Fish Factory - Creative Centre

19/05/2026

Yfirlitssýning listafólks sem tengst hefur Sköpunarmiðstöðinni frá árinu 2011. Sýningin varpar ljósi á rúman áratug af skapandi starfsemi miðstöðvarinnar sem einkennist af fjölbreyttum listformum, vinnuaðferðum og listrænu samstarfi sem hefur mótað samfélag hennar.
Sköpunarmiðstöðin er handhafi Eyrarósarinnar 2025 en sýningin þeirra á Listahátíð opnar í Reykjastræti 6 í Reykjavík þann 1. júní kl.17:00.

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A group exhibition featuring artists connected to the Fish Factor art residency and cultural centre since 2011. A look back at over a decade of creative practice and community in East Iceland.

The Fish Factory is the recipent of the 2025 Eyrarrósin award, and their exhibition at Reykjavík Arts Festival opens at Reykjastræti 6 on June 1 at 5:00 PM.

27/04/2026

Nora Fuchs is a sculptor from Germany and lives in Berlin and Dortmund. She has been a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund since 2003. There she teaches in the bachelor’s program in three-dimensional design and in the master’s program in scenography and is active in a network for the improvement of artistic teaching at universities. It is her second stay in the fishfactory in Stödvarfjödur.

“It’s nice to be back. I had the opportunity to try out new ideas, experiment, and find a wonderful setting at the factory to present the results. The first few days felt like spring; there were some glorious, summery days, and in the last few days, winter returned with lots of snow and a yellow severe weather warning—which once again made me reflect on the power of nature and the smallness of humanity.

As a new project, I’ve started recreating my mother’s evening gowns. She had such beautiful dresses, all hanging in her closet, some of them wrapped in cellophane. As a child, I loved sitting in that closet, feeling the texture of the fabrics, the colors, and the sheen, and trying on the dresses. This work is linked to many memories and thoughts of my mother from the 1970s. I also reflected on that time through collages. As a second project, I completed a photo film about the Finnish summer.

It was shown on-site in a cardboard box modeled after an Icelandic house. It was a quiet month—such a beautiful, concentrated, and focused time—that it’s worth returning there and enjoying this place.

THANK YOU to everyone at and around the Fishfactory! Special thanks go to the Knitting Club and Phora, the lady who donated her collection of pins! “

www.norafuchs.de

24/04/2026

Everybody loves 🐽
Say hæ to our lovely April cohort!

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Bottom left .glz

21/04/2026

(english below)

Með sumardeginum fyrsta á fimmtudaginn og lóu, tjaldi og gæsum komin aftur í fjörðinn bjóðum við ykkur velkomin í opið hús / opna vinnustofu sunnudaginn 26. apríl kl. 14. Á dagskrá verður stutt listamannaspjall, sýnum og segjum, og jafnvel smá tónlist.

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As the First Day of Summer arrives this Thursday, and with lóa, oystercatchers, and geese returning to the fjord, we invite you to join us for an Open House / Open Studio on Sunday, 26 April at 2 pm, with a short artist talk, show and tell, and maybe some music.

poster by .glz

16/04/2026

Ceramic Workshop with Wiola Ujazdowska in collaboration with Menningarstofa Fjarðabyggðar

12/04/2026

Community Ceramics Course at the Fish Factory 🎏

Our ceramics workshop with Rósa Valtingojer is now underway. Participants have been getting to know the clay through hand-building, shaping their own pieces, and exploring different ways of working with form and decoration.

The workshop continues on April 29, when the pieces will be glazed before the final results are revealed a couple of days later.

This course is supported by Sterkur Stöðvarfjörður.

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Leirnámskeið fyrir samfélagið í Sköpunarmiðstöðinni 🎏

Leirnámskeiðið með Rósu Valtingojer er hafið. Þátttakendur hafa verið að kynnast leirnum, prófa handmótun og þróa sína eigin muni með mismunandi aðferðum í formi og skreytingu.

Námskeiðið heldur áfram 29. apríl, þegar hlutirnir verða glerungaðir áður en lokaútkoman kemur í ljós nokkrum dögum síðar.

Námskeiðið er styrkt af Sterkum Stöðvarfirði.

02/04/2026

Alli Blakeman is a South Louisiana ceramic artist with a focus in figurative sculpture. Their process integrates the subconscious repurposing of internal dialogue of identity and southern
culture. Their work explores the contrast of humor and horror in response to the narratives within their sculptures.

Their time at Fish Factory was spent drawing inspiration from the peaceful wintery seclusion in eastern Iceland. They spent time exploring the varying landscape with other artists drawing out
thought provoking conversation. While learning about others processes and taking in each other's work. This led to inspiration in creating their own sculptures and further planning for future projects. They explored functional sculpture work and experimented with imagery found within the vast factory space. Even delving into other media such as drawing and learning music.

Full Bio: https://fishfactory.is/2026/04/alli-blakeman/

31/03/2026

Lise Borel is French composer and singer living in Paris. She teaches composition at Radio France Professional Children Choir and has written for musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma, Philippe Jaroussky, El Sistema Orchestra… Her pieces were performed in Notre Dame, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, the Eiffel Tower… Lise also sings her own compostions : she likes to write music that talks to the senses and allows the heart to travel and wonder.

Her time in Fish Factory was very interesting in many dimensions. On an artistic aspect, she got inspired by the astonishing nature surrounding her, the different Islandic traditions and the unique atmosphere of a winter month. Thanks to this long time stay she was able to write many songs, poems and classical pieces. On a human level, meeting the team and the other artists was extremely nourishing and created some wonderful interactions that marked her practice and her heart.

Full Bio: https://fishfactory.is/2026/03/lise-borel/

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17/12/2025

17/12/2025

Sköpunarmiðstöðin hefur hlotið formlega viðurkenningu sem fjórða menningarmiðstöð Austurlands.

Viðurkenningin er staðfesting á þeirri markvissu vinnu sem hefur verið unnin frá upphafi og því öfluga samstarfi sem hefur stutt við þróun verkefnisins. Hún undirstrikar mikilvægi menningar í dreifðum byggðum og hlutverki skapandi starfsemi í uppbyggingu samfélaga.

Til hamingju Sköpunarmiðstöðin og Austurland, það verður gaman að fylgjast með áframhaldandi uppbyggingu miðstöðvarinnar hér á Stöðvarfirði.