IUA Graduation Festival 2026

IUA Graduation Festival 2026
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Reykjavík Art Museum hosts the graduation exhibition of BA-level students from the Department of Fine Art, the Department of Design, and the Department of Architecture at the Iceland University of the Arts.
At the 2026 BA Graduation Exhibition in Architecture, Design and Fine Arts, over 80 students from the University of the Arts will be exhibiting their work.
Throughout their studies, students have developed their methodologies and defined and deepened their areas of interest. The works in the exhibition reflect this development, as their latest research takes shape in a variety of media – in videos, prints, drawings, clothing, models, 3D works and websites. Each student approaches the present from their own perspective, but in the works in the exhibition, speculations about the transformed media landscape, craft traditions, the relationship between the body and clothing, empathy with insects, opportunities in small-scale industry, the obsession with collecting, clothing, vulnerability, and overwhelming institutions can be discerned.
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Curators
Anna Karlsdóttir and Jan Dobrowolski, architecture
Arnar Ásgeirsson, visual arts
Arnar Már Jónsson, fashion designer
Björn Steinar Blumenstein, product design
Hrefna Sigurðardóttir, graphic design