Artist’s talk

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 #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-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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Artists talk #16

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

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.…

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…

KNIT: Performance project

Ásta 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: 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…

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…

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…

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…

REACTION INTERMEDIATE 2012

RI_2012_program Reaction Intermediate offers 11 different projects presented by visual and sound artists presented by Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art. The program is based on events, happenings, performances, open…

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…

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…

Community projects

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…