2021

Artist Talk – Anna Vaivare

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 residency artist Anna Vaivare will present her artistic journey from architecture to illustration, murals and comic books, and will give an insight into her work in progress. There will be coffee and cake, and everyone is welcome. Please wear a mask. Anna Vaivare is an artist from Latvia mostly working in illustration and other graphic forms of transmitting stories and experiences. She started her professional career as an architect after […]

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Svandís Egilsdóttir – Several Drawings of Mountains

Svandís Egilsdóttir – Several Drawings of Mountains

West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, March 10 – May 10, 2021. Open daily 16:00-22:00. Several Drawings of Mountains is a collection of moments in which mountains come into play – mountains painted from land, mountains drawn from the sea, inner mountains and outer mountains. They revolve around the artist’s relationship with these mountains and moments, attempting to get to know them and herself at the same time.   There is always a mountain above. Immobile and stable, often scalable, sacred or variously sacred mountain. The holy mountain summer, this last summer. Moved to tears, sitting up there everything was there, […]

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