Salka Sólberg 




Salka Sólberg is a conceptual multi media artist working with installation based in Reykjavik, Iceland. She's primarily inspired by personal experiences and memories. Her final works rarely resemble the original inspiration, they transforms into the 3d, usually alluding to a function or purpose. A defining feature of much of Salka's work is its intangibility- it is usual not to be able to physically hold her works; rather than an object, they are fleeting experiences.

A new work often begins with something grabbing her; sometimes the inspiration has been brewing inside her for some time, surfacing when the time's right. Her approach is intuitive; she often doesn't know exactly what it will become until it's in progress or after it's finished. The conceptual focus tends to be on the material and its role within the work.

Research is central to Salka's process; she enjoys reading about other artists, discovering new things, and speaking to people to ask questions like "what do you know about this?" Her work is strongly tied to memory and experience, but material plays an equally important role.









Education
Reykjavík School of Visual Arts 
2021-2023

Iceland University of Arts 
Bachelor of Fine Arts
2023-2026





Contact

Salka Margrét Sólberg Auðunsdóttir

salkasolberg.com

+ 354 774 2810

@salkasolberg























        









Last Updated 24.10.31
Portfolio






Messing/Massi Brass/Mass
 2026


Part of the exhibition 25 mismunandi hattar + 1 öðruvísi hattur in Skaftfell


Brass, Glass, Marzipan, Steel













Vakt/Shift 
 2025


The exhibition was part of a series of solo exhibitions by BA students in their third year in fine art.
Súkkulaðihúðaðir strigaskór bíða næstu vaktar

hárnet yfir höfuð og skeggnet yfir loðinn vanga

endurtekningin varð lag sem enginn hlustar á

dagurinn leið í sama takti og sama sæta lyktin hangir í loftinu.

Hver skápur geymir snefil af þessum

sem stundum gleymir að læsa líf sitt inni

Ég grannskoða allt en snerti ekki neitt.

Forvitni mín er fastur vani.


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Chocolate coated sneakers wait for their next shift

hair net on head, beard net over a coarse cheek

repetition became a song no one listens to

the day passed in the same rhythm,

the same sweet scent lingers in the air.

Each locker holds a trace of someone

who sometimes forgets to lock their life inside it

I inspect everything but touch nothing.

My curiosity is a locked habit.









Accupressure Points
2025








Röð Verka/Labour Line
2025

Chocolate, Copper, Plaster, Plastic, Vax

Færibandið rennur áfram. Líkaminn hreyfist taktfast með. Tímaskynið brenglast í endurtekningunni.

The conveyor belt keeps moving. The body moves in rhythm with it. The sense of time becomes distorted in the repetition.


























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