
Katrín Elvarsdóttir, Dawn Redwood in San Jose, 2024
Katrín Elvarsdóttir at Reykjavík Art Museum, IS
December 16, 2025
December 16, 2025
Opening on 23 January 2026 at Hafnarhús, Reykjavík Art Museum, A Botanical Future by Katrín Elvarsdóttir focuses on plants that have traveled between habitats.
At the forefront are three plant species, cherry blossom, banana plant, and Dawn Redwood each with a long and fascinating history connecting different continents. She follows them with her camera – not to pin them down, but to record them and transform them into another form. In the photograph they belong to another world, created by the artist. They bear witness to something movable, but not forgotten, of what can flourish — even far away from its origins.
Curated by Bryndís Erla Hjálmarsdóttir, the exhibition is accompanied by a publication with the same name.
At the forefront are three plant species, cherry blossom, banana plant, and Dawn Redwood each with a long and fascinating history connecting different continents. She follows them with her camera – not to pin them down, but to record them and transform them into another form. In the photograph they belong to another world, created by the artist. They bear witness to something movable, but not forgotten, of what can flourish — even far away from its origins.
Curated by Bryndís Erla Hjálmarsdóttir, the exhibition is accompanied by a publication with the same name.