Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art (MCCA)

"These paintings celebrate the people, culture, and enduring spirit of the Vikings as they left their profound imprint on Iceland. Arriving in the late ninth century, Norse settlers crossed vast and unpredictable seas in the search of new land, carrying with them traditions of storytelling, craftsmanship, exploration, and communal governance. In Iceland's stark and powerful landscape, they forgewd a society shaped by relience, adaptation, and a deep respect for nature's forces. ...... Rather than merely conquerors, these settlers became storytellers, farmers, sailors, and artists whose legacy fused Norse tradition with the raw energy of Iceland's volcanic terrain, shifting weather, and luminous skies. Their journey represents not only exporation, but transformation-an encounter between human ambition and elemental forces that continues to shape Icelandic culture and imagination today.