainen (FI) will be showing what direction their work has taken while being on residency at Skaftfell. Join us in Herðubreið café…
Fosshús – Open studio
Composer and artist Nathan Hall will transform the house Brekka (Austurvegur 44b) into an installation called FOSSHÚS. The three floors will have sound and visual works that can be discovered.…
Nature’s Values
Iceland’s economy is becoming more and more dependent on tourism, a growing industry that offers the country’s natural wonders as attractions to be consumed. In this context it seems hard…
Works on Paper
This place has the smoogy look as the opening scene of Fargo. Kumiko thought the money was real and went for a hunt. James Bond drove with his car over…
Artists Talk #30
This Tuesday, Oct 16 at 16.30, Skaftfell will host its thirtieth Artist Talk. In this session six international artist will present their work and practice for 15 minutes each. The event…
Printing Matter exhibition
On Saturday, September 22, the yield from Printing Matter, a thematic residency organized by Skaftfell in collaboration with the Technical Museum of East Iceland, will be on public display. This…
All kinds of landscapes
Landscape and nature has always been an inspiration for artists. Icelandic artists Nína Tryggvadóttir (1913-1968) and Gunnlaugur Scheving (1904-1972) are no exception from that tradition. Even though their key works…
White sun: a sun dial and summer sky exploration
Living in the northern hemisphere we have to tolerate the fact that the sun is not a reliable source to tell time, yet it softly eases us into the different seasons with…
Birds of passage 1998-2018
An artist residency “is an outcome of time, place and people and it offers an opportunity for enduring relationships and a profound communion with both art and one’s own thoughts.“…
Birds of passage – seminar
20 years of Skaftfell’s artist-in-residency program have resulted in 250 artists coming to Seyðisfjörður and to East Iceland. Some have left a physical trace behind, or a trace in someone’s…
Artists Talk #29
Five artists are currently participating in the Skaftfell Residency Program. Elena Mazzi, Hannimari Jokinen, Joe Sam-Essandoh, Jemila MacEwan and Pierre Tremblay will this Friday, May 18, introduce their work and practice…
On Site
FOSS presents four recently published editions at the event “On Site” at Skaftfell gallery. The editions represent a range of artistic expressions and formats however all developed under the influence…
Open studio – Eliso Tsintsabadze and Pavel Filkov
Eliso Tsintsabadze (GE) and Pavel Filkov (RU) have been artists-in-residency at Skaftfell in March and April. Their work explores human relations to landscape through photography, and studies the medium of photography…
C A B L E
The exhibition highlights the major changes and advances that communication technology has entailed. Overload of information and increasingly fast-paced communication in the present time provokes ideas about the submarine cable…
Printing Matter – Intensity
For the past three weeks a group of international artists have participated in a thematic residency, entitled Printing Matter, at Skaftfell. During this period the artists have explored the art…
White Sun
The artist group IYFAC (Inspirational Young Female Artist Club) have for the past months researched time as a concept and experience, as well as the connection that humans have with the…
All Paths Blocked
The exhibition All Paths Blocked presents the result of a workshop with the 3rd year students of the Fine Art Department of the Iceland Academy of the Arts. The two week…
Seyðisfjörður Workshop 2018
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 Authors Train in Seyðisfjörður
The annual authors train will stop in Seyðisfjörður the first weekend of advent Saturday Dec 2. The event will start at 20.30 and take place in the Skaftfell gallery. The authors…
The Thing is
New works by Claudia Hausfeld, Sindri Leifsson, Eva Ísleifsdóttir and Elísabet Brynhildardóttir explore objecthood in a multitude of ways. For the past year, the artists have been engaged in conversation…
Corrected Vision
LOCATION: Austurvegur 42, 3rd floor. We recommend potential guest follow the FB event, see here. “Corrected Vision” is a new installation by artist Jessica MacMillan, where she has turned her…
Margrét H. Blöndal
The solo exhibition pollur – spegill by Margrét H. Blöndal, is ongoing from Oct 7 – Nov 26 in the Skaftfell gallery. I was moving along on foot, water that…
Blink
Blink presents works by four artists, who are in various ways exploring mechanisms of observation and documentation in relation to time and space. The exhibiting artists, Jessica MacMillan (US), Maiken…
Neighbours
Neighbours is an artist talk and reading event co-organized by Yen Noh and Inga Danysz, who are current artists-in-residence at Skaftfell. Having resided in Seyðisfjörður for a month, they will…
Screening of the web series ENDZEIT
This Friday August 25, the web series ENDZEIT (The End of Time) by the siblings Anna & Jan Groos will be screened at the Skaftfell Residency, Austurvegur 42, 3rd floor at…
Misguided Fieldwork
Join us at Seyðisfjörður Information Centre, Wednesday June 28, 16.00-18.00. The exhibition is also open Thursday June 29, 08.00-16.00. Misguided Fieldwork brings together works by Kristie MacDonald (CA) and Factory…
Amy Knoles – electronic performance
Electronic musician and percussionist Amy Knoles (US) performs a unique electronic performance in Seyðisfjarðarkirkja, church of Seyðisfjörður. The event will take place Wednesday May 24 at 21.00 and is organized in…
Stereoskin
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…
When I Visit Homes
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Koma
Exhibition featuring students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts participate in the annual “Workshop Seyðisfjörður”. Curators: Björn Roth and Kristján Steingrímur. We arrived in…
Artists’ Talk #27
Current artists-in-residence, Helen Nisbet and Jennifer Schmidt, will present their work and practice Wednesday January 18 at 17.00 in the Skaftfell gallery. Helen is a curator and her stay is…
A Saturday Night Crack Sabbath with the Tromsø Dollsz Arkestra
Norwegian artists collective Tromsø Dollsz Arkestra will host a performance Saturday Nov 12. at 17.00 in the Bookshop-projectspace. Tromsø Dollsz Arkestra collective is founded on principles of free, pseudo-telepathic noise…
RIFF selection in Seyðisfjörður
Skaftfell, in collaboration with the Cultural Center of Fljótdalshérað, will host an off-venue for Reykjavík International Film Festival in Seyðisfjörður Thursday Nov 3 in Herðubreið Community Center two movies will be…
Open studios
Current artists-in-residence will host open studios and present works in progress as a part of the Visual Art Day. Morgan Kinne, and the artist duo Curtis Tamm and Hermione Spriggs will show their works-in-progress in…
Release party for Valdamiklir menn
The release of the publication of Valdamiklir menn (e. Powerful men) by Jón Pálsson will be celebrated in Skaftfell Bistro Saturday Nov 5 at 16.00. The author will read from the…
Unoriginal
Exhibition about copying, duplicating and plagiarism in collaboration with LungA school. Curator Gavin Morrison. Copying is commonplace and fundamental to art. Yet not all copying is equal. A range of moral…
One is On
Unnur’s works talk in different ways about fading human connectedness caused by different forms of accepted narcissism. Making an impression has become a norm of the human condition, it provides…
An image of you
Solo exhibition by Icelandic artists Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson. Curator Gavin Morrison. Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson (b. 1988) is unusually attentive to those incidental moments and structures of modern life within which…
Authors train 2016
The annual Authors train will stop at Seyðisfjörður and the reading will be begin at 20.30 sharp in the gallery by Pétur Gunnarsson, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Magnús Sigurðsson…
never mine
The exhibition never mine by Miriam Jonas transforms the Bookshop project space into a story not to be read, but to be stepped into: A visit to her Alter Ego´s imaginary mine,…
Depositions
Film screening in Herðubreið – cinema, 24:21 min. Luke Fowler’s films dwell on potentiality: what might be, what might have been, what might still be if the world were to…
Performance
In a series of text recitals, Nora tells stories through historical facts, philological ponderings and poetic means. For The Assembly of the Hyperboreans, she will tell a story about the…
Small worlds
Artist talk and community discussion on the impact of tourism in Seydisfjördur. As Iceland continues to experience the fastest growing rate of foreign tourism in the world, it is becoming crucial to…
Visible side when installed
Vasco Costa and Wolfgang Obermair have been working together on projects since 2011, exploring the imprints and impacts on particular spaces in culture, economy and politics. By combining artistic and ethnographic methods…
in progress
Current Artists-in-Residence Kati Gausmann, Ráðhildur Ingadóttir and Richard Skelton conclude their stay with a presentation of works in progress in the Bookshop-projecspace Sunday June 26 from 12.00-18.00. The artists first stayed…
Triple headed
Art without borders with Skaftfell and LungA festival introduce the exhibition Triple Headed which will be held in Herðubreið, the community center of Seyðisfjörður. Opening is on the 11th of…
Secret veil – The lecture
The event is composed of potential misunderstandings in the common memory. Various myths will be unveiled that possibly have their origins in the roots of the north. Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir…
The Assembly of the Hyperboreans
We are Hyperboreans–we know well enough how remote our place is. “Neither by land nor by water will you find the road to the Hyperboreans”: even Pindar,in his day, knew…
Spring’s Call of Nature & Echo of Oral Poetics
Performances in Tvísöngur sound sculpture. Spring’s Call of Nature by Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson. A storyteller, a performer, a singer, an object maker, an illustrator. Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson has a love…
Shadow Work – Short Films About Light and Dark
Throughout August and December 2016 London Fieldworks will be in residence at Skaftfell. Over the two-month residency the artists will create “Short films about light and dark” identifying and expressing…
Folk Tale
Skaftfell proudly presents a unique staging of the voice sculpture Folk Tale, Ævintýri, by Magnús Pálsson as a part of the ongoing summer exhibition, The Assembly of the Hyperboreans. The event…
Gursus in Tvísöngur
Gursus Iceland Tour – aka. the Tour of the Unexpected. The duo Gursus is a result of a sudden meeting between a folk fiddler and a jazz saxophonist, all caused by a delayed train.…
Tool-kit for survivalism at the edge of the world
Skaftfell is hosting a three day symposium and dialogue platform focusing on the intersection of visual art and ecological issues in Iceland as a part of the project Frontiers in…
