Talita Zaragoza is a Brazilian artist, living in New York, USA. She spent the month of September here in the East-Iceland. During her residency stay, she hiked around the mountains of Stöðvarfjörður, rested and enjoyed the Private Studio she was working in. At the Studio Talita was working with paper, writing and bigger scale paintings.…

Daniel van Benthuysen is a visual artist from Long Island, New York, and he joined us here at the Fish Factory art residency for the month of September. During his residency month, he painted with watercolours to a variety of different types of paper he brought with him from the USA, where he usually works…

  Taylor Raye Erickson is a visual artist from America, living in Pittsburg. She spent the month of August here at the Fish Factory artist residency. During her residency time, Taylor made a collection of small works mainly using acrylic paint on Yupo-paper. In her works, she explored dreams and memories. Taylors art searches our environment,…

Eric Neunteufel is an artist from Austria, who came to Fish Factory art residency in August 2019 with his wife Angelika Kreilinger. Back home in Austria, they own their own graphic studio called Graphik Werkstatt, Neunteufel Kreilinger. Beginning of Eric´s residency he found a funny picture from the Factory. Picture from local bus drivers from the 1970s. He…

Angelika Kreilinger came from Austria to visit Stöðvarfjörður with her husband Eric Neunteufel. Together with Eric, they own a graphic studio called Graphik Werkstatt, Neunteufel Kreilinger back in Austria. They spent the month of August here at the Fish Factory artist residency. Angelika enjoyed long walks in nature, taking pictures in the village, watching birds, flora and the endless…

Sunny Stanila is an artist and experimental animation filmmaker living in Montreal, Canada. It was her first visit to Iceland and she spent the month of August here at the Fish Factory. Research played a big part of Sunny´s work, and it focused on non-linear abstract narrative experimental hand-drawn animation. She explores changeability and physicality…

  Eimear Kavanagh is a visual artist living in England, who spent the month of August here at the Fish Factory artist residency. She came to Stöðvarfjörður to find a peaceful environment so she could dedicate to her art project. Eimear and her sister are making a book of poetry for which she creates illustrations. Together…

Maija fox is a British visual artist who spent summer months June and July here at the Fish Factory – art residency. Maija’s work aims to address conscious observations to the places/spaces that she finds herself in. She works in mediums that become apparent through the process of being in the world; crafting site-specific companions;…

Mareiwa is a French-Columbian artist based in San Francisco. Fish Factory – Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður was her first art residency experience, and it was an amazing place to execute that. She spent the summer month of July here between the mountains in the east-fjords. Mareiwa came to develop some existing art ideas, and to make a…

Laura Nygren is an American musician based in Amsterdam, Holland, who spent the month of July here at the Fish Factory.  She is a contrabass player and an electrical musician as well. Laura wanted to come to Fish Factory art residency to write music and find more ways to combine her voice with contrabass, so…

Hyesug Park// July 2019 Hyesug Park is a Korean artist and ceramist living in Germany. She spent the month of July here with us in the Fish Factory artist residency. From first sight Hyesung was fascinated by the mountains she saw on our website, and she decided to come to Iceland. Her curiosity towards nature…

Galadriel Gonzalez Romero// May – July 2019 Galadriel Gonzalez Romero is a visual artist from Spain and Kenya, who spent three months in the Fish Factory- Creative Centre. With her artwork she mainly uses photography, but currently she started experimenting textiles. She prefers to use local materials, which are reflecting the culture, mythology and natural landscapes…

Andrew Ihamaki // July 2019 Andrew Ihamaki is a visual artist and writer from Canada. Andrew stayed at the Fish Factory – Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjöður for one month in July 2019. Andrew came to Fish Factory art residency to take a break from his everyday life and centre his energy for artwork. He wanted…

Paul Heyduck // April – June 2019 Paul Simon Heyduck is a visual artist from Germany. Paul stayed at the Creative Centre for three months starting in April 2019. In the past years, Paul´s artistic practice was focused on installation and sculpture. Paul in his artistic practice uses different mediums and materials, however, during his…

Catie Newell // June 2019 Catie Newell is an American architect and visual artist from Detroit, Michigan. Catie came to Fish Factory for the first time in November 2015 and she has been coming back ever since. As Catie´s artistic practice touches the topics of brightness and darkness, shifts between day and night, she got strongly…

Pauliina Waris// June 2019 Pauliina Waris is a Finnish visual artist and educator, based in Helsinki. Pauliina stayed at Fish Factory in the sunny month of June 2019. Pauliina arrived in Stöðvarfjörður searching for a quiet and calm place, where she could let her thoughts wander and develop new ideas for her artistic practice. Searching for…

Bailey Glass is an American visual artist based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She arrived at Fish Factory with the beginning of May 2019. Coming to Iceland Bailey´s original plan was to focus on creating a new body of work. During her stay she worked on several projects, in May, focusing on astrology, Bailey created a…

  Helen Lee // June 2019 Helen Lee is a visual artist based in Chicago, United States. She stayed at Fish Factory in the beautiful month of June. Helen recently completed her MFA in performance studies at School of Art in Chicago. Helen´s original plan was to revisit her thesis and work on its aspects, but once…

Chloe Jane Hambleton // May 2019 Chloe Jane Hambleton is an artist, dancer and filmmaker from Brisbane, Australia. She arrived at Fish Factory with the beginning of summer in May 2019. Chloe Jane Hambleton // May 2019 Chloe creates unique movements based on emotions, places and encountered people. During her stay with us, Chloe was working…

Andrea Papi // April, May 2019 Andrea Papi is a visual artist based in Rome, Italy. Andrea stayed at Fish Factory in April and May and during that time he fell in love with Iceland endlessly. Andrea Papi // April, May 2019 Andrea, as he describes, captures his thoughts and emotions mainly through the photographic…

Catie Dillon // March-May 2019 Catie Dillon is an American abstract painter, she came to the Fish Factory with the beginning of snowy March and stayed until the end of green May. Catie Dillon // March-May 2019 During her residency stay, Catie was working on a series of paintings as a response to the landscape. She…

Christoph Solstreif Pirker // April 2019 Christoph Solstreif-Pirker is an architect, performance artist, researcher and theorist, based in Graz, Austria. He was having his residency at the Fish Factory in the month of April. Christoph Solstreif Pirker // April 2019 During his stay at the Fish Factory, Christoph was doing field research for his Artistic…

Lotta Cronander Lindh // March, April 2019 Lotta Cronander Lindh is a Swedish visual artist. She stayed with us at the beginning of Icelandic spring in March and April 2019. During her stay with us, Lotta spent a lot of her time walking, hiking, taking cold dips in the ocean and enjoying the beauty of…

Jiyun Park // February, March, April 2019 photo: Lotta Cronander Lindh Jiyun Park is a visual and sound artist from South Korea, based in Cologne, Germany. She arrived at the Fish Factory in the cold and snowy month of February and left the residency with the first flashes of spring-like sunlight in mid-April. Jiyun Park…