Lars Jonsson
Artist in residence for the month of October 2024 Lars Jonsson(b.1990) is a Swedish artist based in Bergen/Umeå. He is educated at the Art Academy in Umeå, Escola Massana in Barcelona and holds an MFA from the Art...
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Michael Merkel
Artist in residence for the month of September 2024. Michael Merkel, born in Dresden in 1987, first trained as a wood sculptor before studying German Literature, Cultural Studies, and Art History in Dresden and Wrocław (B.A.). He further...
Jutta Biesemann & Hermann Vierke
Artists in residence for the month of August 2024. Jutta Biesemann Gilélag is Juttas second residency. Photography is her primary mode, but she works in installations as well. In her photography she loves composing still lives. Therefore, she...
Jonathan Smith
Artists in residence for the month of July 2024. Jonathan Smith creates abstract paintings based on maps and satellite images of the land. Enamored with maps, atlases, and Landsat photography from an early age, his first foray with...
Ava P Christl & Daniel Fonken
Artists in residence for the month of June 2024. Ava P Christl makes paintings and drawings about the land. Her work encompass ideas around place and belonging; nature as healer; wilderness; loss, renewal and regeneration; landscape and memory;...
Gil Artist Residency is open for applications, for the year 2025
Gil Artist Residency is open for applications for one month stays in January to December 2025. Application deadline is August 1st 2024. Gil Artist Residency is an Artist in Residence Program located in Akureyri, North Iceland. We are located...
MARA MARS
Artists in residence for the month of May 2024 Born 10.11.1949 in Rüti, ZH, Switzerland Apprenticeship as an advertising assistant – worked for various art directors Since 1979 a professional self-trained artist. 1999 Work contribution by Esther Matossi-Foundation,...
Paul Landon
Artists in residence for the month of April 2024 Paul Landon explores built space. His wanderings are transcribed through individual processes of mediatisation: of recording, editing, archiving and reconstruction. Landon’s work, in drawing, photography, video and installation, is...
Donat Prekorogja
Artists in residence for the month of March 2024 In his own word: My name is Donat Prekorogja and I was born in Switzerland in 1999. I completed my bachelor’s studies in Visual Arts at HEAD Genève, where...
Sanna Vatanen
Artists in residence for the month of February 2024 Sanna Vatanen is a Finnish textile artist whose longstanding connection to Iceland is the base for her work during the Gilfélagid Artist Residency. She’ll be spinning Icelandic wool to...