Frontiers of Solitude – project presentation
Frontiers of Solitude is a collaborative project between Skolska Gallery in Prague (CZ), Atelier Nord in Oslo (NO), and Skaftfell Center for Visual Art in Seyðisfjörður (IS), which is now…
Artist Talk #26
Join us when current artists-in-residence Faith La Rocque, Leander Djønne and Valérie Bourquin, will present their work and practice Thursday March 31 at 20.00 in Herðubreið Community Center. Norwegian artists…
Photographs from the opening of Frontiers of Solitude in Prague
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…
Online broadcast from Romania
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…
Frontiers of Solitude – exhibition opening and seminar in Prag
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…
No Solo
Students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts participate in the annual “Workshop Seyðisfjörður”. This is the sixteenth workshop and is lead by Björn Roth…
Public presentation of the project Artists as agents of institutional exchange
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…
Lifeforce, A Soliloquy and 6 Poems
Like a steady moving creek, life passes patiently with or without us. Lifeforce juxtaposes an out of focus image of a large boulder violently battered by cresting waves with fragmented…
Interzone
Interzones or territories, disparate and similar, connected to each other by conducting images and by the energy transmitted through the filmed landscapes. The zones are combining, overlapping, opposing, creating dynamics.…
Suspending plains
Welcome to the presentation of experiments by Nora Mertes at the Bookshop-projectspace Thursday January 21, from 20.00 -22.00. Nora Mertes researches the relationship between the human body and material in her…
Artist talk #25
Tuesday January 19 at 16:30 Skaftfell, Austurvegur 43, 3rd floor. Meet and hear the current Artists-in-Residence at Skaftfell in January, Nora Mertes (DE) & Rashanna Rashied-Walker (USA), on Tuesday when…
Colourfields: Radiating and Reflecting
Lola Bezemers work concentrateson the experience of colour and light in architectural spaces. When going to Iceland, she brought a pile of coloured fabrics to work with in the snow…
Authors train 2015
The annual Authors train will stop at Seydisfjordur Saturday November 28. The reading will be begin at 20.30 sharp in the exhibition space. Five authors will read from their newly…
Zeus Tears and a seance performance
Linda Persson is a Swedish artist / filmmaker and a returning Artist-in-Residence at Skaftfell. Throughout my practice language has played a central role. What interests me in language is its…
The Kitchen Sink Revolution in Herdubreid Cinema
The Kitchen Sink Revolution is a documentary film chronicling the effect of the womens party that ran for office in 1982 on women in politics in Iceland. After the colourful…
Atlantic Biennale: Untold Saga
For thousands of years the ocean was defining the limits of the known world. For centuries it has inspired people to overcome the impossible. Today the ocean is connecting nations…
Perception lab for color and shape
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…
Eyborg Guðmundsdóttir & Eygló Harðardóttir
October 31, 2015 – February 13, 2016 Gallery Two person show featuring Eyborg Gudmundsdottir and Eyglo Hardardottir. Curated by Gavin Morrison. Eyborg Gudmundsdottir (1924-1977) and Eyglo Hardardottir (born 1964) are…
Online broadcast
Artist-in-Residence Cristina David (RO) is participating in the Romanian Icelandic collaboration project entitled Artists as Agents of Institutional Exchange. As a part of the project she will stream live via…
Herna
Herna is the Icelandic word for here now and is used in everyday speech to bring you back into the moment when loosing yourself a little bit. Artists Victoria Brannstrom…
Artist talk #24
Artists-in-Residence Cristina David (RO), Robertas Narkus (LT) & Victoria Brannstrom (DE) will talk about selected works and current projects at Skaftfell, 3rd floor. Both David and Narkus are participating in international…
Silent Walk – Herbarium
Join the Silent Walk Saturday 3rd October at 11:00 and 15:00 starting at the Bookshop-projectspace On a communal silent walk we collect Seydisfjordurs last autumn plants to create an experimental…
Local/ Focal/ Fluctuant
Friday, Sept 25 from 19:30 – 22.00 Bookshop-projectspace Seydisfjordur is an international gate. Campus Novel investigate the port town in East Iceland against a global paradigm of nodal locations. Fluxes…
A-i-R 2016
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…
Seydisfjordur Suite
One night only ! Opening Tuesday September 16th from 6pm – 8pm at the Bookshop-projectspace Seyðisfjörður Suite is a series of nine drawings. These drawings, executed in lead, silver and…
Eyborg Gudmundsdottir & Eyglo Hardardottir
October 31, 2015 – February 13, 2016 Gallery The gallery is open: Wed – Fri from 12-16 Sat 14-18 and by appointment. Two person show featuring Eyborg Gudmundsdottir and Eyglo…
Six Icelandic representatives in Frontiers of Solitude
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…
Frontiers of Solitude: Artists presentation and panel discussion
The Icelandic part of the international collaboration project Frontiers of Solitude is currently ongoing. A group of artists is on an expedition through Iceland and visiting various locations in South,…
Lecture – Frontiers of Solitude
Curator Markus Þór Andrésson will give a lecture in Herubreid Community Centre, as a part of the international collaboration project Frontiers of Solitude. Markus will present Icelandic artists and exhibitions dating…
Parallel Line Up in Breiðdalssetur
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
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…
Stigi
On August 13th. at 17:00 Swedish sisters Gerd Aurell, visual artist, and Karin Aurell, musician, will present new collaborative work; the audiovisual performance Stigi, at the Bookshop – projectspace. All…
Artist talk #23
Tuesday August 4th. Skaftfell invites for an artist talk and conversation at the Skaftfell Hub ( top floor of Skaftfell) where the artists Gerd Aurell, Jenny Brockmann, Richard Merrill Hoglund,…
By the rivers in the wetlands up in the mountains
In her book by the rivers in the wetlands up in the mountains, atlas of icelands plant life with a pinhole camera, published for the time being as an artist multiple/book…
the House of Geiri – Open house
For the past two years Skaftfell, in collaboration with The Technical Museum of East Iceland and the assistance of many individuals, worked on researching and restoring the House of Geiri. The…
Films from Real Life
Herðubreið – cinema Skaftfell will screen two film Saturday June 20 at 20.00 in Herðubreið, cinema, in connection with the ongoing exhibition Real Life. My Dreams Are Still About Flying…
Landscape of the Heart
Curator Þórunn Eymundardóttir Every human has in common the desire to belong, to see and understand oneself. The surroundings that a person grows up in inevitably become a big part…
denatured
At The Bookshop-Projectspace June 26-28, 2015 In connection to the 120 years anniversary of Seyðisfjörður, current artist-in-residence David Edward Allen will present a selection of his recent and current work…
Sing song with children at Tvísöngur
On Sunday June 28 at 15.00 a sing song for children will be held in Tvísöngur, sound sculpture by German artists Lukas Khüne. The sculpture is located in the mountainside…
The Spaghetti Incident
July 3.-5. 2015 6:00 -9:00 pm. at The Bookshop-Projectspace. The Spaghetti Incident is a single video installation based on the concept of action painting and the Guns N’ Roses cover…
Ingólfur Arnarsson, Þuríður Rós Sigurþórsdóttir
Ingólfur Arnarsson (b. 1956) and Þuríður Rós Sigurþórsdóttir (b.1975) are somewhat different artists, yet in this exhibition their work can be seen to relate to painting without it being painting.…
Islandia en Islandia
August 19.-22. 2015 at the Bookshop – projectspace Islandia en Islandia aims to activate an interaction with local artists, activating a Meta-Residency dialogue: Local artists will be invited into a…
Island Iceland offshore projekt
the Bookshop-Projectspace Opening Wednesday August 26 at 17.00 We, a group of 15 artists, fashion designers, writers and musicians were lucky to call Nielsenshs in Seyðisfjörður our temporal home over…
Sagas
Saturday night May 30th. at 21:00 Francesco Bertel will present the video performance Sagas connected to his current project and exhibition at the Bookshop – projectspace; GUHA. The Video…
Inside, from above and underneath
On the West wall in Skaftfell Bistro a young residence of Seyðisfjörður, Aron Fannar Skarphéðinsson, will have his photographs exhibited. In his pictures Aron Fannar is able to bring new…
King of the North
Students from 2nd to 7th grade in Seyðisfjörður primary school worked in context with the festivals theme on the east side of Iceland which was Reindeer. They enjoyed a visit…
Minimalist Composition (I+II)
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…
Artist talk #22
This Thursday May 7th. it will be possible to get introduced to current and newly arrived artists in residence; Francesco Bertele, Reza Rezai, David Edward Allen and Halina Kliem whom will talk about selected works…
Call for applications – Climbing Invisible Structures
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…
Breaking the frame
As a part of Sequences VII Skaftfell will screen a new documentary about the festivals honary artist Carolee Schneemann (1939). Breaking the Frame is a feature length profile of the…
Guha
Opening Thurday May 28th. at 18:30 at the Bookshop – projectspace. The exhibition will alsobe open Friday May 29th. 16:30-20:00 and conclude with a video performance presented at HEIMA collective…
Real Life
Gallery April 11 June 21, 2015 Curated by Gavin Morrison …as though literature, theater, deceit, infidelity, hypocrisy, infelicity, parasitism, and the simulation of real life were not part of real…
Sequences VII Off-Venue program: “Salat Dagar” April 18-19
At the Bookshop – projectspace. Opening Saturday April 18, at 17.00. Sunday April 19, open 13.00-16.00. As a part of Sequences VII – off venue program Skaftfell presents SALAT DAGAR…
PRESENTATION
Friday – Sunday, 27- 29th. of March, at the Bookshop – Projectspace. The exhibition PRESENTATION shows the result of the artists two months residency in Seyðisfjörður. Welcome at the opening Friday the…
GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE International Video Art Festival
Herðubreið cinema Wednesday March the 25th. at 20:00. (109 min.) GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE is a travelling video art festival initiated by artist Clemens Wilhelm (Berlin) in 2011. This…
Call for artists for a shared residency
Due to cancellation the Skaftfell Residency Program now has an opening this coming April and May for artists to apply and come with short notice ! The residency available is…
Digital Craftsmanship
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…
No time to look through the mountains?
