Artists-in-Residence

Welcome new artist in residence Sara Nielsen Bonde

in Artists-in-Residence, Residency program

We are pleased to welcome Sara Nielsen Bonde as Skaftfells artist in residence. Bonde (b. 1992) Sønderborg DK, studied at Sønderjyllands Kunstskole in Denmark and at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm where she received her master’s degree in 2019. She studied as an exchange student in Norway at the Academy of Arts in Tromsø and at Listaháskóli Íslands, in Reykjavik IS. Bonde’s work is sculptural where she works with installations in outdoor environments. She is interested in how materials move between being conditioned by nature, culture and industry. In recent years, Bonde has completed several permanent installations in […]

Welcome new artist in residence Jonas Bentzer

in Artists-in-Residence, News, Residency program

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, the traces of, or be an ongoing act. The sculptures are often alive and are part of or constitute a system. His works are of an investigative nature and an attempt to reach out and treat and comprehend our surroundings. He does this by constructing technical solutions, often times complicated solutions to imitate a simple gesture in nature. Shining a light on these gestures that at first glance seem simple […]