Residency events and activities

Jarð • vegur

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…

Veronika Geiger and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir

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…

Sound Bridge by Jan Krtička

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…

Welcome Tara and Silla

Skaftfell is thrilled to welcome the artist duo Tara and Silla to the residency program. Tara Njála Ingvarsdóttir (b.1996) and Silfrun Una Guðlaugsdóttir (b.1996) are the performance artist-duo Tara and…

Welcome Heejoon June Yoon

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…

Gardening of Soul: Riso workshop

Gardening of Soul: Riso workshop – 31/10 and 1/11 from 16 – 19. Two day workshop in riso printing for 14 and up in Prentverk Seyðisfjörður, Öldugata 14. The workshop…

Lucia Gašparovičová: 26 minutes

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…

Nicola Turner: Myth and Miasma

Skaftfell Projects, Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður November 26 to December 15. Open Monday-Friday from 9:00-15:00 British artist Nicola Turner has been in residency at Skaftfell for the month of November. Now…

Artist talk: Jan Krtička and Nicola Turner

We warmly invite you to a presentation of work and sharing of thoughts by our two current residency artists.  Thursday, November 10, 19:00 – 20:30. Skaftfell, top floor. Sound and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Printing Matter for the second time

As part of the ongoing Skaftfell Residency Program, the Thematic Residency Printing Matter aims to create a platform for exchange, discussion, and collaboration amongst fellow artists from various disciplines, who…

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…

Printing Matter 2018

Application deadline: Sept 15, 2017 Printing Matter is a three-week thematic residency with an intensive program for 8-10 artists, focusing on artist book making. The program is guided by Åse…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Printing matter – Thematic Residency

Period: Feb 2-15, 2017. Deadline: September 1, 2016. Printing matter is a two-week thematic residency with an intensive program for 8-10 artists, focusing on printmaking and artist book making. The…

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…

Frontiers in Retreat artists arrive for second residency

Skaftfell welcomes residency artists: Kati Gausman, Richard Skelton and Ráðhildur Ingadóttir. The artists first stayed at Seyðisfjörður in September 2014 for one month and simultaneously launched their participation in Frontiers in Retreat. They have now…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

(MAL)FUNCTION

Welcome to the opening Tuesday 16.12.2014 at 5-7pm. Concert by Jukka Hautamäki starts at 6pm. Sightseeing Tour – outdoor performance by Minna Pöllänen Thursday the 18th at 6pm. Duration 30…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“..Weeds, those Trojans..”

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…

Secret Garden Verönd

OPENING EVENT AND RELEASE OF PUBLICATION AT HÓLL, AUGUST 28 AT 16.00 The project SECRET GARDEN VERÖND 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…

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…

Aspects of Abiotic Metabolism

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…

Artist talk #17

At the Bookshop – projectspace Newly arrived artists in residence at Skaftfell; Munan Ovrelid (NO) and Melissa Pokorny (US) will give an introduction to their work and practice. Munan will…

Aspects of Abiotic Metabolism

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…

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…

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…

Open studio

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…

Artist Talk #14

Skaftfell is currently hosting five Artists-in-Recidence: Anna Friz from Canada, Åse 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…

Artist talk #13

Monday the 5th. of August  Åse 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…

Artist talk #12

Tuesday, May 7 at 21.00, three Artists-in-Residence will have an artist talk in the Bookshop-Projectspace. They are: Ásdís 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…

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…

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.

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…

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 2012  Else Ploug Isaksen invites you in to see her work in progress Sunday and Monday afternoon 16:00-18:00. She has been…

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…

Short Estonian Animations for Kids

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…

Artist talk #9 and Body Memory

August the 10th. at 16:00 – Skaftfell Main Gallery Filmmaker Ülo 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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

Electronic Music and Artist talk #6

13 August Auxpan, Helgi Örn, 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…