The Bookshop – Projectspace March 7-8, at 18:30 – 20:30 No time to look through the mountains? is a site-specific project by Effrosyni Kontogeorgou (GR) developed especially for the Bookshop…
SUM
Premier screening of the new film work SUM by Cai Ulrich von Platen. Sunday March 1, at 16:00 in Herðubreið cinema. About the film: We enter a small intimate office-space…
Listamannaspjall #21
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…
Artist talk #20
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…
Still Ruins, Moving Stones
The video work Still Ruins, Moving Stones by Canadian artist Jessica Auer is screened at the Bookshop – projectspace window evenings from Thursday Jan 22 to Jan 29, 2015. Four…
Twenty-Four Seven
The balance between exhaustion and regeneration as a rhythmic exchange between light and darkness. In the brightness, we’re in a state of exposure with a constant demand to produce. The…
New years greeting – Geiri’s house
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…
Sightseeing Tour – Minna Pöllänen
Thursday Dec 18, at 18.00, Minna Pöllänen will perform “Sightseeing Tour”, as a part of the ongoing exhibition (MAL)FUNCTION in the Bookshop. Due to the weather the performance will take…
Two Rivers
“Two Rivers” explores two different marginalized socio-political and cultural spaces of globalization. Rather than polarizing the two site-specific installations shown question the conditions, which function as basis for processes of…
The fifteenth Art Academy student group has arrived in Seyðisfjörður
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…
Artist talk #19
Friday November 7 at 14:00 at the Skaftfell Residency Hub! Current artists in residence Petter Lehto (SE), Jukka Hautamäki and Minna Pöllänen (FI) will talk…
Darkness exhibition
Art class students, grade 6-9 in the Seyðisfjörður primary school, exhibit horror art works. The exhibition is a part of the Afturgangan walk and Days of Darkness.
The Girl Who Never Was
Swedish artist Erik Bünger performs “The Girl Who Never Was” in the Skaftfell gallery. In 2008 an American researcher rediscovers the lost traces of the first recorded voice ever: the…
Hats from New Yok
Winter hats made with traditional methods Opening Saturday November 22, at 16:00. The exhibition is open daily from 14.00-18.00, until November 29. New Yok has moved its production to the…
RIFF selection 2014
Skaftfell, in collaboration with the Cultural Center of Fljótdalshérað, will host an off-venue for Reykjavík International Film Festival in Seyðisfjörður October 9 and 10. The screenings will take place´ in the…
The residency application process for 2015
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 Frontiers in Retreat artists arrive
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…
Authors train 2014
The annual Authors train will stop at Seyðisfjörður Saturday November 29. The reading will be begin at 20.30 sharp in the exhibition space. Five authors will read from their newly published…
Secret Garden Verönd
OPENING EVENT AND RELEASE OF PUBLICATION AT HÃLL, AUGUST 28 AT 16.00 The project SECRET GARDEN VERÃND was initiated in 2012 by visual artist Suzanna Asp in collaboration with Skaftfell,…
Artist talk #18
Friday the 8th of August at 17:00 Skaftfell invites you for an artist talk with the current artists in residence for the month of August; Daniel Björnsson (IS), Maria Glyka…
Singing at Tvísöngur
Sunday July 6 at 15.00 a singing event will be held in the sound sculpture Tvísöngur by artists Lukas Kühne. The Tvísöngur sculpture is located in the mountainside just above…
Performances and the Mountain Lady´s garden party
Welcome on Sunday to events that are a part of RÓ RÓ, the Skaftfell summer exhibition. The program begins in the Harbour community garden and then relocates to Skaftfell’s backyard.…
Concert with Prins Póló – sóló
The concert will be held at “Heima”, Austurvegur 15, and starts at 15.00. The musician Prins Póló will this coming Saturday perform a solo concert in Seyðisfjörður. This is the last event in…
The Residency Program is now open for applications for 2015
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…
Point of View
The Bookshop – Projectspace Opening Friday May 30, at 21.00 In the end of may, Katrín Agnes Klar and Lukas Kindermann will show works dealing with the movement of the…
RÓ RÓ
The Skaftfell summer exhibition 2014 is entitled RÓ RÓ and presents a group of local and international visual artists who are in an active contact with Seyðisfjörður, a village with…
Russian Cinema: Angels of Revolution
Wednesday October 29 at 210.00 the Russian film “Angels of Revolution”  will be screened at Herðubreið Cinema in collaboration with the Russian Embassy in Reykjavik. The film has English subtitles and…
SOÐ
Students on their final year in the Fine Arts department from the Iceland Academy of the Arts present the exhibition SOÐ (e. stew), in Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. This exhibition…
In colour
Thursday April 17 Students from grade 7-10 from the Seyðisfjarðarskóli primary school exhibit paintings made with home-made paint and tints from locally available material. Supervised by Litten Nyström.
Aspects of Abiotic Metabolism
The Bookshop – projectspace April 17 – 24, 2014 Abiotic comes from the Greek and means Âwithout lifeÂ. There are things in the world that are said to not be…
the Sauna-car
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…
Artists talk #16
Friday the 4th of April at 14:00 Newly arrived artists in residence Karlotta Blöndal (IS) and Jens Strandberg (SE) will give a short introduction to their work. All welcome !…
Artists talk #15
Current artists-in-residence at Skaftfell; Simona Koch and J. Pasila will give a short introduction to their work. This will be the fifteenth time artists-in-resicence give an public introduction to their…
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.…
Veldi
Veldi is a group exhibition by graduating students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. The exhibition forms the conclusion of a two week long…
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 Ãorkell 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 DanÃel 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.
