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IUA fine art department and Skaftfell Center for Visual Art call for applications

IUA fine art department and Skaftfell Center for Visual Art call for applications

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: RESIDENCY AND GROUP EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY FOR IUA FINE ART DEPARTMENT GRADUATES FROM THE YEARS 2017-2022 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art and the fine art department of the Iceland University of the Arts have collaborated for many years. Due to special circumstances both partners have decided to offer artists who graduated from the department in the years 2017-2022 to apply for the Skaftfell residency in the period March 1–28, 2022, along with an exhibition in the Skaftfell gallery from March 26 – May 22, 2022. Applications are invited either from individual artists with projects for a group exhibition, or […]

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Dæja Hansdóttir on the West Wall

Dæja Hansdóttir on the West Wall

January 28 – March 30, West Wall, Skaftfell Bistro Opening times: Mon/Thu/Fri 12:00-14:00 and 17:00-22:00; Tue/Wed 12:00-22:00; Sat/Sun 17:00-22:00 Dæja Hansdóttir (b.1991 Reykjavík) was raised in the United States by Icelandic and Honduran immigrants and now lives and works in Seyðisfjörður. Dæja is drawn to the aesthetics of formalized public temporal spaces for their potential to articulate an emotional rehearsal and allow us to rebel against the roles we are often playing behind the scenes and on stage. Her practice is centered around photography, but the horror of image making is turned into flesh with the viewer’s hand. Images and memory […]

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