Gil Artist Residency is open for applications for one month stays in January to December 2023. Application deadline is August 1st 2022. Gil Artist Residency is an Artist in Residence Program located in Akureyri, North Iceland. We are located...
Mihaela Hudrea (b.1989, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) holds an MA from KASK – RoyalAcademy of Fine Arts, Gent, Belgium and a BA from the University of Art andDesign, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Through Through her work Mihaela Hudrea investigates our surrounding world...
Installation view of the exhibition Cat on a Cold Tin Roof by artist in residence Christopher Sage on april 22 – 24th 2022. Thank you Christopher for staying with us and being so generous with your ideas, it...
Annegret Hauffe is the artist in residence for the month of May 2022. Mapping and Archiving Walking through the town, here and there, back and forth, I will archive my paths as graphical trails on paper. During my...
Cat on a cold tin roof Opening: 6:30pm – 9:30pm Friday 22nd April12pm – 6pm Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th April Deiglan, Kaupvangsstræti 23, 600 Akureyri Christopher Sage work explores visual language & coding as a mode of...
Artist in residence for the month of april 2022 is Christopher Sage. Christopher Sage work explores visual language & coding as a mode of dissecting the various systems that underpin & influence our understanding of the universe we...
Boreal Crush PackDeiglan, Kaupvangsstræti 23Opening on Sat feb 26th hr. 2 – 5pmAlso open on Sun feb 27th hr. 2 – 5pmGil Artist in Residence Melanie Clemmons exhibits the products of her stay. Digital asset packs, a collection...
Are you a Czech artist living in Iceland?Did you find your second home here?Sing in by 30.4. 2022 and become a part of the showCzech artists living in Iceland.Open call is open to all kinds of fine arts.The...
Melanie Clemmons (she/they) is a new media artist interested in reimagining technology toward a more careful and sublime future. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, and consists of video, net art, installation, 3D printed...
Sean Taal is the artist in residence for the month of January 2022. Through meticulously detailed pencil drawings, Sean Taal renders fictionalized spaces that question what’s looking back from the shadows. Aiming to create a sense of uncertainty,...
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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