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…
Everything is in Everything
Art Class theme week collaboration Everything is in Everything between Skaftfell and Seyðisfjarðarskóli will conclude this friday with a student exhibition at the old school building from 12.30-14.00. All students…
“Don´t let the sun go down on your grievances”
A two-day show at The Bookshop – projectspace Opening on the 24/1 at 16.00 + open 25/1 14.00-18.00 Matthias Ruthenberg (born 1984 in Berlin) lives, works and studies in Bremen,…
Eyrarrós award ceremony
Students from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts
The annual “Workshop Seyðisfjörður” began in middle February for the graduating class of fine art art students in the Icelandic Academy of the Arts. The process ends with an exhibition…
Screen
December 14, 2013 – January 5, 2014 Every day from 16.00 to midnight Screen is a time and site-specific installation using different kinds of light, crystals, objects and slowly rotating…
Workshop for children and RIFF selection
Guided tour and workshop for families Saturday Nov 9, at 15.00 Hanna Christel Sigurkarlsdóttir, educational manager at Skaftfell, will offer a gudied tour for families through the exhibition “Fancy-Cake in…
Guided tour and workshop for families
Hanna Christel Sigurkarlsdóttir, educational manager at Skaftfell, will offer a gudied tour for families through the exhibition “Fancy-Cake in the Sun” followed by a workshop. The event is free of…
The Visual Art Day – Open studios
Every year the Association of Visual Artists in Iceland celebrate the Visual Art day. The event will take place this coming Saturday, November 2, and artists all over the country…
Guided tour
Skaftfell offers a guided tour through the exhibition ÂFancy-Cake in the Sun Wednesday Oct 28, 15.00 Admission 500 ISK Language English The tour gives an insight to the history of…
Night Fall
Saturday October 12th from 14:00 to dusk Night Fall A live radio art performance by Anna Friz (CA) with special guest Konrad Korabiewski  (PL/DK/IS). Anna Friz has been transmitting the radio art beacon Radiotelegraph from 7.-11. October at…
Släden
Saturday October 12, 2013. With this tool, I try to explore the landscape nature in a more filmic and painterly narrative way. From 14:00-17:00, visual artist Björn Olsson (SE) will…
Radiotelegraph – 107.1 FM
Radiotelegraph is a beacon simulcast by a private low-watt transmitter in Seyðisfjörður (around 107.1 FM) and by the experimental radio platform Radius in Chicago (88.9 FM) at sundown Seyðisfjörður time,…
Poetry reading
Icelandic poet Sveinn Snorri Sveinsson will read from his newly published book ” The leafs on the raintree”. The reading will take place in the Bistro in Icelandic after Tapas…
RIFF selection 2013
Skaftfell, in collaboration with the Cultural Center of Fljódalshérað, will host an off-venue for ReykjavÃk International Film Festival in Seyðisfjörður November 11 and 12. Four documentaries will be screened in…
Artist Talk #14
Skaftfell is currently hosting five Artists-in-Recidence: Anna Friz from Canada, à se Eg from Denmark, Björn Olsson, Helena Wikström and Gerd Aurell from Sweden. This coming Friday, Sept. 20, they will present their work and subject matter in an…
They come out at Night
Students from the visual art class in Seyðisfjörður elementary school, grade 7  10, will present projects with a focus on light and darkness.
Entrance
“Entrance” by previous artist-in-residence Anna Anders will be screened on during the weekend November 15-17. The video was recorded in Seyðisfjörður June 2012 and many locals participated in the making.…
Found
13.09.13-17.09.13 Bookshop-projectspace The work Found by Paula Prats is a series of snapshots from the 60Âs found in a Canadian flea market with images taken by her today, each pair…
Fancy-Cake in the Sun
September 7, 2013 – February 16, 2014 Main exhibition space Skaftfell  Center for Visual Art in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland proudly celebrates the 15th anniversary of the institution with an exhibition…
Workshop for Everything – October 14-28
Detailed information Dates: October 14-28, 2013. The workshop is two-weeks long, starting and ending on a Monday. Location: Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. Participants: Practising artists at all levels Registration deadline: On-line…
Seyðisfjörður carpeting
Thursday August 29, from 21.00 Visual studies of the weather, light, wind and other environmental data collected by Michal Kindernay (CZ) during his current stay as an artist in residence…
Mapping artistic practise and working relationships in Seyðisfjörður
Artist talk #13
Monday the 5th. of August à se Eg Jørgensen, Ragnar Helgi Olafsson and Michal Kindernay, – all newly arrived artists-in-residence at Skaftfell, will give a short introduction to their work. welcome…
PALE BLUE DOT
Friday July 26, at 17.00, the Bookshop-projectspace Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir and Curver Thoroddsen have stayed as Artists-in-Residence at Skaftfell for July. The exhibition is a collaboration between the artists and will…
Creative: mapping the creative industry in Seyðisfjörður
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…
Performance and concert
The danish artists group A Kassen and Icelandic electronic musician Auxpan will host an event this Sunday, July 7th at 17.00, by TvÃsöngur sound sculpture. A Kassen presents a performance…
The painthing in painting at the magic moment
The Bookshop – projectspace Opening Friday June 21, at 17.00 Saturday June 22, open from 11.oo  15.00 Karin Reichmuth previous Artist-in-Residence at Skaftfell and will be presenting new paintings and…
Creative: the Seyðisfjörður map
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…
Authors train
The annual Authors train will stop at Seyðisfjörður Saturday November 30. The reading will be begin at 20.30 sharp in the exhibition space. Five authors will read from their newly published…
Video-outstallation; permanent
The surroundings and houses close to Skaftell will be transformed into an exhibition venue Saturday November 30 when ÃsdÃs Sif Gunnarsdóttir (IS) will exhibit a large scale outdoor video installation.…
Bananas
Danish artists group A Kassen have been invited to stay as Artists-in-Residence from June to July at Skaftfell. The residency programÂs objectives is to facilitate circumstances for artists to experience,…
Heiða and Berglind: mom’s and sons
The musicians Heiða Eiríks and Berglind Ágústsdóttir will go on a small tour around the country, beginning of June. They both play original music, that can be categorized as experimental,…
Record your Memory at the Bookshop
Tuesday – Wednesday, May 28-29 The Bookshop is open from 10.00-17.00 Current Artists-in-Residence ÃsdÃs Sif Gunnarsdóttir (IS), Manfred Hubmann (AT), and Yann Leguay (F) will host a mutual two-day exhibition…
Summer Show
All welcome to experience the summer show of Skaftfell Art Class Tuesday June 4, from 19.00-20.00
KNIT: Performance project
Ãsta Fanney Sigurðardóttir (IS) Brent Birnbaum (US) Gavin Morrison (GB/F) – collaborating with Karen Breneman (US) Karlotta Blöndal (IS) Yvette Brackman (US/DK) Curated by Ráðhildur Ingadóttir Performance sessions: May 16 – 24 Open…
Artist talk #12
Tuesday, May 7 at 21.00, three Artists-in-Residence will have an artist talk in the Bookshop-Projectspace. They are: ÃsdÃs Sif Gunnarsdóttir from Iceland, staying for one month. Manfred Hubmann from Austria,…
Artist talks #11
Wednesday 24th of April at 14:00 in the Norðurgata Residency The current artists in residence; Joey Syta, Andrius Mulokas and Liam Scully and Skaftfell invites for an informal artist talk at…
Sequences VI – Off Venue
Program Saturday, April 13 Sunday, April 14 16.00-19.00 Liam Scully (UK) HÃLLISTIC THERAPY Hóll residency 15.00-22.00 Inga Jautakyte (LT) SLEEPING BEAUTY Skaftfell, main gallery 17.00-19.00 Joey Syta (US) ABOUT The…
DOMESTIC BLISS
Sequences VI – Off Venue Saturday April 13, at 18:00-21:00 The Norðurgata residency In a three hour performative installation for Sequences, Andrius Mulokas will be proposing ways to push and support…
ABOUT
Sequences VI – Off Venue Saturday April 13, Â 17.00-19.00 The Bookshop – projectspace In keeping with Sequences’s theme, Joey Syta presents “About”, a work that focuses on how time and…
