Center for Icelandic Art

The "CIA.IS - Center for Icelandic Art" ("icelandic: Kynningarmiðstöð íslenskrar myndlistar") is the platform for Icelandic visual art activities. CIA.IS promotes Icelandic art by connecting the local visual art community with the international art network. CIA.IS enforces national and international collaborations in order to improve opportunities for Icelandic artists in their home country and to increase their visibility abroad. The CIA.IS was founded in 2005 and is located in Reykjavík.

Main objectives

* Information center
* Promotion of Icelandic art and mediation to the international art events
* Commissioning the Icelandic Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia
* Initiating of events (exhibition, conference)
* Visitor's program

Program

Center

The center is location in 101 Reykjavik (Hafnarstræti 16). The visitor can gather there all relevant and up-to-date information on Icelandic artists and art institutions. Visitors can use the library or get basic information about current exhibitions. A selective video archive will provide additional insight into the wide spectrum of the Icelandic art scene. Besides that "Myndstef (The Icelandic Visual Artists Copyright Association)", "SÍM (The Associaton of Icelandic Visual Artists)" and their Guest-House are located in this building.

Website

The [http://www.cia.is website] is the window to the Icelandic visual arts scene. It provides the basic information about all museums, professional galleries and other art institutions and associations. The included database UMM.IS offers an overall survey of Icelandic Artists.Besides that local artists can find here all necessary information on CIA.IS' grant program as well as important links to the international art world.

Cooperation and Productions

CIA.IS works on collaborative projects with both Icelandic and/or international partners. The current projects include e.g. the collaborative exhibition project "HOMESICK" and the organization of the SEQUENCES real-time art festival.

Venice Biennale

Since 2006 CIA.IS is the organizing institution of the Icelandic participation at the world’s most important art event. The Icelandic Pavilion at the 52nd International Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia was the first one commissioned by CIA.IS. The preparation for the 53rd International Exhibition in 2009 started already.

Visitor's Programm

The CIA.IS visitors' program is another way of expanding its international network of contacts and exchange of information. In cooperation with other institutions, this program invites international curators, critics, art historians and scientists to Iceland introduce them to the local Art Scene, and to bring their expertise to local artists through lectures or for research, initiated and organized by CIA.IS.

See also

* Culture of Iceland
* SEQUENCES real-time art festival

External links

* [http://www.cia.is/ CIA.IS website]
* [http://www.artnews.is/ LIST icelandic art news]
* [http://www.sequences.is/ SEQUENCES real-time art festival 2008]
* [http://www.cia.is/news/homesick.htm HOMESICK]
* [http://www.myndstef.is/ Myndstef (The Icelandic Visual Artists Copyright Association)]
* [http://www.sim.is/ SÍM (The Associaton of Icelandic Visual Artists)]