This fully funded residency, made possible by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, will support one artist and one artist duo to participate in the residency programme from 3 August to 25 October 2025 and contribute to Skaftfell’s educational and exhibition programme. This open call is available for artists from Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and Åland.
Skaftfell Art Center offers an international self-directed artist-in-residence programme in Seyðisfjörður, a small village located in the East Fjords of Iceland. The residency programme’s remote setting provides artists the opportunity to work in relative seclusion in a place that is also home to an international community of working artists. The residency offers space for contemplation, productivity, and collaboration and is ideal for artistic research and experimentation.
The artists will stay in two buildings in town within walking distance from the Skaftfell Art Center. Each house offers private rooms and facilities for cooking and shared living and working spaces. In addition to the living facilities, the residency also offers artists to work in the fine art printmaking workshop which Skaftfell is a part of. The workshop offers professional printmaking facilities with space and equipment for silkscreen, intaglio (linocut, woodcut, etching), letter-press and various hand printing techniques. Artist also have the possibility to work in the net factory, a collective studio space hosting the LungA School studio’s as well as a few local artists.
The residency provides the following:
- Artist fee for contribution to educational programme or exhibition 400,000 ISK (2,666 EUR)
- Artist’s material budget 200,000 ISK (1,333 EUR)
- Per diem total for 3 months: 450,000 ISK (3,000 EUR)
- Accomodation
- Travel expenses and residency fee are covered
