Christmas in the North

23.11.2024-19.01.2025

Visit Iskunsten and experience Christmas interpreted in ice.

The exhibiting artists are:

Elisabeth Kristensen (Norway)
Peter Hausgaard Gregersen (Denmark)
Anne Marie Nielsen (Denmark)

You can already look forward to the upcoming exhibitions in Iskunsten.

Upcoming exhibitions:

"Vikings" - opens on February 1st 2025
"Man's best friend" - opens on May 24th 2025
"Christmas carols" - opens on November 2nd 2025
"North of the Arctic Circle" - opens on January 31st 2026

Read more about all of iskunsten's exhibitions through time:

July 2020
"Maritime Magic"

11 Danish artists gave us their take on, what the maritime DNA of Thyborøn is. The exhibiting artists were:

Søren Cip Nielsen
Dagmar Grau Møller
Alberte Grau Møller
Freja Niemann Lundrup
Ole Videbæk
Henrik Voldmester
Henrik "Woodpek" Sigensgaard
Søren Lyngbye
Søren Brynjolf
Anne Marie Nielsen
Anker Hansen

November 2020
"A Fairytale Christmas"

Our first exhibition during the winter months were supposed to be something very special. We invited 6 skilled artists as well as our wonderful own Anne Marie Nielsen to build an exhibition. The result was breathtakingly beautiful.
However the most special thing about this exhibition is how few people have actually seen it before the second corona lockdown happened in December of 2020.

The exhibiting artists are:

Søren Cip Nielsen
Dagmar Grau Møller
Søren Lyngbye
Søren Brynjolf
Morten Grau Møller
Allan Bo Nielsen
Anne Marie Nielsen

May 2021
"Whales of the World"

Our summer exhibition during 2021 became - by complete coincidence - to be about a highly topical subject. In Thyborøn focus was drawn to whales and particularly dolphins, when a flock of dolphins of the species bottlenose found a place the liked in Thyborøn Canal. The fascinating animals got a lot of attention from near and far away.

We have a great understanding of this fascination - and share it - and for the same reason, the theme "whales" have been on our exhibition bucket lists since day one.

The exhibiting artists were:

Vagn Iversen
Søren Brynjolf
Anne Marie Nielsen

September 2021
"Marvellous winter & Christmas"

Our Christmas exhibition in 2021 wa a revanche on the previous year, where we, due to Covid-19 restrictions, were forced to close almost as soon as we had opened the exhibition. In the enchanting Christmas universe the artists had been given free rein to create. The contrast between the sharp edges of winter and the soft curves of Christmas captured the eye.

The artist Susanne Ahrenkiel exhibited in Iskunsten for the frist time. She created the colourful pieces in this exhibition. The strong colours was a beautiful companion of the crystal clear ice.

Our own Anne Marie Nielsen had decorated with trees, gifts, ornaments - all made from ice - and decorated real Christmas trees with ornaments made of ice.

The exhibiting artists were:

Søren Brynjolf
Susanne Ahrenkiel
Morten Grau Møller
Erling Møller Ransborg
Anne Marie Nielsen

January 2022
"Sprouting Spring"

The exhibiting artists were:

Søren Brynjolf
Peter Hausgaard Gregersen
Anne Marie Nielsen
Morten Grau Møller
Susanne Ahrenkiel
Christian Ransborg

May 2022
"The frozen fairytales"

On May 26th we opened our doors to a new summer exhibition. In the frozen wonderland the artists had interpreted both classic and modern fairytales.

The exhibiting artists were:

Peter Hausgaard Gregersen
Erling Ransborg
Anne Marie Nielsen

October 2022
"Halloween - the cold thrill"

The exhibiting artists were:

Morten Grau Møller
Søren Lyngbye
Erling Ransborg
Anne Marie Nielsen

November 2022
"Christmas traditions"

The exhibition could be experienced in the period from November 12th 2022 until January 16th 2023.

The exhibiting artists were:

Morten Grau Møller
Søren Lyngbye
Erling Ransborg
Anne Marie Nielsen

January 2023
"Doppelgänger"

On January 28th we opened our doors to the exhibition "Doppelgänger". This exhibition was different than other exhibitions we previously had hat at Iskunsten. Every piece of art was of course created in ice, but each piece also had a twin, which was created from materials other than ice. Which material depended on the artist.

The exhibiting artists were among others:

Peter Hausgaard Gregersen
Søren Brynjolf
Anne Marie Nielsen
Rie Takeuchi Rolighed

June 2023:
"The world of trolls"

If you read many old Danish folktales, you will undoubtedly come across a troll here and there. Some of the trolls in the stories were nice and friendly, while others were nasty and maybe downright dangerous. Some were small and hid, while others were big and strong. In the old days it was believed that trolls existed in reality. We don't believe that anymore - or do we?

Whether you believe in trolls or not, Iskunsten's new summer exhibition "The World of Trolls" is worth a visit! Here you can meet trolls of all kinds.

The exhibiting artists were:

Peter Hausgaard Gregersen
Søren Lyngbye
Erling Ransborg
Anne Marie Nielsen

September 2023
"Ice flowers in bloom"

It took a whole year to create the exhibition "Ice flowers in bloom". Anne Marie Nielsen gathered flowers from every season and used them in an exhibition, which stood her heart very near.

The exhibiting artists were:

Anne Marie Nielsen
Peter Hausgaard Gregersen

November 2023
"A Christmas universe"

Inspired by time's ability to simultaneously move unimaginably slow and incredibly fast in December, Iskunsten's own artist, Anne Marie Nielsen, in addition to Peter Hausgaard and Erling Ransborg, has created a chronological story about getting through the winter days and getting to Christmas and especially Christmas Eve.

The exhibiting artists were:

Anne Marie Nielsen
Peter Hausgaard Gregersen
Erling Ransborg

January 2024
"Atlantis - the lost city"

The philosopher Plato described Atlantis as a society corrupted by greed and hubris. Before its disappearance, the city was filled with wealth and prosperity and appeared to many as the epitome of an ideal state, but the city was punished by the god Zeus, who subjected it to a gigantic earthquake, volcanic eruption and tidal wave, with the result that it disappeared into the sea.

If the legends are to be believed, the city still exists to this day. Throughout the centuries, Plato's stories have inspired writers and artists, and if nothing else, Atlantis lives on in art.

The exhibiting artists were:

Anne Marie Nielsen
Søren Brynjolf
Søren Lyngbye

June 2024
"Thyborøn"

Inspired by and named after our town and home port. The exhibition is very close to our hearts because, among other things, it had well-known motifs such as Sneglehuset, Thyborøn Tower, the sea, the harbor and wildlife.

The exhibiting artists were:

Anne Marie Nielsen
Søren Brynjolf
Peter Hausgaard Gregersen

September 2024
"Nordic Nature"

Nature is taken for granted when you live on the edge, on Denmark's coastline, all the way out there where you can't go any further without the toes of your shoes getting wet. Out here, you can't look out of the window without seeing nature. You can't walk outside the door without meeting it. If you take a breath, you can smell it.

The exhibiting artists were:

Anne Marie Nielsen
Elisabeth Kristensen

(coming soon)