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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Artists in residence for the month of January 2024 After the Birds Silence ‘After the Birds Silence’ delves into the internal process that unfolds during moments of profound solitude, as we willingly expose ourselves to our silence. In...
Artists in residence for the month of December 2023 Xurxo Pernas Díaz is a Galician artist born in Cedeira (1992) who graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Vigo. “In my work I use film photography and...
Artists in residence for the month of November 2023 Heather Sincavage is an artist, curator, and educator. Her practice utilizes performance art where her expertise centers on building a sustainable performance practice around social justice causes. She uses her own...
Artists in residence for the month of July 2023 Natalie Goulet is a Canadian artist working within expanded realms ofphotography and image making. Of Scottish/French settler ancestry, she was raised inNorthern Ontario (Treaty 9 territory) and currently resides...
Artists in residence for the month of June 2023 Anika is an emerging artist interested in the intersection between the disciplines of cognitive science and sculpture. With a sculptural background of bronze and metal, emphasising materiality and form,...
Gil Artist Residency is open for applications for one month stays in January to December 2024. Application deadline is August 1st 2023. Gil Artist Residency is an Artist in Residence Program located in Akureyri, North Iceland. We are located...
Artists in residence for the month of April 2023 In her own words: I am Päivi Vaarula, a Finnish textile artist. I am working in Gilfélagið artist residency in April 2023. I have been doing textile art for...
The Gil Society was founded in 1991, marking the beginning of the construction of an Art Centre in Grófargil which is now the focal point of culture in Akureyri. This is where we find the Akureyri Art Museum, the Akureyri School of Art and exhibition halls of varying dimensions. This is the location of Deiglan, multiple restaurants and artists studios. The Gil Society runs an artist residency and is an organiser of art exhibitions, music and other happenings connected with the diverse and ambitious cultural life of the towns people of Akureyri.
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