Lea Gasser is a freelance accordionist and composer who grew up in Zurich, now living in Lausanne. Fascinated by the versatility of her instrument, she lets it take on different roles in various projects and gives it a very personal and intimate expression through her own compositions. After a Bachelor in classical music at the…

Nora Fuchs is a sculptor from Germany and lives in Berlin and Dortmund. She has been a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund since 2003. There she teaches in the bachelor’s program in three-dimensional design and in the master’s program in scenography and is active in a network for the improvement of…

Eva Spierenburg (the Netherlands) is a visual artist working with installation, painting, drawing, sculpture, video, performance, and everything in between. Her practice describes the correlation between our inner processes, and our physical body interacting with the world. With her work she aims to find a form for the human experiences that escape grip and language.…

Hardy Langer is a German painter and drawer. Landscape plays an important role in his work. In many cases it serves as a carrier or supposed home for people and animals, which often mark the beginning of a story. These stories, in turn, usually develop from a deliberate misplacement of the characters who somehow do…

The swiss artist Silvia Buol studied Visual Arts at Basel School of Art and Design (MA 1980), Movement Theatre in Rome and Zürich (Diploma 1984), and Contemporary Dance with Richard Haisma in San Francisco. She works as a visual and performing artist and is also a freelance in cultural projects and a founding member of…

Toni Cinderella is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works on the east coast of the United States. She creates portals and gates to playful dreamscapes that describe specific memories and explore femininity and the purities in life through transient moments in nature. At the Fish Factory, she created a series of drawings and video…

Aoife Claffey is an installation artist based in Cork, Ireland. She explores human sensory perception in immersive environments, influenced by her interest in human behaviorand the physical exploration of site-specific provisional spaces. She creates installations by combining mediums such as interactive projections, reflective found objects, lighting, printmaking, and surround sound. During the residency in Iceland, I had the…

Ben Provest is a singer-songwriter with a passion for creating and performing heartfelt music. He has over 10 years of experience working in the music industry, and has performed his original music in the UK, Europe, Australia & the USA. He studied jazz guitar at The Victorian College of The Arts (2013-2015) & Contemporary Writing…

Lia DeFranco is a figurative painter based in New York City. During her residency at the Fish Factory, she explored the intriguing relationship between humans and insects, creating artworks that depict them in harmony. Her paintings often juxtapose the delicate intricacies of insects with human figures, highlighting a peaceful coexistence. Additionally, Lia created a series…

Michael Ingvarson is a musician (Piano player) producer/engineer/mixer from Melbourne Australia. He also composes his own music. He found the residency at The Fish Factory delightfully different from home in Melbourne. He found the majestic landscape as well as the beautiful people both artist and locals very inspiring. Michael came to the residency with a…

Arista is an artist from Virginia, currently based in Baltimore, Maryland. A recent graduate from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics, Arista’s paintings and ceramics are centered in a love of observing nature and personal relationships. Forever fond of working plein-air, Arista works quickly to capture a…

Courtney Acosta is a US based artist living in Baltimore, Maryland. They came to Iceland with a stack of paper and a few inks with the expectation of producing drawings that challenged the traditional way they knew how to draw. By the end of the residency they were able to complete over 200 drawings by…

Annie is a designer, illustrator, and climate researcher based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Drawing from her background in design, biology, and behavioral decision sciences, she is interested in the tensions and synergies between human systems and the natural world. Her artistic practice investigates the likely possibility that true sustainable, systemic climate action may be a philosophical…

ChiChai is a multidisciplinary artist and educator from the San Francisco Bay Area. In her time at Fish Factory, she fabricated a fashion design and ceramics collection.   Through fashion design, ChiChai discusses Filipinx migration, the ongoing exportation of our bodies and labor, and our ability to create a sense of home wherever we go……

Lydia Carter is a multimedia artist and folk craftsperson based in the UK.Lydia Carter is a multimedia artist and folk craftsperson based in the UK. During her two months at the Fish Factory, she produced a body of work to reflect Icelandic traditional craft and the natural pigments of the fjord. Lydia’s practice engages in…

Sarah Devereux aka The Dirt Bird is a multidisciplinary artist, performer, designer and extremely serious messer from Ireland. She has a love for colour, humour, silliness & the surreal. Her work centers around health, mental health, the body & with a good dollop of existential dread. On residency, she focused on reconnecting with the freedom…

Meet Ólöf Benediktsdóttir, a vibrant and visionary force in the Icelandic creative scene. Based in Reykjavík, Ólöf has cultivated a dynamic career that spans the realms of visual arts, music, and poetry. A graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Icelandic Art Academy, her journey has been marked by a relentless pursuit of…

Nahelli  Chavoya is a dynamic artist whose work seamlessly bridges the disciplines of dance and poetry. Hailing from Guadalajara, Mexico, and now based in Ireland, Nahelli has spent the last two decades honing her skills in various dance forms, with a particular emphasis on ballet, competitive Irish step dancing, and Irish dance festival style. Her…

Helen Lee (they/she) is a Queer Asian Chicago-born interdisciplinary artist raised by immigrant parents from South Korea. They received an MFA with a focus in Performance and Film from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Dance with a minor in Theatre from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. They…

Martina Pauleová, hailing from Slovakia, joined us in March to expand her artistic practice, which primarily encompasses painting, drawing, and ceramics. During her residency, she created a piece titled “Face,” which she describes in her own words: Imagine country like mirror. So our faces are mirroring. I walk,walk,walk and want to see that face. First…

Mel Nelson is a song maker and visual artist exploring the intersections of spirit, art, and nature. Her time at Fish Factory was spent continuing her musical exploration of the liminality of voice, sound, space and breath; and watercolor paintings that express deep reverence for the moss in the area. Listen here https://hyperfollow.com/melnelson  

I have worked in a variety of media, including painting, video, and sewing. My main interest is feminism, which led me to participate in a residency in Iceland. Living in the factory, surrounded by abundant nature and animals, and interacting with people from many different cultures, was a very meaningful time. I was able to…