Past artists in residence

Artist in residence: Nina Tobien

November/December 2024 Nina Tobien is a german artist who lives and works in Berlin. She is a painter who also works with ceramics and textiles. Researching and developing her own…

Artist in residence: Rainy Siagian

November/December 2024 Rainy Siagian (b. 1994) is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher who lives and works between Brussels and Reykjavík. Born in Indonesia and raised in Belgium, her work is…

Artist in residence: Andrea Salerno

November/December 2024 Andrea Salerno (Roma, 1989) is a visual artist and graphic designer based in Amsterdam. His recent work has focused on examining problems of visual representation of duality in…

Elly Glossop

A warm welcome to Elly Glossop, Skaftfell’s artist in residence in October!Elly Glossop is a British artist who lives and works in Copenhagen. Her ceramic works are constructed around a…

Moa Gustafson Söndergarrd

We are thrilled to welcome Moa Gustafson Söndergarrd, artist in residence for the month of May.  Her work is situated around materials and places we surround ourselves with. She is…

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…

Cristina Mariani

We are thrilled to welcome Cristina Mariani, Skaftfell’s artist in residence in April and May. Mariani’s current research is focused on the perception of soil and rocks as immutable and…

Welcome Michael Soltau

Skaftfell warmly welcomes artist in residence Michael Soltau. Media professor Michael Soltau, born 1953, Oldenburg (Germany) lives and works in Leipzig and Varel. His long-standing artistic work explores analogies between…

Welcome Katia Klose

Skaftfell is thrilled to welcome Katia Klose, artist in residence for the month of March. Klose, born 1972 in Berlin (Germany), works as a photographer, photo editor and lecturer in…

Welcome Solveig Thoroddsen

A warm welcome to Solveig Thoroddsen, Skaftfell artist in residence in February. Solveig is an Icelandic artist, based in Iceland. She graduated from the master study from The Iceland University…

Welcome Frederik Heidemann

Skaftfell warmly welcomes Frederik Heidemann artist in residence for the month of February. Frederik Heidemann is an artist working with music, performance, and radio. He is a collagist, producing diverse…

Welcome Edda Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir

Skaftfell warmly welcomes Edda Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir artist in residence in January. Edda Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir (1978) lives and works in Reykjavik. Her work and life, as those are intertwined, is centered…

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…

Welcome new artist in residence Jonas Bentzer

Skaftfell warmly welcomes Jonas Bentzer as residency artist in November. In his practice Jonas works conceptually with sculpture and sculpture as an act. The works may contain the conditions for,…

Welcome Nermine El Ansari

We warmly welcome artist Nerime El Ansari to Skaftfell’s residency. During her six-week residency from October 15 to November 30, El Ansari will work on her project ‘Dreams in Exile’…

Welcome Florin Bobu

Skaftfell warmly welcomes Florin Bobu artist-in-residence for the month of October. Bobu is a Romanian artist and curator who lives and works in Iași. He is a part of 1+1,…