Marine Schneider is an illustrator from Brussels, Belgium. She came to the Fish Factory as an Artist in Residency in June 2016 with a specific project in mind, but the impact that the surrounding landscapes and the factory itself had on her made her change her mind completely. She started to experiment with wood, by turning her drawings on paper into 3D sculptures made out of leftovers wood. Quickly, the sculptures became less and less controlled and more and more inspired by the shapes of the pieces of wood she could find.

Marine´s web site:  http://marineschneider.com/

Thank you, Marine!

Lavinia Hanachiuc is a Romanian-born ceramic artist and fine art photographer. She stayed with us during May 2016. Her work originates from an organic mélange of eastern European folklore and superstitions, Latin blood and memories from a childhood lived under an oppressive political regime. Her work is at times following the materials and it’s very short lived , designed to interact with the audience at community events.    Hanachiuc  has resided in the United States since completing her university studies and has continued to create art and teach the thrill of chasing ideas and making beautiful objects to a wide audience. She is based in Ann Arbor , Mi.

check out more of her work: https://www.etsy.com/people/almapottery

Here you can watch an interview we did with her:

Thank you, Lavinia!

Marisa is a contemporary jeweller and artist from Tasmania, Australia but currently lives in Norway. She undertook a residency in May 2016 to research the coastline of the east coast of Iceland. Her practice focuses on the appropriation and translation of textures and fragments, collected from walks along island shorelines. What is found is an interesting reflection on the island’s coast. Often it explores migration, plastic debris from industry, geology, marine life etc. Marisa takes the fragments and their secret narratives in the studio and translates them into wearable objects.

By doing so, she creates a collective and visual dialogue about an island, as each island is unique.

Check out more of her work: See more of her work:
http://marisamolin.com/

Watch Marisa´s interview here:

Thank you, Marisa!

Sine is an artist from Copenhagen, working mainly with architectural themes and space-based projects. She was in Residency at the Fish Factory during the month of April 2016. Her work here went from an installation drawing to a research about the village and the changing of it since the Fish Factory shut down.

You can browse her web:
http://www.sinelindholm.com/

You can watch interview with her here:

Thank you, Sine!

Morgan is a mixed media artist from Burlingame, California and she stayed with us during April 2016. She likes to create work around daily moments- conversations, dialogue, emotions- and try to capture them so they are not forgotten. She is interested in the combination of our real life experiences and our imaginary or emotional experiences as we live life. She likes to experiment with different techniques and mediums (like rocks in Stöðvarfjörður!), rip up the pages to tinier and tinier pieces, and make things on a messy desk.

You can see more of her work here:
http://morganjulianamurphy.weebly.com/

And see her interview here:

Thank you, Morgan!

Laura Arena is an artist, designer, curator, and writer living in New York City and sometimes in other places. She stayed with us during the months of March and April 2016.

For her project in Iceland and to be continued in Greenland she made a  site where you can see the work:
http://www.lauraarena.com/

Her interview here:

Thank you, Laura!

Lana is an artist from Gent (Belgium) and stayed with us in Residency for the month of March in 2016. Her works are usually wall drawings, taking inspiration from geometry and conceptualism. During her stay she worked with 3D forms and the representation of rocks in photography and through computer work. Following the same ideas she did an amazing installation.

If you want to see more of Lana’s work you can visit her website http://lanaschneider.be/

Watch her interview here:

Thank you, Lana!

David Andrew is a writer and a  poet from the UK and he was an artist in Residency during March 2016. David is a member of the Green Party in UK and he spent his time here reading and writing about how to get by with less things.

Website as poet and company director:
http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/index.php

You can watch David´s interview here:

Thank you, David!

 Simeon is a sustainable designer and craftsman working with seaweed who stayed with us during February 2016. Originally from Liverpool, UK, In Stöðvarfjörður he worked to create pieces from local seaweeds. He created a small range of lamps and other objects from dried seaweed which did not require any other materials or adhesives. These pieces are also completely disposable, and once wet, will fall apart. Part of the beauty of these pieces is just that – they are ephemeral and can return to nature as compostable waste with just a small amount of water.

Artist web:
http://www.studiosimeon.com/

Simeon Interview:

Oscar is an illustrator from Taipei who stayed with us during September 2015. He studied information management in university and barely painted or do some artworks before 2011. He says he started painting in 2011 because of a heart-broken accident. Initially, he just wanted to paint something to release sorrow. In the process, he found there was so much fun in painting. He started posting works on the internet and then received some positive feedbacks. In his experience, he learned how to paint after painting. During his residency here he was interested  about the melting of the Arctic Sea.

To see his work:
http://www.oscartsai.com/