Current artist in residence Bjargey Ólafsdóttir (IS) presents her exhibition Tíra / Scintilla in the Skaftfell gallery from May 11 to May 30. Access is through the bistro, on weekdays 12:00 -13:00 and 18:00 – 20:00, on Sat/Sun 18:00 – 20:00, or by appointment (call Skaftfell on 4721632). Bjargey Ólafsdóttir lives and works in Reykjavík. She studied photography, painting and mixed media at Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík and Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, and she studied Screenwriting and Directing in Binger Filmlab, Amsterdam. Bjargey’s practice is not confined to a single medium as each of her projects calls […]
Residency program
Call for Applications from Iceland-based artists: Wanderlust thematic residency, August 2020
Skaftfell is inviting applications from Iceland-based artists to join its “Wanderlust” thematic residency from 6th to 26th August 2020 in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. This program is being held for the second time, following a very successful pilot program in June 2019. Reacting to worldwide travel restrictions in the wake of COVID-19, Skaftfell has postponed its already scheduled Wanderlust residency with international artists until 2021, and is instead inviting a new group of Iceland-based artists to join us for Wanderlust in August this year. Application deadline is May 31, 2020 About the program: Referring to Rebecca Solnit’s book Wanderlust, this thematic […]