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Sequences VI – Off Venue Sunday April 13,  15.00-22.00 17.00-22.00 Exhibition space In the performance Sleeping beauty by Inga Jautakyte, the audience is invited to re-look into the action of…
HÓLLISTIC THERAPY
Sequences VI – Off Venue Saturday April 13,  16.00-19.00 Hóll – the Birgir Andrésson Residency For Sequences Liam Scully (UK) will be presenting his film entitled Quake. The film is…
Relay – the word passed on
The Icelandic Art Center invited Skaftfell to contribute to a new monthly column, Relay – the word passed on. Relay – the word passed on presents Skaftfell from Icelandic Art…
TRARAPPA
Each year third year students from the fine art department at the Icelandic Art Academy participate in a two week workshop in Seyðisfjörður. The workshop is a collaboration between the…
Open Studio: Livia Salome Gnos & Stephan Perrinjaquet
Swiss artists Livia Salome Gnos and Stephan Perrinjaquet have stayed in the Nordurgata residency since December 2012. They will conclude the residency with an open studio on Saturday January 5,…
The Shades of Blue
– A videoscreening Jan. 5th from 16:00-20:00 at the Bookshop – projectspace Mariko Takahashi has been an artist in residence at Skaftfell – Hóll for the months of November, December…
Presentation at Egilsstadir College
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 completed
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…
ONTOLOGICAL MEDIATION
Saturday November 24 15.00 Bookshop-Projectspace Linda Persson SE has been an artists in residence at Skaftfell in October and November. She will conclude her stay with a performance at the…
Book presentation: Nuclear Futurism
Saturday November 24 16.00 Skaftfell Bistró British philosopher Liam Sproud will talk about his newly published book Nuclear Futurism. The talk will touch upon literature and philosophy. Starting from the end…
Found Colors
West Wall Gallery 15.-29. Nov 2012 Skaftfell art class 7.-8. class Seyðisfjörður school: Chinsujee, Emil, Héðinn, Magnus, Jón, Stefán, Sveinn The art class show recent works – color pigments on…
COLORS OF THE NIGHT
The Visual Art Day
Every year the Association of Visual Artists in Iceland celebrate the Visual Art day. The event will take place this coming Saturday, November 3, and artists all over the country…
RIFF selection Oct. 13-14
Saturday, Oct 13, 15.00: LARVA Animation from South Korea, 50 min. Screened in Skaftfell. Trailer: Saturday, Oct 13, 17.00: FREDDIE MERCURY  THE GREAT PRETENDER British documetnary, 107 min. Screened in SeyðisfjarðarbÃó,…
TO GO VIKING
Hilde Skevik & Guro Gomo: TO GO VIKING The Dreamhouse – Norðurgata residency. 26. – 29. October 2012 Four evenings, from 18.00-20.00, the artistic duo will “go viking”and mediate a…
WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE
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…
Skálar Sound Art Festival
On 3 – 6Â October 2012 sound artists and composers in collaboration with the festivals partnered institutions and organizations, convert the factory space of the former Nordursild fish factory to…
Twin City: open studio and Artist talk #10
10.09-30.09 During September the Bookshop – Projectspace will be hosting Asle Lauvland Pettersen and Ditte Knus Tönnesen, currently artists in residence at Skaftfell, serving as a project space for the…
TVÍSÖNGUR
On Wednesday September 5, at 17.00 oclock, the sound sculpture Tvisongur will be opened for the public on a mountainside above the town of Seydisfjordur, East Iceland. The sculpture is…
Extract of the Complete Works
August 23 – September 20, 2012 Roger Döring, from Berlin, will open two exhibitions in Seyðisfjörður in August. He will present a selection of his drawings at the West Wall…
Short Estonian Animations for Kids
Sunday the 19th of August from 15:00-16:00, Skaftfell and the Estonian filmmakers Heilika & Ãlo Pikkov invites for an afternoon screening of short Estonian animations for kids of all ages. Popcorn…
Opening and events – friday at 15.30
Friday, August 10. Skaftfell Main Gallery / Herðubreið / the old harbour – Bjölfsbakki Jens Reichert  at 15.30 German artist Jens Reichert presents his work and his newest piece,…
Artist talk #9 and Body Memory
August the 10th. at 16:00 – Skaftfell Main Gallery Filmmaker Ãlo Pikkov will screen and talk about his latest short film Body Memory (2011 / Nukufilm / 9 min), which…
TRYING TO TEACH ICELANDIC WHILE LIVING IN GERMANY
10.08-31.08, 2012 Herðubreið – community center / Reaction Intermediate [ Opening hours : Monday-Thursday 16:00-18:00 and when Herðubreið is open for various events. ] Friday, August 10, at 15.30. at Skaftfell…
EVENING SCREENING: Estonian Short films
Sunday August 5th. at 20:00. Main exhibition space at Skaftfell / Reaction Intermediate Screening of contemporary Estonian short films, selected and presented by Ãlo and Heilika Pikkov. Film lineup: BLOW/ 2007…
REBIRTH OF THE BLACK UNICORN
Agust 10-17, 2012 The Bookshop  Projectspace / Reaction Intermediate On the 26 of February 2012 the Black Unicorn went down into the sea at Bjólfsbakki. On Friday August 10, the…
OPEN STUDIO
LungA: GREEN IS GOLD
ALKEMISTI: SKÍTAGULL
Between July 23 and August 8 The Bookshop – Projectspace will suddenly and gradually transform into conceptual venues for a row of happenings and projects by the artist group Roshambo;Â …
A DAY OF 13 SUCCESSIVE HALF HOUR EXHIBITIONS ALTERNATING BETWEEN TWO ROOMS IN SKAFTFELL BÃKABÃÃ
July 22, 2012, at 14:00-19:00 The Bookshop – Projectspace / Reaction Intermediate Performative series of short exhibitions by locally invited artists alternating between separate rooms at the Bookshop – Projectspace.…
ART BOOK ORCHESTRA
Concert on Friday July 6 at 18:00 at the Bookshop-projectspace The concert ART BOOK ORCHESTRA consists of re-compositions of ten original sound art pieces incorporated in ten different art books,…
(MIXTAPE) NOTES FROM THE MIDNIGHT MOUNTAIN – FAST DOWNLOAD
Opens Friday July 6, at 17:00 06.07.-22.07. 2012 The West Wall The London based Taiwanese artist Ting Cheng isn’t bothered about capturing real memories.Instead she constructs surreal encounters in which the…
FAVORITE SPOTS
17.06.-27.06. The project Favourite Spots is based on the process that a resident of Seyðisfjörður takes the artist and his camera to their favourite spot, in and around town. Together they…
COVERED
17.06.-27.06. Anna Anders has been using video as a means of artistic expression since 1986. She first began making short films; in 1991, she started creating works for spaces. These…
New honorary artistic director: Ráðhildur Ingadóttir
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…
Works by Geiri exhibited in Brisbane
Six works by local artist Geiri, Ãsgeir Jón Emilsson (1931-1999), have been lend to MetroArts à Brisbane, Australia, to be on display in group exhibition. The exhibition is entitled A…
6983253 …call and be surprised
10/5-20/5 2012 Work by Rebecca Stephany (born 1980) lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She is Artist in residence at Skaftfell during April and May 2012. www.rebeccastephany.com
The Narrative Collection 2011-2012
On Saturday, May 12 at 16:00, the Collection Center reopens in Skaftfell´s main gallery. New narratives will be presented, alongside the whole collection, thereof 25 with English subtitles. Relay –…
SYLT / SÍLD opening Saturday 17:00
Saturday the 28th. of April 2012 the sculpture SYLT / SÃLD – Island On The Island, by the artist group GV will be celebratory opened. The project was developed during…
Open Hóll
Saturday the 21st of April at 16:00-18:00 Open House at Hóll, Vesturvegur 15, where Judy-ann Moule has been in residence for March and April. Judy-ann is a visual artist from…
GV at the Bookshop – projectspace
For the month of April, The Bookshop – projectspace will serve as a studio platform for the development of work by the members of the GV group; Philipp Ackermann, Christin…
Dansa kvöld með ljós bjór og vídeó list
“Dansa kvöld með ljós bjór og vÃdeó list. ” – Saturday night 14/4 from 21:00 at the Bookshop – projectspace At the Decks: Höhne & Söhne & Topmann & Acktryggur. Entschuldigen Sie bitte? For the month…
BOOKSHOP 10/4 18:00.
