Please join us for the opening of Mami I wanna hug hug!!!!!, the exhibition of Gil Artist in Residence, Cheng Yin Ngan, in Deiglan Gallery on Friday evening, Dec, 28th. at 20:00. The exhibition will also be open Sat...
Cheng Yin Ngan is the Gil Artist in Residence for the month of December 2018. She will exhibit the results of her stay in Deiglan the weekend of 29th – 30th of December. Cheng yin ngan was born...
SHELTER! Take shelter in Deiglan Gallery starting Friday 23 November at 20, as well as Saturday and Sunday from 14 to 17. Shelters have a long history in Iceland, and continue to have a vital role today. Explore...
Nathalie Lavoie is a visual artist based in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, a remote community in Canada’s subarctic. In the North, she developed a distinctive artistic style taking advantage of the long, spectacular winters. Her artistic practice stems...
Emmi Jormalainen: Towards the Unknown Emmi Jormalainen (FI) is an artist, illustrator and graphic designer. She works with drawings, visual storytelling and printed artist books. Most of her books are silent books without any text and stories are...
Our October Artist in Residence is Emmi Jormalainen, illustrator and artist from Helsinki, Finland. “I draw books where the stories are told entirely with images and methods of visual storytelling. The books are often called silent books since they...
Capturing the Drama of the Icelandic Landscape in Pastel. Workshop with Susan Singer on 10-11 november, hr. 10-16. Price 30.000 kr., confirmation fee is 5.000 kr. Possible to get a refund from your union. 10 participants maximum, some...
Gil Artist Selection Panel has selected the Gil Artists in Residence for 2019. The panel is made up of Sóley Björk Stefánsdóttir as representative of Gil Society Board, Arna Valsdóttir, artist and teacher and Ólafur Sveinsson, artist and...
Please join us for Gil artist in residence exhibition opening, “Akureyri through the eyes of Salman Ezzamoury” on Saturday, August 25th hr. 14. Salman Ezzammoury is Gil artist in residence for the month of August and will show...
Due to a cancellation the Gil Artist Residency apartment is available for 1. – 30. September 2018 for rent for a week at a time or a longer period. The price for a week is 25.000 ISK, the...
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.
Interested in our residency? Please click here for more information.