Soil Horizon

Opening: 20.03.2026 (17:00 – 19:00)  

Dates: 21.–22.03 & 28.–29.03 (13:00 – 17:00) 

Location: Listasafn Sigurjóns Ólafssonar, Laugarnestanga 

The exhibition Soil Horizon at the Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum is a group exhibition featuring first-year Master’s students in Fine Arts at the Iceland University of the Arts, curated by Master’s students in Exhibition Making, Mediation, and Curatorship at the University of Iceland. 

Located at Laugarnestangi, the museum sits in an area with a rich history and cultural heritage shaped over centuries. The title refers to the geological and historical horizons that build up in layers over time. These “marker horizons” are distinct layers characterised by specific physical, chemical, and biological properties. The exhibition reflects the process of transformation within the historical layers of Laugarnes, where different eras stack upon one another. 

The artworks mark a new stage in this layered process. The artists respond to their predecessors, leaving their own traces in the memories of the ever-changing soil. The exhibition creates a space for diverse media and approaches, with each artist exploring the site's unique legacy in different ways. 

A curated program will be offered during the opening days of the exhibition:

Saturday 21st of March

• 14:00 - Guided tour by curators
• 15:30 - Open Marzanna workshop led by Pola Sutryk. Marzanna is a straw doll representing winter in Slavic tradition, which is ritually burned and drowned on the spring equinox. 

Sunday 22nd of March

• 14:00 - Artist talks (Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, Hildur Ása Henrýsdóttir, Noah Seeland, Pola Sutryk, Þórður Túsan Alisson, Weilan Cha)

Saturday 28th of March

• 16:00 - Screening of the documentary TORN - highlighting Birgitta Spur.

Sunday 29th of March

• 14:00 - A history walk through Laugarnes guided by Þura (Þuríður Sigurðardóttur). Departure from the Sigurjón Ólafsson Art Museum.
• 15:30 - Artist talks (Celina Aleksandra Borzymowska, Einar Viðar Guðmundsson Thoroddsen, Litten Nystrøm, Regn Evu, roman Voigt,  Sólbjört Vera Ómarsdóttir)

Artists: 

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir  

Celina Aleksandra Borzymowska 

Einar Viðar Guðmundsson Thoroddsen 

Hildur Ása Henrýsdóttir 

Litten Nystrøm’s 

Noah Seeland 

Pola Sutryk 

Regn Evu 

Roman 

Sólbjört Vera Ómarsdóttir 

Þórður Túsan Alisson 

Weilan Cha 

 Curators: 

Erla Sverrisdóttir 

Dina Abedini Niknam