We, GV, a group of artist would like to invite you for an introduction to our planned project on the landfill area.  Please feel welcome to come to the Bookshop…
Lately enlightened
Non static electric night sky Northern lights over Seyðisfjörður in March
Presentation at Egilsstadir College
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…
I look down over my tummy and feel
West Wall Gallery  Friday the 23rd of March – the 5th of April, 2012 Work by Judy-Ann Moule, currently artist in residency at Hóll, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art This…
moveNATURE – Sunday, March 25, at 20.00
This Sunday at The Bookshop – Projectspace Transforming into a minicinema, the Bookshop – Projectspace in Seyðisfjörður, will host a program of experimental film- and video work, under the title…
Untitled (speechless)
looped video, 10 min. 20.03.12 – 24.03.12. Shown daily from 20:00-22:00 at The Bookshop – projectspace window Untitled (speechless) by Fernando José Pereira (Porto, 1961), current artist in Residence at Skaftfell…
SHELTER 1
Saturday, April 7th at 15.00, Ãórunn Eymundardóttir will open a solo exhibition in the West Wall Gallery. The exhibition consists of photo-collages, from 2011-2012. CV: ÂÃórunn Eymundardóttir (b. 1979) Austurvegur…
Skalar preview venue
Monday, April 9, at 21 Skálar Sound Art Festival preview venue: Presentation of Skálar and showcase-concert. Konrad Korabiewski, AuxPan & Helgi Ãrn Pétursson. The art-collective will present the ideology behind…
Artist talk #8 – Monday, March 19, at 14:00
Judy-Ann Moule and Fernando José Pereira are artists in residency at Skaftfell – Center For Visual Art. They will give and artist talk next Monday at 14 o´clock, at…
PERMAFROST
The video artwork PERMAFROST ( looped video, 10 mins ) by Fernando José Pereira at The Bookshop -projectspace, shown evenings from 20-22 o´clock 14.03 – 20.03, 2012. A short film set in the…
SKÁSKEGG Á VHS + CD
Saturday, February 25th, at 16:00 the exhibition SKÁSKEGG Á VHS + CD opens at Skaftfell. The exhibition is the conclusion of a two-week workshop, lead by Björn Roth, at Skaftfell,…
Artist talk #7- February 20, at 14:00
Artists Erwin van der Werve and Thora Solveig Bergsteinsdottir will present their work at Skaftfell this coming Monday, February 20, at 14:00. Erwin and Thora are currently artists in residence…
Video work presentation 27. jan 17.00
Friday the 27th of january 17.00-18.00 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art – Main Gallery presents a selection of Video and Sound work of Marcellvs L. – who is currently Artist…
Hanging Books
Skaftfell Art Class show Book Art Work at The West Wall Gallery Austurvegur 42, Sey̡disfj̦r̡ur Fri. 13th РSun. 22th of January 2012
Paperwork
Matt Jacobs, currently Artist in residence at Skaftfell, staying and working at Hóll, will be exhibiting new work at The Bookshop Projectspace Friday the 13th. to Sunday the 15th. of…
Short videos
Author’s night
The yearly author’s night at Skaftfell will take place Saturday 26th November at 20:30 Hallgrímur Helgason – Konan við 1000°, Jón Yngvi Jóhannsson – Landnám, ævisaga Gunnars Gunnarssonar, Ragna Sigurðardóttir…
Open studios in Seydisfjordur Saturday Nov. 5th @13:00 – 16:00
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Open Studio at Hóll residency October 27th
In Other Dimensions
During the Day of Darkness the Skaftfell art classes will be exhibiting two light installations referring to the subject of light and darkness. The 8th grade students have been working…
Making a comic book
Upcoming November 5th @ 16:00 The poet Sveinn Snorri Sveinsson (b. 1963 in Egilsstaðir) exhibits the process he went through in creating the comic book Skuggi Rökkva (2006) or Rökkvi’s…
RIFF – International Film Festival
Sjóriða_happening
1.10.11 – 16.10.11 Karin Reichmuth, 1979, Switzerland, artist in residence at Skaftfell in September through October 2011
I want to feel how close you are
29.09.11 – 16.10.11 The visual artists Barbara Amalie Skovmand Thomsen & Ulla Eriksen have been assisting each other for years. This is their very first time that they work together…
Lecture Performance – the Books I didn’t read
The Bookshop – Projectspace Friday 26th @17.00 The artist Noële Ody will perform at the Bookshop – Projectspace Friday 26th @17.00. The performance is based on her relationship with the…
Documentation of the summer program
VertÃð Visual art/music/performing art’s Auxpan ÃsdÃs Sif Gunnarsdóttir Carl Boutard Claudia Hausfeld Barbara Amelia S. Tomsen Ragnar Kjartansson Ráðhildur Ingadóttir Enter the Mayhemisphere (nafnalisti ekki kominn) Félagsskapur Fjallkonunnar Helgi Ãrn…
We are Between You and Me & Shorties for Humans
13 August Seyðisfjörður, Skaftfell @16:00 Barbara Amalie Skovmand Thomsen We are Between You and Me You are the point of departure. Weather as dynamics in landscapes, and human beings. Emotions.…
Old Icelandic 50’s music
Concert and dance in the spirit of old Icelandic 50’s music Herðubreið @16:00 Entrance fee kr. 1000 Bjarni Freyr Ãgústsson, gÃtar og trompett, Erla Dóra Vogler, Jón Hilmar Kárason, Ãorlákur…
Gardenparty
Austurvegur 48, Sey̡isfj̦r̡ur, the garden @15:00 Р17:00 Performances, music, snacks and sauna. Everyone is welcome, either to enjoy or to participate.
Electronic Music and Artist talk #6
13 August Auxpan, Helgi Ãrn, Konrad Korabiewski & Litten Electronical music event Skaftfell @16:00 14 August Artist’s Talk Skaftfell @15:00 Barbara Amalie Skovmand Thomsen born in Denmark 1980. Studied at…
Lunga
Teikning  strúktúr  ferli / Drawing  Structure  Process Workshop at Lunga 2011 during the week 10. – 16. July
Open Mic
Open Mic at Skaftfell Tuesday 12th Starts @21.00 and ends with exhaustion at midnight! Open to all performers, profesional and amature.
Polish movies
6 – 8 July Seyðisfjörður Skaftfell, Austurvegi 42 screenings start @21.00 no entrance fee 9 – 10 July Egilsstaðir the slaughterhouse screenings start @21.00 no entrance fee 1. Pociag/ Night…
“Soirée” – Bohemian afternoon in Norðfjörður
“Soirée” program with music, singing and performances Rauða torgið @16:00 – 18:00 No entrance fee
Outer Station / Sauna
21 June Austurvegur 48, garden @23:00 Midsummer sauna – bring bathing suit http://www.boutard.se/projects.asp?p=64&cat=9&go=
Seydisfjordur’s Arboretum
6. – 1.7. The Arboretum will be open every day – see opening times in the bookshop´s window 2.7.Event @ 16.00
Vertíð
Visual art/music/performing art’s 17 June Seyðisfjörður The Narrative Museum Skaftfell – main gallery @16:00 Video Archive, on-going project Ráðhildur Ingadóttir Baðstofa / rythmar Angró, Hafnargötu 37 @17:00 exhibition and events…
Open house – a modest island paradise at the Ironhouse
Australian artists in residence Kate Woodcroft and Catherine Sagin wish to extend a warm invitation to a modest island paradise at the Ironhouse. Visitors welcome to stay for refreshments and…
Streitishvarf, Austurland
the West Wall Gallery, April 18, 2011 ÂIn our practice we construct situations that draw out the tacit and shifting dynamics between ourselves as collaborators, and others. Often absurd or…
They are the Ones who Make us
the West Wall Gallery / the Skaftfell Library, April 18, 2011 They are the Ones who Make us is a sound piece based on three short stories written by the…
Cannibal Farm From the inner lives of common creatures great and small.
the Bookshop  Project space, April 18, 2011 ÂThe painting developed without any clear plan or goal. First I painted a pig which lives 200 meters from my residence in…
Artists talk #5
Skaftfells artist’s in residence show and tell about their works. Monday, April 18th at 17:00 the artists Kate Woodcroft & Catherine Sagin, Henriikka Härkönen and Tom Backe Rasmussen will open…
Audiovisual concert at the Herðubreið Cinema
Sunday 20th of February at 16.00 hours The artists Konrad Korabiewski and Litten will present the audiovisual project ÂPÃ¥virket Som Kun Et Menneske Kan Være” (Affected as only a human…
Artist talk #4
Wednesday, February 16th at 17:00 at the Skaftfell Bistro. The artist duo Konrad Korabiewski and Litten will talk about their work and present the audio-visual book-work ‘AFFECTED AS ONLY A…
The Narrative Collection
Skaftfell has taken on the extensive project of collecting narratives from all the inhabitants of Seyðisfjörður. Swiss Artist Cristoph Büchel, Skaftfell´s Art Director 2011-2012, initiated the project but it will…
Annan hvern dag, á öðrum stað // Varannan Dag Någon Annanstans // Joka Toinen Päivä Jossain Muualla
Sýningin Annan hvern dag, á öðrum stað opnar í Skaftfelli á Seyðisfirði laugardaginn 26. febrúar kl. 16:00 Ár hvert flytja nokkrir myndlistarnemar við Listaháskóla Íslands listiðju sína um set og koma…
Andrea Weber exhibits at the Bookshop-Projectspace
Andrea Weber lives and works in Paris and Berlin. She studied photography and fine art in the years 1994 – 2006. She is interested in questions of space and the…
AUTHORS NIGHT 2010
Bragi Ólafsson Sigrún Pálsdóttir Kristín Steinsdóttir Ævar Örn Jósepsson Elísabet Brynhildardóttir/Anna Ingólfsdóttir
Magone arkovska exhibits at the Bookshop – projectspace
Magone Âarkovska 09.12.10 – 31.12.10 The bookshop – projectspace Hotel Aldan – second floor Vintage shop Magone Âarkovska is born in Latvia in 1985. She has been an artist in…
Several Examples of Homesteading
November 27 – December 31 the West Wall The work of Ethan Hayes-Chute provides a feeling of quiet, solitude and isolation in familiar yet fantastical environments. His small paintings and…
CONCAVE / CONVEX
The Bookshop  Projectspace 12.11.2010
The engine man from Aberdeen or You’re a dead man Axel!
The West Wall gallery 12.11. Р21.11.2010 6 students from 9th Р10th grade at Sey̡isfj̦r̡ur School
BJÖRN ROTH
Artist talk #3
Ethan Hayes-Chute and Magone Sarkovska who are currently artists in residence at Skaftfell will talk about their work and show images this coming Friday, November 12th at 12:05 at Skaftfell’s…
BEYOND THE WALLS
The Bookshop  projectspace 08.10.  07.11.2010
PAPPIES
The West Wall gallery 08.10. – 07.11.10
Artist talk #2 and new exhibitions
Artist’s talk and new exhibitions at Skaftfell Friday October 8th at 17:00 Artists in residence at Skaftell and Skriðuklaustur Ute Kledt & Honey Biba Beckerlee give an artist’s talk and…
Artist talk #1 and new exhibitions
The artists in residence during September, Lina Jaros, Geir Mosed & Jens Reichert will present their work at Skaftfell Center for Visual Art Friday September 10th at 17:00 Geir Mosed…
THROUGH
The West Wall gallery 13.08. – 05.09.2010
Hildur & Thelma
10.08.10 – 18.08.10 the Bookshop-projectspace
Harmonie
15.07.10 – 28.07.10 the Bookshop-projectspace
FÆRI
West Wall Gallery 12.07. – 30.07. 2010
Birgir Andrésson, Tumi Magnússon & Roman Signer
The Swiss artist Roman Signer has been involved with Iceland in various ways during the last years. His works have been exhibited here and he´s been collaborating with Icelandic artists;…
Photographs – Geiri
The West Wall gallery 17.06.10 – 30.06.10 Photographs by the folk artist Ãsgeir Emilsson
Toti Ripper
The Bookshop – Projectspace 17.06.10 The notorious Tóti Ripper, a local in Seyðisfjörður has only been painting for little over a year, his paintings are remarkable for their extraordinarily rich…
Short movies and stop-motion
Students from the elementary school, grade 7 -10. Supervised by Hanna Christel Sigurkarlsdóttir and Kári Gunnlaugsson.
