Chelsea is a visual and installation artist from Michigan, USA, who joined us for the months of July – August 2017. Her work often consists of abstracted patterns, as a presentation of emotion. The process begins with a feeling, and a colour or shape, and then a freedom in what flows to the canvas. Here at…

Natalia is a visual artist from Poland, who has been living, studying, and working in London for the past 13 years. She joined us here at the Fish Factory for the month of August, taking some time to re-focus on personal art projects, before beginning an MA in Fine Art at the City and Guild…

Marta Amigo is a visual artist from Barcelona, who joined us for the month of August 2017. She works using trans-disciplinary techniques and formats, in an exploration of ‘identity’ and it’s relation to space and objects. The process of often begins with visual mapping, and consideration of key words and themes, which then develop through a mixture of drawing, illustration,…

Lea is a conceptual multi-media artist from Minneapolis, who joined us here at the Fish Factory during August 2017. Through her work she investigates contemporary culture, with one key focus being the impacts of the internet and social media, and the online channels which we have accessible to us; giving us the opportunity to form a persona,…

Riley is an American & Australian artist, living in Austin, Texas, who joined us here at the Fish Factory for the month of July. Coming from a multi-national background has formed an integral part of her life and influence, and experiences of culture in many countries, across continents, has fed into her work and travel…

Susan Wood is a returning artist from Scotland, who previously joined us in March 2017. She began painting in 2002, and completed an MA in Glass at the University of Sunderland, with work revolving around the sea and shore. These themes have shown strong influence in her work here at the fish factory, along with an interest…

Catherine Stringer is an artist from Tasmania, who stayed with us for one month in July 2017. She has taken part in a number of solo, and group exhibitions, and her work is very much shaped by her interest in in water and the ocean, with her best known pieces showing dreamy underwater images. Focus around the realms…

Laura Marconi is an artist from Italy, living in Philadelphia in the USA, who stayed with us for the month of July 2017. Laura studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where she received a classical training, and majored in painting. This strong foundation for Laura’s work has carried through her career as an artist,…

Jan is an artist from Korea, currently living in the Netherlands, who joined us for the months of June and July 2017. This has been his second time to the factory, as in March 2016, he travelled the ring road with friends and happened to find himself here in Stöðvarfjörður.  After touring the factory with Una,…

Jane Affleck is a PhD candidate, instructor, writer, editor, and artist from Canada who was at the Fish Factory Creative Centre for the June 2017 residency. Although Jane completed a bachelor of fine arts in 1995, this was her first artist residency. For a couple of years after completing the BFA, she shared a studio…

Amanda Lim is a visual artist from Singapore who stayed with us for the month of June 2017. Her creative interests are in the exploration of political, social and cultural issues, which form personal interpretation, through lived experiences and influences. Her experimental works are often creative documentations that lead to  interaction and conversations around issues. Here at…

Patricia Casey is a visual artist from Australia who stayed with us for one month in June 2017. She has been a praticing artist since 1999, and has taken part in a number of group and solo exhibitions, at home and internationally, throughout her career. Patricia’s work considers an ongoing exploration of the themes of…

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.…