Oceanus Hafsjór – “Dálítill sjór”, a video by Juneid Dulloo, offers a glimpse into the rhythms, encounters, and atmosphere of the Oceanus residency in Eyrarbakki. Watch from link above.
Stórsjór — 15 May - 15 June 2026
Art residency with 36 international and local artists in Eyrarbakki
Oceanus “Stórsjór” brings together 36 artists from Iceland and around the world for a month-long residency in Eyrarbakki.
Exhibition opening: 13 June, 13:00–18:00
The exhibition is open 13–14 June & 20–21 June 2026.
During the residency, Eyrarbakki becomes a shared space for working, cooking, exchanging ideas, and creating. Artists develop new work in close connection with the place, its landscape, and its community.
We are situated in Nesbrú, The Black POT, a large black house in Eyrarbakki, working, cooking and creating. The Black Pot serves as both workspace and gathering point. Visitors are warmly welcome to stop by, meet the artists, and experience the process as it unfolds.
Check our calendar for updates on events, open studios, and activities throughout the residency.
Báruvottur — June & July 2025
Þarar II — Eyrarbakki
Oceanus Reflections — Kirsuberjatréð, Reykjavík
Workshop with Gio Ju & Hera Fjord — Eyrarbakki
Hafrót — 09-30 September 2024
The third edition of Oceanus took place in autumn 2024 under the title “Hafrót”, a term describing a powerful and turbulent sea state, or state of the ocean waves.
From 9 to 30 September, the artists lived, explored, worked, and created in the charming village of Eyrarbakki, engaging with its landscape and its rhythms of life.
The residency concluded with an exhibition and performances on 28 September 2024, presenting new works developed during the three-week stay.
Dálítill sjór — 06-23 July 2023
The second edition of the Oceanus international art residency, “Dálítill sjór” and festival took place in Eyrarbakki, Iceland, from 6 to 23 July 2023.
The exhibition opened on 15 July 2023.
Exhibition venues included the Potato House in Eyrarbakki and an industrial building, a former fish farming facility.
Artists participated from Iceland, from the neighbourhood and abroad, including Slovenia, Mauritius, Germany, and Poland.
Hafsjór — 15 May-15 June 2022
The arts festival, which took place in Eyrarbakki from 15 May to 15 June 2022, was a collaborative project between the Heritage Museum and artist Ásta Vilhelmína Guðmundsdóttir, who is also curator of the festival.
The artists, from South Korea, Mauritius, Poland, Lithuania, Nepal, Italy, India, Germany, Spain, France, Japan and Iceland, will brought a breath of fresh air to the community. They made their art in situ, in sheds and all sorts of spaces around the village, inspired by the the local community and the museum itself.
The history and culture of Eyrarbakki and its surrounding district received an entirely new interpretation in the hands of the visiting artists. An opening festival was held on the weekend of 10-12 June, as well as open studios, art workshops offering visitors and artists opportunities to connect. The aim was to achieve broad collaboration by reaching out to local bodies such as schools, preschools and societies in the village. The exhibitions remained open until the autumn 2022.
Artist Ásta Vilhelmína Guðmundsdóttir is the organiser of the festival. Ásta now lives in the Skúmstaður district of Eyrarbakki, where she has her studio.
The aim of the festival is to promote artistic creation in the area, to form connections with other cultures, and to elicit the perspective of others on this seaside community.
In Greek mythology, Oceanus was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods and the Oceanids, as well as being the great river which encircled the entire world.
Listahátíðin Hafsjór Oceanus — Vorið 2022
Alþjóðlega listahátíðin Hafsjór – Oceanus var haldin frá 15. maí til 15. júní 2022 á Eyrarbakka og var samstarfsverkefni Byggðasafns Árnesinga og Ástu Vilhelmínu Guðmundsdóttur listamanns sem var jafnframt sýningarstjóri hátíðarinnar.
Listafólkið kom frá Suður-Kóreu, Japan, Mauritius, Póllandi, Litháen, Indlandi, Nepal, Frakkland, Þýskalandi, Spáni, Ítalíu og Íslandi og settu svip sinná samfélagið um stund. Þau unnu verk sín á staðnum í alls kyns skemmum og skúrum og sóttu innblástur bæði úr nærsamfélaginu og úr safninu sjálfu. Saga og menning Eyrarbakka og nágrennis fékk nýja túlkun í meðförum listamanna. Opnunarhátíð var síðan helgina 10.-12. júní ásamt opnum vinnustofum, listasmiðjum sem var hluti af því að tengja saman gesti og listamenn.
Listamaðurin Ásta Vilhelmína Guðmundsdóttir er forgangsmaður listahátíðarinnar. Ásta er búsett í Skúmstaðarhverfinu á Eyrarbakka þar sem hún er með vinnustofu.
Tilgangur hátíðarinnar er að efla listsköpun á svæðinu, mynda tengsl við aðra menningarheima og fá sýn annarra á samfélagið hér við sjávarsíðuna.
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