Skaftfell Art Center serves as the regional visual art center of East Iceland, fostering and presenting contemporary art on an international level. Located in a timber-frame building constructed in 1907, Skaftfell houses an exhibition space, art library, office, meeting room, guest quarters, and the Skaftfell Bistró. Skaftfell hosts an active artist residency program with both thematic and self-directed residencies. Artists in residence have access to Prentverk Seyðisfjörður, a printmaking workshop operated by a collective of local arts organizations.  

June 21 – September 27 Curated by Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir Who are the whales that visit the Icelandic seas each summer?How differently has human respect for whales been manifest – historically and now?Such questions have long fascinated artists Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson, whose work explores the intricate and environmentally telling relationships between humans and other animals. In their latest project, the exhibition The Sea’s Blue Yonder, the duo has embarked on a journey to track and consider the movements of individual whales both physically, accompanied by scientists who study the migration, trajectories, and acoustics of these marine giants – and […]

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The Skaftfell Bistró is located on the first floor of the Skaftfell Art Center, at Austurvegur 42, in Seyðisfjörður. The restaurant offers an innovative menu that reinterprets traditional Icelandic fare with an innovative twist. A section of the restaurant pays homage to the Swiss-German artist Dieter Roth (1930-1998), who lived and worked in Seyðisfjörður at various times in the last decade of his life. In addition to original works by Roth, the restaurant showcases the work of contemporary artists of East Iceland. http://skaftfellbistro.is