Set layers of light and time //Sediments of Light and Time

This time, nine students show their work in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. As can be understood, this is not a thematic group exhibition, but a group exhibition where a group of people who have studied for a master's program for the past two years shows their work. The Master's program in art is an extremely challenging program and they have all examined and analyzed their working methods and approach. The exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art is the last focus on this journey, students show their work in a public museum and thereby enter the professional field in a formal and symbolic way.

All of them have done new works for the exhibition, which are conclusively related to the works they have worked on during their study period. As a curator, I have encouraged them to take up space, and to publish to themselves and the audience, strong and decisive works to celebrate this turning point.

Students work with different media and thus all position themselves in the tradition of contemporary visual art where the medium reflects the concept that is beneath each time Here we also work with all the senses, not only the sight, but the works can also be heard, feel the smell of them and even touch Our contemporary is extremely complex and complex and those that show here also have very different backgrounds. But they provide us, through their artwork, a way of meditating, and perceiving, from our own experience, extremely diverse issues. Here you can find the smell of the house's activities in earlier times, perceive the experience of violence, pain and war, and examine a tool made of iron that the artist himself has collected from the swamp near his home. Here, the photograph is manipulated in a way that makes us understand it, as an invention, but also as an influential part of our life, whether it is in the aesthetic, political or informative sense of the painting and the way of the two-folding character that also asks.

All the works have in common the fusing of the material and subjective aspects of the artwork All those who exhibit here, have done works that activate perception and understanding, in unexpected and previously unseen ways, they thus play a part in constructing the future.

2026 Masters Students:
Irene Raven
Kristin Einarsdóttir Cavan
Lucrezia Costa
Marco Dorn
Mirjam Maeekalle
Sepideh Safiyari
Sarah Moore
Steinunn Annudóttir
Svend Holmboe Pedersen
Curator: Sigrún Inga Hrólfsdóttir
Professional director of the master's program in art: Hildur Bjarnadóttir

This time, nine students present their works in an exhibition at the Living Art Museum. As might be expected, this is not a thematic group exhibition but rather a group show in which individuals who have attended a master's degree over the past two years, as a cohort, present their work. A master's program in fine art is highly demanding, each one of the graduates has rigorously studied and critically reflected on their artistic methods and applications. The exhibition at the Living Art Museum is the final milestone on this journey and is symbolic in that students present the works in public works.

All the artists have produced new works for the exhibition, though these remain closed to the practices they developed their studies. As curator, I have encouraged them to claim space and offer resources bold, compelling, and substantial artworks, in celebration of this important moment.
The artists work across a variety of media, sitting themes within the traditions of contemporary art where the chosen medium reflect the understanding of each work. The exhibition also engines all the senses, not only sight. The works can be heard, smelled, and even touched. Our present time is complex and multifaceted, and the artists presenting here come from diverse backgrounds. Through their artworks, they offer ways to reflect upon and perform, through our own experiences.

Here one might encounter the lingering scene of the former activities and purpose of the building, sense experiences related to violence, pain, and war, or example a tool forged from iron that the artist collected from a bog near their home. Photography is illustrated in ways that everything is used to understand it both as a historical invention and as a powerful force in contemporary life. Images perform our existence, other aesthetic, painting through the existence of various activities and information.

What units the works in this exhibition is their fusion of the material and the conceptual aspects of artistic practice. Each artist has created works that active perception and understanding in unexpected and previous unexpected ways, works that, in their own way, participate in shaping the future.

Master's Graduates 2026:
Irene Raven
Kristin Einarsdóttir Cavan
Lucrezia Costa
Marco Dorn
Mirjam Maeekalle
Sepideh Safiyari
Sarah Moore
Steinunn Annudóttir
Svend Holmboe Pedersen
Curator: Sigrún Inga Hrólfsdóttir
Program Director of the MFA in Fine Art: Hildur Bjarnadóttir