Artist in residence for the month of April 2025 Linda Berkley “I remain profoundly moved by my exposure to the striking scale and scope of the Icelandic landscapes/seascapes/skyscapes. My experience of its influences on Icelandic culture and artistic...
Exhibition “Working Dogs” by Dutch Artist Philine van der Vegte at Deiglan Gallery, Akureyri. April 19–20, 2025 | 14:00–17:00 | Deiglan Gallery, Kaupvangsstræti 23 This April, the Akureyri Art Museum welcomes Dutch artist Philine van der Vegte...
8, 15, and 22 of April at Deiglan, from 17.00 – 19.00, all dates. Location: Deiglan – Listagilið – Kaupvangsstræti 23 https://maps.app.goo.gl/NBtEFCHrvbUg7gpL8FREE! Open to all. Join us for a special Community Quilt Gathering, where we’ll come together to...
Artist in residence for the month of March 2025 Angelika Haak is a video artist from Cologne, Germany. Video portraits are an essential part of her artistic work. The series of works plays with the boundaries between painting,...
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by Steini · Published December 19, 2024 · Last modified March 10, 2025
Artist in residence for the month of December 2024 Dylan Anderson is a New York City lens-based artist who primarily makes analog photographs. His images explore temporal notions of connection through portrait and still-life representations of intimate and...
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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by Steini · Published September 21, 2024 · Last modified September 23, 2024
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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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Gilfélag is a non-profit organization, run by volunteers.
Gilfélag members support us in holding diverse cultural events all year round.
To become a member, it is best to send an email to gilfelag@listagil.is with your name and ID number.
Interested in our residency? Please click here for more information.