Nú stendur yfir listfræðsluverkefnið “Trunt, trunt, tröll og allar aðrar landsins vættir” og hefur verkefnið nú þegar heimsótt 6 skóla: Brúarársskóla, Grunnskóla Fáskrúðsfjarðar, Egilsstaðaskóla, Nesskóla, Fellaskóla og Grunnskóla Borgarfjarðar eystra.…
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the Nordic Baltic Funded residency supported by Nordic Culture Point who will be joining us August-October 2025. Kristina Stallvik is an artist,…
The Narrative Collection was a project initiated by the Swiss artist Chrisoph B?chel, who from 2011-2012 served as Artistic Director of Skaftfell. Over the same two-year period, Skaftfell collected narratives…
Skaftfell is delighted to announce its participation in a new international research project, which was officially launched last week at Cove Park residency in Scotland and will continue until 2024.…
Frontiers in Retreat is a five-year collaboration project that fosters multidisciplinary dialogue on ecological questions within a European network formed around artist residencies. The project sets out to examine processes of…
Jarð•vegur — Cristina Mariani and Moa Gustafsson SöndergaardMay 24 – June 27, West Wall gallery, Skaftfell bistroOpen Tuesdays – Saturdays 15:00-23:00 Welcome to the opening of a new exhibition on…
Skaftfell warmly welcomes Veronika Geiger and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir artists in residence for the month of April. The Danish/Swiss and Icelandic visual artists Veronika Geiger and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir both studied their…
Listen to the soft rain currently dripping off Skaftfell’s roof contrasting the birds chirping in the garden around the House of Arts in Ústi nad Laben. The Sound Bridge by…
Skaftfell warmly welcomes Heejoon June Yoon artist in residence for the month of January. Heejoon June Yoon is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work aims to uncover the ecology…
Acknowledging Lukas Kühne’s sculpture Tvísöngur as “an important sonic landmark in the cultural landscape of East Iceland,” Múlaþing, which owns the work, and Skaftfell, which oversees its care, recently signed…
Tvísöngur, eftir þýska listamanninn Lukas Kühne, er „mikilvægt hljóðkennileiti í menningarlandslagi Austurlands“ og Múlaþing, sem nú á skúlptúrinn, og Skaftfell, sem sér um varðveislu hans, undirrituðu nýlega samkomulag við listamanninn…
Saturday March 11, 2023, 14:00-16:00, Herðubreið This workshop explores ways to convert memory into a painting, using the exact colour from a photograph. By extracting ink from the film, participants…
February 10, 2023, Skaftfell project space Lucia Gašparovičová presents her photo installation “26 minutes” at Skaftfell on Friday, February 10, from 17:00-18:00. The pop-up exhibition is part of the List í…
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…
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…
Seyðisfjörður Print Workshop, Öldugata 14 Wednesday, July 13, 13:00-17:00 – Open studio: see the artists at work Thursday, July 14, 13:00-17:00 – Open studio: see the artists at work and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
November 27, 2021 – January 30, 2022, Skaftfell gallery Opening on November 27, 16:00-18:00. Opening times Mon-Fri 12:00-20:00, Sat-Sun 16:00-20:00. Entry is through the bistro on the ground floor. A…
Skaftfell is delighted to announce its participation in a new international research project, which was officially launched last week at Cove Park residency in Scotland and will continue until 2024.…
“In memoriam”, a publication by our former residency artist Anna Vaivare, has reached the President of Iceland! The inside of the folded print shows drawings of eleven houses in Seyðisfjörður…
October 23, 2021 – January 3, 2022, West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro Opening times are the same as for the bistro. Þórarinn Andrésson (b. 1968), or Tóti Ripper, was born…
Translation is dialog is a project developed by the artist Arlene Tucker (TW/USA) who lives and works in Joutsa, Finland. Arlene was artist in residence at Skaftfell in September 2021 and…
Opening on September 25, 16:00-18:00, in Skaftfell´s gallery. The artists will give a guided tour on September 26 at 14:00. The exhibition continues until November 21, 2021. Opening times Mon-Fri…
July 27 – October 3, 2021, West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro Open daily 12:00-22:00 Magdalena Noga’s exhibition “Even though it might hurt” opens on July 27 in the West Wall…
Norðurgata 7, Seyðisfjörður Artist in residence Anna Vaivare has been working tirelessly on finishing her latest mural, and now it is done! Come and see this beautifully cheerful addition to…
Opening June 17, 16:00-18:00, in the Skaftfell gallery On view until September 5, 2021. Open Tue-Sun from 13:00-17:00. Closed on Mondays. Guided tour and artist talk on June 19, 15:00-16:00…
Herðubreið gallery, May 29 – June 4, during Herðubreið’s opening hours. Opening May 29, 14:00 -16:00. Everyone is welcome! In conclusion of Anna Vaivare’s residency at Skaftfell the artist is sharing…
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…
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…
West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, March 10 – May 10, 2021. Open daily 16:00-22:00. Several Drawings of Mountains is a collection of moments in which mountains come into play –…
Opening February 12, 18:00-20:00, Skaftfell gallery. Artist talk February 13, 14:00 (in Icelandic) Guided tour in English Mars 18, 17:00 The exhibition is on view until April 25, 2021. Open Mon-Fri…
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,…
