Katarina is a photographer from Czech Republic who stayed with us for one month in November. She was working with the stone texture and surface and taking pictures of them. During her residency she was filling up her photography portfolio. For more information on her project, we invite you to see project below…

  Laurent Crevon is an artist from France who stayed in residency for two months in October and November. During his stay he was focusing on writing his novel and working with digital arts / light painting photography. Light saber was built during this time to play with different LED sequences. Laurent performed and showcased…

Carcom is a contemporary dancer. During her residency, she was working on a performance generator software. Software generates improvised movements and gives directions to the performer. This was the main project and aim for Carcom. In the end of the residency she showcased how this software works. / More of her artwork / https://vimeo.com/138469818 Tal…

Silvia Popp is an artist from Switzerland. She stayed with us in the factory for two months – October and November. Silvia is a founder of Island Institute in Switzerland. She’s been traveling and exploring different islands and doing research on her project she’s explaining in the interview down below. She arrived by Ferry to…

Lauren Prousky is a multidisciplinary artist from Toronto, Canada. She stayed with us for one month in October writing dark but humorous poems. Lauren was interested in Swimming pool culture of Iceland. Then she started the mural. Thanks Lauren, our dark upstair corridor became a trippy corridor and more colorful! / More of her artwork / http://laurenprousky.com…

Alex Massa is an artist/musician/performer/entertainer from United States. He visited us during his personal break from his as he said professional career. His main goal was to get back to personal creativity field and reconnect to himself. While Alex stayed at our Residency, we were pleased to have a trumpet playing everyday in our halls.…

Dexter is a painter from Brighton, United Kingdom. He stayed at the residency for one month of September. Dexter’s main aim was to paint in the nature and reanact the nature on his canvas, but it turned out that his residency mostly became work in a studio creating humorous paintings. When Dexter wasn’t working, the…

Shoko Matsuki is an artist based in Tokyo, Japan. She’s focusing on drawing and recognizes herself as an illustrator. But! She’s not afraid of exploring other things! She was working on Lino–Cutting/Printmaking during her stay. Although, she was working on sketches and was building up her project focused on the disconnection from rest of the world. Project…

Anna Choutova is 22 year old Swedish painter based in London. She chose our residency because the idea of isolation, remoteness and disconnection from outer world and cities seemed to be suitable at the time. “In London I was getting so anxious of city living and there was just no time for yourself, even if you’re alone…

Jesús Portal  is an ‪artist‬ from Spain and stayed in ‪Art Residency‬ for August. He’s an art teacher and writing an art education book for High–School students in Spain. The architecture of town, villages of Iceland and Fish Factory has been the main source of inspiration. Camera, music and Stöðvarfjörður was combined into the mural he was working.…

  Benjamin Whitney Buhl is a third–year MFA program student at University of South Florida, USA, specialises in Multidisciplinary program in found object sculpting. Ben choose our Factory for Residency because of, as he says ‘Vibe’ – he was feeling really fitting in our ‘always in progress’ mood. ‘The less distractions – the better for…

  Nele is a contemporary artist from Hamburg, Germany. She stayed with us during the months of May, June and July 2016. Her field of work is new media, from installations made with textile, to works of photography, audio and video. During her period of residency she did a lot of audio recordings in the…