GEIRI – Seyðisfjörður elementary school
For the past few years Skaftfell has supervised the visual art class in Seyðisfjörður elementary school, grade 7 – 10. On the West Wall we present projects by 14 – 15…
Geiri – the life and works of Ásgeir Jón Emilsson
Það er okkur sannur heiður að kynna sýningu á verkum alþýðulistamannsins Ásgeirs Emilssonar. Alþýðulistamaðurinn Ásgeir Jón Emilsson var fæddur 1931 að Hátúni við Seyðisfjörð. Geiri, eins og hann var ávallt kallaður,…
Glass House
10.05.10 – 30.05.10 The Bookshop-projectspace A series of photographic combinations, exploring structural and symbolic relationships between four different locations in America. Philip JohnsonÂs iconic Glass House is shown in relationship…
Triology
10.05.10 – 30.05.10 West wall Three films and compositions about Icelandic impressions and clichés. You see everyday things that imitate natural and geological actions in miniature scale. The change of…
Down Here
22.04.10 – 09.05.10 West Wall gallery
RÚNAR LOFTUR SVEINSSON
The Bookshop – Projectspace 21.03.10 – 18.04.10 The artist, born in 1949 has worked as a fisherman most of his adult life. From early childhood he was drawing and painting…
SHOUT-OUT
The West Wall gallery 21.03.10 – 18.04.10 Â Asle Lauvland Pettersen is a 31 years old Berlin based artist who works with several art genres; film, live performance, visual art…
HAND TRAFFIC IN THE BOX
For the last two weeks of February 8 art students took part in a yearly seminar held by the Icelandic Art Academy, the Dieter Roth Academy, the Technical museum and…
Nothing New Under the Sun
21.02.10 – 14.03.10 West Wall gallery Five artists from Scotland have spent a month making a research blog, collecting what they have watched, read and listened to. These sources examine…
AUTHORS NIGHT 2009
Björn Þorláksson Hjálmar Jónsson Ingunn Snædal Sölvi Björn Sigurðsson
UNGUR NEMUR GAMALL TEMUR
The Bookshop- Projectspace 12.12.09  10.01.10 Students Exhibition- Seyðisfjörður grammarschool photo exhibition
Seydisfjordur`s Circle of Mountains
The artist Garðar Eymundsson opens a new exhibition in Skaftfell – Center for Visual art, Saturday 28th November at 17:00 For the last fifteen months Garðar Eymundsson has been drawing…
Light and shadows
Students from Seydisfjordurðs elementary school´s, grade 7 -10 in visual art class, supervised by Skaftfell.
the Rainbow
Heaven and Hell are just one breath away!
Basement series
ADALSTEINN
The Bookshop- Projectspace
Rearrangements
hér.e
The West Wall Gallery 15.08.09- 15.09.09 in Skaftfell 16.08.09 in the Design School Atrium Victoria Uni Wellington, New Zealand
Margret Vilhjalmsdottir
The Bookshop – Projectspace 03.08. – 12.08.2009
Corrections
Þórunn Hjartardóttir opens an installation in Skaftfell´s project space in Seydisfjordur Thursday, August 20th, where she is in residence for the month. The project space is the old book shop where Þórunn has…
Open studio
Opin vinnustofa, listamennirnir Þór Sigurþórsson, Þuríður Sigurþórsdóttir og Ryan Sullivan munu vera með opna vinnustofu í bókabúðinni – verkefnarými Skaftfells dagana 20. júlí til 2 ágúst frá 12:00 – 18:00…
Photographs
Ómarsson is born in Seyðisfjörður 1991. He is a self taught photographer who normally works with fashion photography. In the photographs in the exhibition he works on a more personal…
Robot performance
Places
In this exhibition are paintings, drawings and photographs which Kristján has done recently. Their subject matter is in one sense or another locations, where earth matter is used to create…
Lambing season
The past few years I have been preparing an exhibition or happening under the title Fundamentals. It addresses the magical day in smaller Icelandic communities when sheep is gathered from…
Marta Maria Jonsdottir
Borrowed sceneries
Open studio
Dúett – Sonnettusveigur
Bókin Dúett kom út fyrir tæpu ári og er samstarfsverkefni hjónanna Lóu, Ólafar Bjarkar Bragadóttur, og Sigurðar Ingólfssonar. Hún málar myndirnar og hann yrkir ljóðin. Myndirnar eru unnar með blandaðri…
No more
The Bookshop – Projectspace 18.04- 18.05.2009
Ekki meir
Veggspjöld eftir Svara Pétur Eysteinsson, grafískan hönnuð og tónlistarmann með meiru, verða til sýnis í Bókabúðinni – vinnurými Skaftfells 18. apríl – 18. maí. Sýningin samanstendur af sex veggspjöldum sem…
THE THIRTEENTH DAY
The Thirteenth Day exhibition at Skaftfell Art Center is a presentation of work created, both collaboratively and individually, by Jessica Langley and Ben Kinsley during their extended stay in Iceland.…
MOVING
Nikolas Grabar comes from Slovenia. He is a self-thought amateur landscape photographer on a steep learning curve, mostly through trial & error. “One of the main reasons for coming to…
700.is Hreindýraland 2009
The experimental film/video festival will be realised for the fourth time in Egilsstaðir 21st – 28th of March. The setup of year 2009 is different from earlier as the emphasis…
Adjustment
KIPPUHRINGUR
Kippuhringur is an exhibition by six students of the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and two guest students from the Valand Art Academy in Sweden. The students spend two weeks…
Seyðisfjarðarmyndir
The West Wall Gallery 29.11.2008 Â 01.02.2009
Transport
Main Gallery 01.11. – 23.11.2008 Students of the Royal Academy of the Arts Copenhagen.
MR. & MRS. REES CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Main Gallery 04.10.- 26.10.2008
SHIVERING MAN
The West Wall Gallery 30.08.2008 The exhibition is a part of the series SJÃN HEYRN /AUDIOVISION, curated by Ingólfur Arnarsson & ElÃsabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir.
PASSING BY – SEYDISFJORDUR
The West Wall Gallery 30.08.  14.09.2008 The exhibition is a part of the series SJÃN HEYRN /AUDIOVISION, curated by Ingólfur Arnarsson & ElÃsabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir.
Beyond the mind
Main Gallery 09.08. – 07.09.2008 To draw with the soul-Between waking and sleeping. The starting point of the exhibition Beyond the mind are thoughts on creativity, dreams and colours.…
HÖFUÐSKÁLD AUSTFIRÐINGA
The West Wall Gallery 09.08. – 26.08.2008 The exhibition is a part of the series SJÓNHEYRN /AUDIOVISION, curated by Ingólfur Arnarsson & Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir.
FLOOR KILLER
The West Wall Gallery 19.07. – 06.08.2008 They graduated together from the Icelandic Academy of Art in 2005 but have never exhibited together before. They do not have much…
Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir & Nicholas Brittain
The West Wall Gallery 28.06 – 15.07.2008 Contemporary Composer and Artist Nicholas Brittain will showcase his latest work entitled Polar Bear Cycle at the Skaftfell Gallery in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.…
SLOPES
Curating the Summer Exhibition this year is Gudmundur Oddur Magnusson.
IMMERSION
The exhibition is a part of the series SJÓN HEYRN /AUDIOVISION, curated by Ingólfur Arnarsson & Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir.