West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, September 26 – November 29, 2020. My heart’s in the Highlands My heart is not here The eight lithographs in this exhibition were created in…
Skaftfell gallery, September 26 – December 20, 2020. Opening times: Mon – Fri, 12:00 – 18:00. Sat – Sun 15:00 – 18:00. Curator: Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir, Advisor: Gavin Morrison Opening reception:…
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.…
Current artist in residence Bjargey Ólafsdóttir (IS) presents her exhibition Tíra / Scintilla in the Skaftfell gallery from May 11 to May 30. Access is through the bistro, on weekdays…
Skaftfell’s current artist in residence Kirsty Palmer (UK) is showing a selection of her newest work in the West Wall gallery in Skaftfell’s bistro, beginning on 5th May 2020. (Matter)…
Current artist in residence Gudrun Westerlund (SE) introduces her latest work through a pop-up exhibition and video artist talk, set in Skaftfell’s gallery, which is closed at the moment due to…
SITE_ is a three-day exhibition in Skaftfell’s gallery by Julian Harold (FR), Hyun Ah Kwon (KR), Kristen Mallia (US), and Kirsty Palmer (UK), who are artists in residence at Skaftfell…
This exhibition is postponed. A new date will be announced shortly Pétur Kristjánsson is more than an artist. Having lived in Seyðisfjörður since the 1980s, he was until recently the…
Skaftfell’s artist in residence Kristen Mallia (US) has been teaching a short workshop for school children in Seyðisfjörður, working with light and darkness and the unexpected outcome while using a…
List í Ljósi festival, Seyðisfjörður, 13.-15. February 2020, daily 18:00 – 22:00. Skaftfell’s current artist in residence Hyun Ah Kwon (KR) is participating in the annual List í Ljósi light festival…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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…
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…
Þýska listakonan Alessa Brossmer er gestalistakona Skaftfells í apríl og maí. Þriðjudaginn 16. apríl kl. 21:00-23:00 opnar hún húsið og vinnustofu sín, í Nielsenhús (Hafnargata 14). Verkið GlowInTheDark verður til sýnis…
Sýningarsalur Skaftfells, 7. apríl – 2. júní, 2019 Sýning á undursamlega óvenjulegum og fjölbreyttum söfnum fengin að láni frá íbúum Seyðisfjarðar og nærliggjandi svæðum. Opnun 6. apríl, kl. 16:00-18:00. Allir…
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…
Gallerí Vesturveggur í Bistrói Skaftfells, 27. mars – 12. júní, 2019. Åse Eg Jørgensen (fædd 1958) er dönsk listakona og grafískur hönnuður sem búsett er í Kaupmannahöfn. Hún hefur verið…
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…
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…
Fimmtudaginn 21. mars, kl. 19:00 – 22:00, kaffishúsið/gallerí í Herðubreið Sidsel Carré (DK) mun sýna ný málverk og verk í vinnslu sem hún hefur unnið að við vinnustofudvöl sína í…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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 ones own thoughts. …
20 years of Skaftfells artist-in-residency program have resulted in 250 artists coming to Sey?isfj?r?ur and to East Iceland. Some have left a physical trace behind, or a trace in someones…
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…
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…
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 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…
Einkasýning Margrétar H. Blöndal, pollur – spegill, stendur yfir frá 7. okt – 26. nóv. Ég var á ferð fótgangandi, áverkar á stígum mynduðu dældir fyrir vatn sem hefur fossað…
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…
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…
Seyðisfjörður Workshop is two week long workshop hosted by the Dieter Roth Academy for students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Ongoing is the…
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…
Öldugata, www.oldugata.wordpress.com, is a newly founded entrepreneur centre and workplace for the creative sector in Seyðisfjörður were artists and entrepreneurs can rent desks and small studios. The center was founded…
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…
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…
Friday Oct 21 artists-in-residency Morgan Kinne will host a mini-workshop for children age 6-10. Everyone is welcome while there is still space. Hanna Christel, Skaftfells education manager, will assist. The…
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…
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…
Every room can be heard as an acoustic system consisting of a number of layers: it has its own sonic life; its resonance shapes the sounds produced in it; it…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 (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.…
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…
Saturday and Sunday May 9-10, from 12.00-14.00 Minimalist Composition (I+II) is a mini field + studio workshop hosted by Canadian artist Reza Rezai. The focus of the workshop will be…
Climbing Invisible Structures is a curated visual arts residency exchange and exhibition programme organised by the Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC) (Lithuania), in collaboration with the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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” 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…
Students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts have arrived for the second time this year to participate in “Workshop Seyðisfjörður”. This is the fifteenth…
