Alexandre Barbé is a sculptor. He defines his work protocol in a few words : “I pay attention to off-the-path-found-places histories; I seek the extraordinary in what was thrown on scrapheap. If I want a story to be told louder, then I think of an intervention.” In Stöðvarfjörður he wrote : “1: Odd pieces of…

Liza Isakov is an artist and art educator based in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Isakov is an emerging artist creating works on paper, her practice draws inspiration from everyday objects and observations. Isakov’s practice begins with documenting simple moments from everyday life, later simplified into basic shapes and colours. She explores and responds to the relationship…

Gillian Pokalo is an interdisciplinary printmaker from the United States, though for five months she is calling Iceland her home. The work she created at the Fish Factory in July is part of an ongoing investigation into the way that nature affects and often eclipses the world made by human hands. With a focus on…

Is an Artist, Painter, and Environmentalist from Ontario Canada, who stayed with us at the residency from April to August. “As a landscape painter, and lover of nature, Iceland has been quite the paradise, I had no shortage of inspiration. My experiences here will without a doubt continue to influence myself and my work for…

  THE RESCUE PROJECT “It’s about love, it’s always about love…” Main actor of my work, doctor for myself, creation has always been a therapeutic journey towards the healing of my deepest wounds. Visual artist by training, I have always had at heart to be at the initiative of all of my artistic pieces, realisings…

Hatiye Garip is an illustrator, comic artist and designer based in Istanbul. She likes to draw birds, flowers and ordinary moments. She is interested in visual storytelling, accessible illustrations and publications. In July, she spent her time at the Fish Factory to warm up for a new comic project. “Recently, I’ve been working on sequential…

rumu acts as a bridge to the dreamworld to spread compassion among all sentient beings…  Check out their work on their website  https://www.rumu.space/ Thank you rumu.  

The Swiss photo duo Rita Kappenthuler and Nathan Federer joined us in June to capture the ever-changing Icelandic sky and the much-expected midnight sun. “Exploring our visual languages through the old, almost “original” camera technique of the camera obscura has been driving us for the past five years. We often define travel time as studio time.…

Sandra Zanetti is a creative practitioner combining independent research, audiovisual compositions, and writing. Their work deconstructs the complexities of underlying systems, stories and ideologies shaped by capital and technology. Zanetti weaves together physical compositions which utilise her unique visual language, woven from a variety of world cultures, iconographies, and socioeconomic theories, examining moments of destruction…

Eva Jörgensen is a medical anthropologist and in June she spent her time at the Factory working on a PhD on the impact of Covid-19 on adolescents in Iceland. I work with all kinds of data but am currently working on transcribing and analysing interviews with adolescents and professionals working with them. My approach is identifying the…

Art professor and artist Kendra Larson spent a good two weeks with us in June where she was stunned by the ever-present daylight. This made her re-think the effects this has on her work as a studier of landscapes, nature and all things mystical. “The Sagas, ice, dramatic landscapes, and northern lights found in Iceland make it…

Jessica Smoleroff is an artist and educator based out of Tallahassee, Florida. With a focus on the figure, her paintings explore sexuality, gender, and the body’s relationship to the environment. She spent May with us creating and sharing her painted hybrid creatures. “Iceland persists. Fecund cod, densely furred dogs, and strong women have adapted to the brutal…

Jody Servon is an artist, activist, educator and curator. Her work has ranged from multimedia installations to public participatory projects with personal experiences always serving as the catalyst. At the Fish Factory, she worked on multiple projects, giving herself space and time to inhabit being an artist. “My work often focuses on sharing people’s lived experiences, histories…

Heather is an Australian artist and papermaker who joined us at the factory in May. Here she explored a project she called Stone Stories, about stones as life forms which hold the stories of millennia.“It was great to be able to stay focused on one theme without distractions and explore it at this artist residency through using…

Sandra Kruisbrink, a Dutch artist whose work is inspired by nature and specifically trees, spent the month of May with us in Stodvarfjordur. The lack of tree scenery made her explore the East fjord mountains which she encapsulated with her signature style. “Drawing in my studio, I try to evoke the silence or emptiness I…

Taneli Törmä and Caroline McSweeney joined us at the Factory in May. Taneli is a Finnish choreographer, performer, and Artistic Director of Location X dance company and Caroline McSweeney is an Irish theatre director and Artistic Director of Locus Theater company. With the help of sound designer Esa Mattila they engaged with the local fishing community and…

Yasemin is a Turkish U.S. based visual artist. During her stay in Iceland in April, she worked on a project involving drawing, painting and written elements. As I spent more time in the factory surrounded by talented artists who all bring a unique voice to the table, I felt lucky to practice and live amongst them…

Sarah Ingraham is a Brooklyn based painter and textile artist. Her work is influenced by a background in rug making and wallpaper design. Combining her knowledge of art history with the tradition of still life, she investigates and reinterprets ancient motifs through colour to create a more contemporary palette. During her time at the residency, she…

Zoë Power is a multi-disciplinary artist, working in the fields of illustration, print and typography. She spent her time at the Factory cutting out lino and printing in our print workshop. She made multiple prints of her signature style figures. Graduating from Multidisciplinary Print Media and with a love of craft and typography, Zoë studied…

Daisy Brown is a multidisciplinary artist from London, UK, specialising in cameraless photography. During her residency stay in April, she spent time using sustainable chemical processes with as minimal labour as possible to document light and immediate reactions to space. Being interested in light, which is in abundance this time of year in East Iceland, Daisy documented the fleeting…

Eliza is a London based artist who spent two months with us at the Fish Factory. “While living in Stöðvarfjörður, I have been working on a project about my personal relationship with world-building, escapism and healing through making, while exploring different possibilities of picture-making. Using primarily painting and drawing, I have become committed to bringing a…

Ayelet is an Israeli artist who came back to Iceland to rediscover her art form. Staying here in April, she embraced the Icelandic nature and made her own stone pigments to paint with. I wanted to join the art residency to find my voice as an artist, a woman, and as a human in this…

Sioned Knight is an artist based in South East London. Spending the month of March at the Fish Factory, Sion reimagined the Icelandic nature and her surroundings with her signature bright colours. I create large, bright paintings of imagined landscapes. My paintings are completely made up and allow the viewer to be transported to somewhere…

Guillermo Mena is a visual artist and animator, born in Los Cóndores, Córdoba, Argentina. During his stay at the Fish Factory in March, he engaged with the factory´s spaces by projecting onto them. Within his work, he is exploring natural geological phenomena through drawing and animation. Taking different elements in the landscape to conform to fictitious…