2. August 17:00-20:00 - Opening with light refreshments
3-4 Aug 14:00-17:00
9-11 August 14-17

Gillian Pokalo holds her first solo exhibition at Mjólkurbúðin - Salur Myndlistarfélagsins in Akureyri from 2nd of August through 11th of August, 2024. This exhibition represents the work that she has created during her first year as a resident of Iceland, and reflects on the immigrant’s experience of settling in, setting down roots, and blooming. Merging photography, printmaking, and painting techniques, Gillian’s work begins by photographing and documenting places that are abandoned, and finding in them messages of resilience and transience.

Gillian’s work has been inspired by Iceland’s landscapes and emotive skyscapes ever since her first visit in 2014. What then transpired was a natural acceleration towards the life she now lives here in Akureyri as both an art educator and visual artist: her first trip turned into multiple travel opportunities, followed by artist residencies, teaching workshops, painting murals, and finally leading her to make her home in Akureyri with her husband and his sons.

Before moving to Iceland, Gillian maintained an active art career in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA where she was a regularly featured gallery artist, and she was a member of multiple local art organizations, and she is a member of the Professional Artist Network for Speedball, Incorporated, which is a producer of screen printing supplies in the US. Since graduating Moore College of Art & Design in 2005, her work has been in multiple public and private collections in both the USA and Iceland, including 20th Century Fox, Duus Museum in Keflavik, the township of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and much more. Please visit her website for a more complete picture of her extensive career.