The deadline for the Skaftfell residency program in 2015 expired on September 1 and nearly 180 applications were received. A selection panel goes over the applications and results will be…
This coming Saturday Ráðhildur Ingadóttir, curator of RÓ RÓ, will have a guided tour of the exhibition. The event is a part of Haustroði and will be in Icelandic. The…
Natures aesthetic preservation and human intervention / aspects of utopia and dystopia. This Thursday evening, August 28, the Greek artists Maria Glyka and Vassilis Vlastaras will present a taste of…
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,…
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…
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.…
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 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…
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…
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…
The Bookshop – projectspace April 17 – 24, 2014 Abiotic comes from the Greek and means without life. There are things in the world that are said to not be…
The Bookshop – projectspace Abiotic comes from the Greek and means without life . There are things in the world that are said to not be living and yet they…
The outdoor sculpture A 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…
Friday the 4th of April at 14:00 Newly arrived artists in residence Karlotta Bl?ndal (IS) and Jens Strandberg (SE) will give a short introduction to their work. All welcome !…
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.…
the West Wall Thursday May 15, at 14.00 Students from grade 3.-6. Seydisfjordur primary school illustrate Icelandic folk tale. Supervised by Þorkell Helgason. The event is a part of the…
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…
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.…
Bookshop-projectspace Daníel Björnsson, guided by Elvar Már Kjartansson, exhibits versatile drawings made this winter. The event is a part of the yearly art-festival, List án landamæra.
For the past months Skaftfell has invited students from elementary schools in East Iceland to do an educational project about Dieter Roth and graphic technique. Students took a field trip…
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…
Thursday January 23, from 16:00 – 20:00 Skaftfell residency, Austurvegur 42, top floor Jens has been in residence at Skaftfell for December and January. It`s the fourth time he is…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Skaftfell offers a guided tour through the exhibition Fancy-Cake in the Sun Wednesday Oct 28, 15.00 Admission 500 ISK Language English The tour gives an insight to the history of…
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…
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 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,…
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…
Skaftfell, in collaboration with the Cultural Center of Fljódalshérað, will host an off-venue for Reykjavík International Film Festival in Seyðisfjörður November 11 and 12. Four documentaries will be screened in…
Students from the visual art class in Seyðisfjörður elementary school, grade 7 10, will present projects with a focus on light and darkness.
“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.…
13.09.13-17.09.13 Bookshop-projectspace The work Found by Paula Prats is a series of snapshots from the 60s found in a Canadian flea market with images taken by her today, each pair…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The artist group RoShamBo, in collaboration with Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art, published in 2013 a web based map which contains information on workshops, residencies, galleries, project platforms, schools and interesting…
The danish artists group A Kassen and Icelandic electronic musician Auxpan will host an event this Sunday, July 7th at 17.00, by Tvísöngur sound sculpture. A Kassen presents a performance…
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…
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…
The surroundings and houses close to Skaftell will be transformed into an exhibition venue Saturday November 30 when Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir (IS) will exhibit a large scale outdoor video installation.…
Danish artists group A Kassen have been invited to stay as Artists-in-Residence from June to July at Skaftfell. The residency programs objectives is to facilitate circumstances for artists to experience,…
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,…
Tuesday – Wednesday, May 28-29 The Bookshop is open from 10.00-17.00 Current Artists-in-Residence Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir (IS), Manfred Hubmann (AT), and Yann Leguay (F) will host a mutual two-day exhibition…
All welcome to experience the summer show of Skaftfell Art Class Tuesday June 4, from 19.00-20.00
Program Saturday, April 13 Sunday, April 14 16.00-19.00 Liam Scully (UK) HÓLLISTIC THERAPY Hóll residency 15.00-22.00 Inga Jautakyte (LT) SLEEPING BEAUTY Skaftfell, main gallery 17.00-19.00 Joey Syta (US) ABOUT The…
Sequences VI – Off Venue Saturday April 13, 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…
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…
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…
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,…
– 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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Seyðisfjarðarbíó,…
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…
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…
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…
