Lauren Meranda is a visual artist from the USA, who´s who´s design practice focusses dominantly on cultural institutions, social activism, civic engagement, and public memory; using experimental methods of media, interative experience, and storytelling. Her work here at the Fish Factory Creative Centre during June 2017, has been closely connected to her professional stance in…

Aggie Toppins is a Graphic Designer and educator from the USA, who stayed with us for the month of June 2017. Aggie is the principal of  The Offical Studio, a practice which works with small businesses and nonprofit organizations on the development of branding though digital & print mediums. Aside from this, she is also…

Mara Colecchia is an Italian artist from the USA who stayed with us one month in May 2017. She born in Italy in 1976 where she graduated in Rome at the European Institute of Design in 1999. She worked locally in the animation industry as an animator and successively as a writed till 2009 when…

Cara Levine is a visual artist from the USA who stayed with us one month in May 2017. Cara explores empathy and absence and working across sculpture, photography and video. The absence of the body, be it through its physicality, perceptual sensitivity or language, is often the quality most present in her work. Her work…

Emanda Percival is a writer from Australia who stayed with us two months in April & May 2017. She completed a Masters of Writing in 2013 and has since been continuing to refine her skills. She was first published in July 2015, with the vignette, The Corn – El Choclo, in both Vine Leaves Journal…

Kimi Tayler is a visual artist from the UK who stayed with us four month between February and May 2017. She is an artist with an interest in themes surrounding human relationships- in particular those of connection and disconnection. Living and working in London, much of previous work has been about isolation in a bustling…

Eira Enkvist is a visual artist from Finland who stayed with us one month in April 2017. She born in 1986 from Finland. She studied at Novia in Nykarleby, Finland, for her Bachelor. After that she moved to Ghent, Belgium, for her Master of Arts at KASK. At KASK her art developed more to video…

Yasser Vayani is a visual artist from Pakistan who stayed with us one month in April 2017. He has been living in Pakistan for 12 years. His purpose of the stay in residency was to make more connections with people, only through art and objects which he can find out more about others and himself.…

Eunhong Kang is a visual artist from South Korea who stayed with us during April 2017. She lives and studies in London. She usually ventures to confront important the social and political issues of our time, which is the
 rising tide of neo-isolationism, populism and protectionism in the world against the problems
 caused by indiscriminate…

Katrín Inga Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir is a visual artist from Iceland who stayed with us in March 2017. She born in 1982 in Iceland. She has MFA degree in Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts in New York (2014) and she is a Fulbright Grantee (2012). Katrin also has BA in Art Theory from the…

Anne Weber and Daniel Foerster are artists from Germany who stayed with us one month in March 2017. Anne is a theater player and Daniel is a director. They were in collaboration during their stay. They have been working for multi-sensual video and performance installation with texts, sound records and photos by inspiration of Iceland.…

Claudia Senoner is a performer and choreographer from Germany who stayed with us during March 2017. She has worked as a dancer, soloist and teacher in theatres and ballet schools. She has also worked a lot with musicians and composers on various kinds of music for movements in Germany. Now she works as a freelance…

Lilly Allen is a freelance illustrator and water colour artist from the Isle of Wight, England and she stayed with us during March 2017. She spent countless hours just sitting and painting where ever she could find the perfect perspective of what she was going to paint. This could be on the side of a mountain,…

Susan Wood was born in 1950. She grew up by the sea and loved foreign languages. She completed a PhD in German and had a successful career as a German lecturer, publishing many books and articles. It was not until 2002 that she began to paint, and she’s been actively involved in art ever since,…

Brynja Bjarnadóttir is an Icelandic Musician who stayed with us during January and February 2017. She has been writing songs for the last 4 years and she decided to come here for far away from her daily routines and focus her own artwork. She has recorded 3 songs and inspired by the darkest winter of…

Ina de Saint Andeol is a visual artist from France who stayed with us during February 2017. For the past 20 years, she has been travelling the world, eager to delve into the roots of its many cultures, beauties and histories. Through collages of various mediums, She likes to naively incorporate those experiences along with…

Þór Þorbergsson is an Icelandic artist and a poet who stayed with us in February 2017. His main focus is on poetry and literature, and during his stay he worked on a poetry book wich will soon be published. The book’s title is ” <3 ” and here below is an example of one of…

Yang Jianwei is an animation artist and a visual artist from China who stayed with us during February 2017.  His work revolves around fictional characters which he portraits in his drawings on paper with pencil, gouache and water colour. Yang is interested in researching the connections between people’s lives and social and urban development. He thinks…

Nicole Pedersen is a sound artist and a visual artist from Denmark and she has been staying with us during January and February 2017. Before her residency, she travelled to south-east Asia and was inspired by their cultural heritage. Her project was to create objects that had references to historical relics and archaeological finds and…

Sara Nanna Jørgensen is an Animation Artist, a Visual Artist from Denmark who stayed with us for one month in February 2017. She works on films and images with her characters. She makes characters with her special materials and her perspective. During her residency, she made three characters inspired by the landscape surrounding Stöðvarfjörður. She…

Sacha Ratcliffe is a Canadian Sound Artist, Filmmaker and Graphic Designer who has been staying with us in the Shared Studio for the months of December 2016 & January 2017. During her stay, she has been working in various mediums, such as linoleum printmaking, drawings, photography as well as experimenting with instrument making. Sacha has…

Amy Caterina is an American artist who stayed with us for one month in January 2017. She was working on the Pinhole & Polaroid Photography and Sewing  during in her residency in the Fish Factory – Creative Centre. Amy is interested in exploring issues such as topography, reclamation, personal interactions, and domestic happenings. Direct and…

Shannon Faseler is a visual artist from the USA who stayed with us during in January 2017. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where she received a BFA in Studio art. She also holds a MFA in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon…