Thursday, January 26, 2023, 17:00 – 18:00. Skaftfell, 3rd floor Skaftfell Art Center invites you to an artist talk with Jessica Auer, Canadian artist, photographer, and filmmaker, and co-founder of Ströndin Studio, a photographic research and education center in Seyðisfjörður. A selection of photographs from Jessica’s series Looking North will be on view in the Skaftfell Bistró from January 23 – April 2, 2023. The installation and talk coincide with Jessica’s exhibition Landvörður, curated by Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir, opening on January 28th at Sláturhúsið, in Egilsstaðir. www.slaturhusid.is About the artist: Jessica Auer is a Canadian artist who teaches photography at Concordia University […]
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Jessica Auer: Selected Photographs from Looking North
January 23 – April 2, 2023, Skaftfell Bistró Photographs from the series Looking North, by Seyðisfjörður-based artist Jessica Auer, will be presented in the Skaftfell Bistró from January 23 – April 2, 2023. Looking North was first shown as a feature exhibition at the National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavík in 2020. The installation at Skaftfell will be the first time works from the series will be on view to the public since the exhibition two years ago. A native of Québec, Canada, Auer relocated to Seyðisfjörður as the tourism boom in Iceland was reaching its peak. The series Looking North is […]