Sunday the 19th of August from 15:00-16:00, Skaftfell and the Estonian filmmakers Heilika & Ülo Pikkov invites for an afternoon screening of short Estonian animations for kids of all ages. Popcorn…
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,…
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…
Sunday August 5th. at 20:00. Main exhibition space at Skaftfell / Reaction Intermediate Screening of contemporary Estonian short films, selected and presented by Ülo and Heilika Pikkov. Film lineup: BLOW/ 2007…
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…
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 …
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.…
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.…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Six works by local artist Geiri, Ásgeir Jón Emilsson (1931-1999), have been lend to MetroArts í Brisbane, Australia, to be on display in group exhibition. The exhibition is entitled A…
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
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 –…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Saturday, April 7th at 15.00, Þórunn Eymundardóttir will open a solo exhibition in the West Wall Gallery. The exhibition consists of photo-collages, from 2011-2012. CV: Þórunn Eymundardóttir (b. 1979) Austurvegur…
Monday, April 9, at 21 Skálar Sound Art Festival preview venue: Presentation of Skálar and showcase-concert. Konrad Korabiewski, AuxPan & Helgi Örn Pétursson. The art-collective will present the ideology behind…
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…
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,…
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…
Skaftfell Art Class show Book Art Work at The West Wall Gallery Austurvegur 42, Seyðdisfjörður Fri. 13th – Sun. 22th of January 2012
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…
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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…
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…
1.10.11 – 16.10.11 Karin Reichmuth, 1979, Switzerland, artist in residence at Skaftfell in September through October 2011
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…
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…
Vertíð Visual art/music/performing art’s Auxpan Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir Carl Boutard Claudia Hausfeld Barbara Amelia S. Tomsen Ragnar Kjartansson Ráðhildur Ingadóttir Enter the Mayhemisphere (nafnalisti ekki kominn) Félagsskapur Fjallkonunnar Helgi Örn…
Concert and dance in the spirit of old Icelandic 50’s music Herðubreið @16:00 Entrance fee kr. 1000 Bjarni Freyr Ágústsson, gítar og trompett, Erla Dóra Vogler, Jón Hilmar Kárason, Þorlákur…
Austurvegur 48, Seyðisfjörður, the garden @15:00 – 17:00 Performances, music, snacks and sauna. Everyone is welcome, either to enjoy or to participate.
Teikning strúktúr ferli / Drawing Structure Process Workshop at Lunga 2011 during the week 10. – 16. July
Open Mic at Skaftfell Tuesday 12th Starts @21.00 and ends with exhaustion at midnight! Open to all performers, profesional and amature.
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” program with music, singing and performances Rauða torgið @16:00 – 18:00 No entrance fee
21 JuneAusturvegur 48, garden @23:00Midsummer sauna – bring bathing suit http://www.boutard.se/projects.asp?p=64&cat=9&go=
6. – 1.7. The Arboretum will be open every day – see opening times in the bookshop´s window 2.7.Event @ 16.00
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…
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…
the West Wall Gallery, April 18, 2011 In our practice we construct situations that draw out the tacit and shifting dynamics between ourselves as collaborators, and others. Often absurd or…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
The Bookshop Projectspace 12.11.2010
The West Wall gallery 12.11. Р21.11.2010 6 students from 9th Р10th grade at Sey̡isfj̦r̡ur School
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…
The Bookshop projectspace 08.10. 07.11.2010
The West Wall gallery 08.10. – 07.11.10
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…
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…
The West Wall gallery 13.08. – 05.09.2010
10.08.10 – 18.08.10 the Bookshop-projectspace
15.07.10 – 28.07.10 the Bookshop-projectspace
West Wall Gallery 12.07. – 30.07. 2010
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;…
The West Wall gallery 17.06.10 – 30.06.10 Photographs by the folk artist Ásgeir Emilsson
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…
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…
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,…
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 Johnsons iconic Glass House is shown in relationship…
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…
22.04.10 – 09.05.10 West Wall gallery
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…
The West Wall gallery 21.03.10 – 18.04.10 Asle Lauvland Pettersen is a 31 years old Berlin based artist who works with several art genres; film, live performance, visual art…
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…
The Bookshop- Projectspace 12.12.09 10.01.10 Students Exhibition- Seyðisfjörður grammarschool photo exhibition
The Bookshop- Projectspace
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…
The Bookshop – Projectspace 18.04- 18.05.2009
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…
The West Wall Gallery 29.11.2008 Â 01.02.2009
Main Gallery 01.11. – 23.11.2008 Students of the Royal Academy of the Arts Copenhagen.
