Skaftfell: Center for Visual Art

Skaftfell was founded in 1998 in Seyðisfjörður, east Iceland, from where it provides exhibition, residency and education programs. Its activities principally take place in a large timber house, located in the center of the town, in which is the gallery space, an artist residency apartment and a bistro. The Bistro was designed by Björn Roth and includes work by he and his father, Dieter Roth (1930-1998), including a library of a selection of Dieter Roth's bookworks. In addition, Skaftfell is also the custodian of Geirahús, the former home of naïve artist Ásgeir Jón Emilsson (1931-1999) and Tvisöngur, a sculptural building by Lukas Kühne, comprising five interconnected concrete domes of different sizes, each of which corresponds to a tone in the Icelandic tradition of five-tone harmony.