Is This North?

What are the boundaries and delimitations of “The North”? Where do we find the borders of the Arctic? What characterizes those who call the Arctic their home? Is their work always inherently influenced by this connection to a Nordic home? The group exhibition delves into these questions, presenting work by artists from the far-reaching North. Exhibiting artists include Gunnar Jónsson, Anders Sunna, Máret Ánne Sara, Inuuteq Storch, Nicholas Galanin, Dunya Zakharova, Marja Helander, and Maureen Gruben.

The homes of the participating artists include the Sami regions of Finland, Norway and Sweden, Iceland, Greenland, Siberia, Alaska, and Canada. The exhibition focuses on the experience of living in the far North, which communal and connective aspects can be found within artists who call the Arctic their home? Expanding the reach from Alaska to Siberia and Scandinavia in between, these vastly different cultures and communities share this one common thread: the Arctic, the North.

The exhibition was previously exhibited in the Akureyri Art Museum and was funded by The Museum Council Of Iceland, Frame – Contemporary Art and Nordisk Kulturfond.

Curators: Daría Sól Andrews and Hlynur Hallsson.

Access to Hvelfing exhibition hall is via stairs on the outside and with an elevator from the atrium. A ramp leads to the front door from the parkinglot, an automatic button opens the door. The elevator is on your right when you enter the atrium. Accessible restrooms are on the main floor.

Coverphoto: Marja-Helander, “Monchegorsk” 2014.