In summer 2026, in the town of Hellissandur, a captivating festival will take place. Glowing Glacier Glass Festival brings molten glass to life exploring the possibilities of this primal material for art making. Located between the Snaefellsjökull Glacier and North Atlantic Ocean, the landscape provides a dramatic backdrop to exploring the tensions inherent in glass.
The festival highlights glass in contemporary art through its ambitious exhibition programme, including national and international artists working in the material. Live demos and hands-on workshops on our mobile glass blowing furnace will provide festival goers with an opportunity to experience glass in its liquid form. A series of talks and gatherings will provide ample opportunity for the curious to ask questions and for creatives to exchange ideas.
The Glowing Glacier Festival is an exciting opportunity to experience glass in the land of ice and fire.
a group show at the town Gymnastic Hall curated by Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson
Works by artists who explore glass as a transformative medium of expression. However different these expressions might be, what they have in common is a sense of curiosity towards materiality itself. By situating the exhibition in this striking landscape, we highlight the energetic parallels between place and material. The inherent liminality of glass, its transition between liquid and solid, is echoed in the geology of Snæfellsness. Deep connection to material properties offers a unique approach to art-making, which each artist investigates from a distinct perspective.
Carissa Baktay (Iceland/Canada) | Ólöf Einarsdóttir (Iceland) | Sigrún Einarsdóttir (Iceland) | Alison Lowry (Ireland) | Jonas Noel Niedermann (Denmark/Switzerland) | Nadja Recknagel (Germany) | Brynhildur Thorgeirsdóttier (Iceland) | Michaela Trávníčková (Czech Republic) | Selina Amelie Weber (Germany) | Ida Wieth (Denmark)