Journey
A joint project of the three art institutions in East Iceland: Skaftfell, Slaughterhouse and Eiðar for the Reykjavik Art Festival 2008. Journey is intended to be a trip through the…
HARDWARE / SOFTWARE
Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Dieter Roth Academy and Skaftfell Project realised by students of the annual collaboration course of Skaftfell, Dieter Roth Academy, Icelandic Art Academy & The Technical…
ÍSLENSK MYNDLIST – 100 ÁR Í HNOTSKURN
Main Gallery 12.01. – 24.02.2008
BOOK, PAPER, PRINT – ARTIST BOOKS
Main Gallery 01.12. – 31.12.2007 Exhibition about the book as a medium for artists in Iceland. Unnar Ãrn Auðarson Jónasson Huginn Arason Guðrún Benónýsdóttir Baldur Björnsson Haraldur Jónsson…
RITHÖFUNDAVAKA
01.12.2007 Jón Kalman Stefánsson Ãráinn Bertelsson VigdÃs GrÃmsdóttir Pétur Blöndal KristÃn Svava Tómasdóttir
Authors train 2007
Vigdís Grímsdóttir – Sagan um Bíbí Ólafsdóttur Þráinn Bertelsson – Englar dauðans Jón Kalman Stefánsson – Himnaríki og helvíti Kristín Sv. Tómasdóttir – Blótgælur Pétur Blöndal – Sköpunarsögur
SALON
The West Wall Gallery 17.11. – 31.12.2007 Ãórunn Eymundardóttir Ãlöf Helga Helgadóttir Pétur Kristjánsson Ãrn Helgason Steinunn Eldjárns Hanna Ãórey NÃelsdóttir Lilja Jóhannsdóttir Jökull Snær Ãórðarson Rúnar…
MERCONIUM BROT
The West Wall Gallery 01.09. – 15.09.2007 MECONIUM BROT was the last exhibition in the summer series on the West Wall 2007. Helgi Ãrn was showing recent drawings and…
LISTSÝNING
Main Gallery 11.08. – 11.11.2007
BROTIN MILLI HLEINA
The West Wall Gallery 09.08. – 30.08.2007
HLJÓÐLEIKUR // SOUNDGAME
The West Wall Gallery 21.07.- 02.08.2007 ÂSoundgame is an installation which plays on the dual characteristics of its components. The sculptural objects encourage interaction. The interaction results in a process…
POLLAR
Main Gallery 07.07.- 04.08.2007 I prefer to work in an undefined area. That is where the possibilities are, the doubt, the risk and the excitement. Curiosity leads you on, and…
ÓLI GUNNAR SEYÐISFJIRÐI
The West Wall Gallery 19.05. – 14.06.2007 EVIL MADNESS did a performance in the Bistro on the night of the opening.
STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD
The West Wall Gallery 16.06.- 04.07.2007 The battle for Gettysbourg, Streets of Bakersfield Elvar Már Kjartansson is the man behind the internationally recognised noise artist Auxpna. Auxpan has travelled all…
ANGUR: BLÍÐA
Main Gallery 19 may 2007 – 23 jun 2007 The three artist have worked together for some time, last year they did a show in Gallery BOX in Akureyri…
EL GRILLO
The yearly collaboration between the Dieter Roth Academy, Icelandic Art Academy and Skaftfell started this year with the arrival of ten art students on the 1st of March. The group…
Beinin mín brotin
The West Wall Gallery 13.01. – 31.01.2007
AUTHORS NIGHT 2006
02.12.2006 Einar Kárason Eiríkur Guðmundsson Halldór Guðmundsson Ingun Snædal Þórunn Valdimarsdóttir
FRAMKÖLLUN
Haraldur is one of the promising artists of his generation. Among his pieces are; emotional wallpapers, materialized black holes and Nordic fruits.
ÉG MISSTI NÆSTUM VITIÐ // LOST MY HEAD
The West Wall Gallery 07.10. – 31.12.2006 Bjargey shows the story-board from the making of the movie “lost my head”. The movie has been shown in many places, the…
IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
The West Wall Gallery 02.09. – 21.09.2006
VIKINGURINN SYNGUR SÖNGVA // THE VIKING SINGS SONGS
The West Wall Gallery 12.08. – 27.08.2006
ADAM VAR EKKI LENGI Í PARADÍS
Main Gallery 26.08. – 22.09.2006 Exhibition of former artists in residence. Taurus : a criticism of an attitude. Gauthier Hubert was born in May 1967, the son of…
SEY SEY SEY, HÖFUÐ, KRIKAR, KLOF OG TÆR
The West Wall Gallery 24.07. – 10.08.2006
STRAIGHT OUTTA SKAFTFELL
The West Wall Gallery 08.07. – 22.07.2006
BLOBBY
The West Wall Gallery 24.06. – 07.07.2006
SUMARSÝNING
Main Gallery 10.06. – 19.08.2006
AH!
The West Wall Gallery 08.06. – 21.06.2006
SÝNING FYRIR ALLT ÁSÍÐUSTU STUNDU
Main Gallery 16.05. – 05.06.2006 Exhibition for everything Anyone could have been a part of the exhibition; the only thing you had to do is send a piece before…
Gæðingarnir – Artist Talk
 Artist Talk 16.05.2006 A group of upcoming artist will have the most interesting artist talk in Skaftfell culture centre Tuesday the 16th. They will talk about their own artwork but…
SLEIKJÓTINDAR
The yearly collaboration between the Dieter Roth Academy, Icelandic Art Academy and Skaftfell. Curator: Björn Roth.
POSTCARDS TO ICELAND
SIGURÐUR K. ÁRNASON
Main Gallery 15.10. – 30.10.2005
ÉG ELSKA ÞIG ÁSTIN MÍN
CONCERT
The West Wall Gallery 20.08.2005 The musician Borkó plays in Skaftfell after the opening of Carl Boutard’s and Dodda Maggý’s exhibitions.
VERK 19
The West Wall Gallery 20.08. – 04.09.2005 Education 2001-2004Â The Icelandic Academy of the Arts (LHI) Â Fine Arts B.A. Degree 1997-2001 Â Breiholts College – Art Department 1995-2000 Â Grafarvogur…
HILLS AND DRAWINGS
Main Gallery 20.08. – 18.09.2005 The painter Carl Fredrik Hill went crazy in Paris 1878. He was a respected artist with a great ambition to win the Grand Prix…
THE THREE HEARTS
The West Wall Gallery 06.08. – 18.08.2005 Even ugliness is beautiful on film. The glitch between fantasy and reality is not manifested in big gestures. My name is…
AUTHORS NIGHT 2005
Gerður Kristný Guðlaugur Arason Gunnar Hersveinn Jón Hallur Stefánsson Jón Kalman Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
ÞRIÐJA HJÓLIÐ
The West Wall Gallery 16.07. – 04.08.2005
MYNDBREYTINGAR
Main Gallery 02.07. – 13.08.2005
I BELIEVE
The West Wall Gallery 25.06. – 15.07.2005 I BELIEVE / ég trúi (Titel by Jóhönnu GÃsladóttur)
CONCERT
The West Wall Gallery 23.06.2005 A group of artists/musicians working togeather at Eiðar for a week performed on the evening before “jónsmessa” in the Skaftfell Bistro.
UMBROT // ERUPTION – COLD FACTS ABOUT HOT ICE CAP
Main Gallery 15.05. – 26.06.2005 Vatnajökull is the largest glacier in Europe. Volcanic activity under glaciers, which is greater in Iceland than anywhere else, is most extensive beneath the Vatnajökull…
AUSTRUMU KONTAKTS
The annual collaboration between the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and the Dieter Roth Academy has come to a conclusion, the exhibition “Austrumu kontakts” is an attempt to merge the…
Rjómskip
The annual collaboration between the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and the Dieter Roth Academy. Curator: Björn Roth
Akustinen Estetiikka
The annual exhibition of the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and the Dieter Roth Academy. Curator: Björn Roth.
Passage of time
The artworks are based on old photographs made by unknown photographers in the beginning of last century. The subject of all of them is waterfalls in Iceland. Each photographer presents…
Periscope
This group of artist have stood behind a various exhibitions and events. One of those events is the “open gallery” which is a one day exhibition that evolves around the…
Autumn exhibition
Ferðafuða
Exhibition with 75 artist from all over Iceland. Curators Harpa Björnsdóttir and Ólöf Nordal
Summer exhibition 2002
Fossar í firði
Birgir Andrésson Magnús Reynir Jónsson Rithöfundalestin
The wild bunch
Ásmundur Ásmundsson Gabríela Friðriksdóttir Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir Magnús Sigurðarson Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir Steingrímur Eyfjörð
Summer exhibition
Paul Osipow Philip V. Knorring Mrs. Pamela Brandt
SKAFTFELL Á FÆRI
The annual exhibition of the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and the Dieter Roth Academy. Curator: Björn Roth
Olav Christopher Jenssen
Summer exhibition Olav Christopher Jenssen Authors-train Exhibitions around town: Herðubreið – July 2000 – Culture and Nature Graduation students from the Icelandic Art Academy. Curator and teacher: Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson Ragnar Kjartansson Arnfinnur…
Jón Óskar
Bernd Koberling, Björn Roth, Dieter Roth
Bernd Koberling – Loðmundarfjörður – autumn Björn Roth Dieter Roth – Surtsey series The Skaftfell gallery was officially opened in June 19, 1999. Exhibitions around town: Seyðisfjarðar Primary school – June…
Exhibition for Everything
When Dieter Roth passed away in 1998 an exhibition in his honour was held at Skaftfell the same year. The title referrers to review Zeitschrift fur Alles that Dieter published.…
Boekie Woekie
Skaftfell was founded in 1998, but the house hosted its first exhibition in 1996.The artists book store Boekie Wokeie in Amsterdam celebrated their 10 year anniversary with a exhibition in…