Past exhibitions

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Collectors

Opening reception April 6, 16-18h. April 7 – June 1, 2019 An exhibition of the wonderful, strange, and varied collections drawn from the residents of Seyðisfjörður and surrounding areas. Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland announces its spring exhibition Collectors. We are all collectors, sometimes by intention and often by happenstance. These accumulations reflect our personalities, curiosities and passions. This exhibition arose from an invitation to the town and the surrounding areas inhabitants to show those things that they collect. Skaftfell wished to make this exhibition as open and inclusive as possible, with the intention that wherever […]

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Jessica Auer & Zuhaitz Akizu – Kujira (A White Whale)

Jessica Auer & Zuhaitz Akizu – Kujira (A White Whale)

New work by Jessica Auer and Zuhaitz Akizu in Skaftfell’s West Wall gallery in the bistro. Join us for the opening reception on June 17, 17:00 – 19:00. Everyone is welcome! The exhibition continues until October 25, 2019.  Some 400 years ago, Icelandic scholar and poet Jón lærði Guðmundsson (1574–1651) created a series of over 20 drawings of whales that could be found in Icelandic waters. Exactly how he could distinguish each whale from another remains a mystery, but one can imagine that his knowledge was linked to the whaling activities of his time.  Inspired by Jón lærði’s sketches and the […]

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