Main Gallery 04.10.- 26.10.2008
The West Wall Gallery 30.08.2008 The exhibition is a part of the series SJÓN HEYRN /AUDIOVISION, curated by Ingólfur Arnarsson & Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir.
The West Wall Gallery 30.08. 14.09.2008 The exhibition is a part of the series SJÓN HEYRN /AUDIOVISION, curated by Ingólfur Arnarsson & Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir.
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.…
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.
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…
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.…
Curating the Summer Exhibition this year is Gudmundur Oddur Magnusson.
Main Gallery 12.01. – 24.02.2008
Main Gallery 01.12. – 31.12.2007 Exhibition about the book as a medium for artists in Iceland. Unnar Örn Auðarson Jónasson Huginn Arason Guðrún Benónýsdóttir Baldur Björnsson Haraldur Jónsson…
The West Wall Gallery 17.11. – 31.12.2007 Þórunn Eymundardóttir Ólöf Helga Helgadóttir Pétur Kristjánsson Örn Helgason Steinunn Eldjárns Hanna Þórey Níelsdóttir Lilja Jóhannsdóttir Jökull Snær Þórðarson Rúnar…
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 Örn was showing recent drawings and…
Main Gallery 11.08. – 11.11.2007
The West Wall Gallery 09.08. – 30.08.2007
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…
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…
The West Wall Gallery 19.05. – 14.06.2007 EVIL MADNESS did a performance in the Bistro on the night of the opening.
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…
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…
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…
The West Wall Gallery 13.01. – 31.01.2007
Haraldur is one of the promising artists of his generation. Among his pieces are; emotional wallpapers, materialized black holes and Nordic fruits.
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…
The West Wall Gallery 02.09. – 21.09.2006
The West Wall Gallery 12.08. – 27.08.2006
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…
The West Wall Gallery 24.07. – 10.08.2006
The West Wall Gallery 08.07. – 22.07.2006
The West Wall Gallery 24.06. – 07.07.2006
Main Gallery 10.06. – 19.08.2006
The West Wall Gallery 08.06. – 21.06.2006
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…
 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…
The yearly collaboration between the Dieter Roth Academy, Icelandic Art Academy and Skaftfell. Curator: Björn Roth.
Main Gallery 15.10. – 30.10.2005
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.
The West Wall Gallery 20.08. – 04.09.2005 Education2001-2004 The Icelandic Academy of the Arts (LHI) Fine Arts B.A. Degree1997-2001 Breiholts College – Art Department1995-2000 Grafarvogur Music School1990-1993 Sigursveins D.…
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 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…
The West Wall Gallery 16.07. – 04.08.2005
Main Gallery 02.07. – 13.08.2005
The West Wall Gallery 25.06. – 15.07.2005 I BELIEVE / ég trúi (Titel by Jóhönnu Gísladóttur)
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.
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…
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…
The annual collaboration between the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and the Dieter Roth Academy. Curator: Björn Roth
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…
Exhibition with 75 artist from all over Iceland. Curators Harpa Björnsdóttir and Ólöf Nordal
Birgir Andrésson Magnús Reynir Jónsson Rithöfundalestin
Paul Osipow Philip V. Knorring Mrs. Pamela Brandt
The annual exhibition of the Icelandic Academy of the Arts and the Dieter Roth Academy. Curator: Björn Roth
The Skaftfell hub is an shared workspace and the office to the Skaftfell staff based at Öldugata . Artists in residence are welcome to use the facilities at the Skaftfell Hub and can…
Artists are welcome to participate in the Skaftfell educational program, including artist talks, presentations or workshops for the local community, or the Skaftfell Art Class, which provides the opportunity to…
The harbor sculpture garden is a flexible and fluid venue curated by Skaftfell. It is located on the landfill area in the east-side of town and is a part of…
The Skaftfell hub is an open workspace on the top floor of Skaftfells main building. Artists in residence are welcome to use the facilities at the Skaftfell Hub and are…
The Skaftfell hub is an open workspace on the top floor of Skaftfell’s main building. Artists in residence are welcome to use the facilities at the Skaftfell Hub and are…
The Technical Museum of East Iceland used to house printmaking facilities consisting of several antique printmaking presses and tools which were owned by the artist Dieter Roth. The workshop also…
Bernd Koberling – Loðmundarfjörður – Haust Björn Roth Dieter Roth – Surtseyjarmyndir Sýningarsalur Skaftfells var formlega opnaður og tekinn í notkun 19. júní. Sýningar á öðrum stöðum: Seyðisfjarðarskóli – júní…
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.…