The couple Áslaug Thorlacius and Finnur Arnar Arnarson are behind the events at Kleifar. They are both working artists but Áslaug is also the principal of the Reykjavík School of Fine Arts and Finnur is a freelance exhibitionist - and drama designer and playwright.
The farm Kleifar on the banks of Blanda occurs in the Saga of the Heath, but farming ceased in the 14th century and did not resume until the middle of the 18th century. The farm was called Kleifakot or Klifakot. The town was abandoned again around 1850, but one century later Kristinn Magnússon, a merchant at Blönduós, and his wife Ingileif Sæmundsdóttir built a farm on the ground and named Kleifar again. Kristinn and Ingileif were Áslaug's grandmother and grandfather in their mother's family, and she and her sisters spent much of their growing up in the countryside. The owners of Kleifa today are Ásdís Kristinsdóttir, daughter of Kristin and Ingileifur, and her husband Kristján Thorlacius.
Reykjavik Art Museum
Arna Valsdóttir
Jonathan Lindal
ASÍ Art Museum
Ásdís Þórhallsdóttir
Thorarinn Blöndal
Orn Arnar Ingolfsson
Bjarni Pálsson and Hulda Leifsdóttir
Northwestern Development Fund
Myndstef
Björk Bjarnadóttir and Thomas Ponzi
I8 Gallery
Kling and Bang
Berg Contemporary
Exton
Vigfús Birgisson
Audun Blöndal
The Surf Trail Couple
Gæðingur brewery
The Icelandic Visual Arts Fund
Christian Thorlacius
Ásdís Kristinsdóttir
Léttitækni
Safnasafnið Art Gallery
Nigel Hafstein
Jóhannes Þórðarson
Sesselja Þórðardóttir
sr. Árni Sigurðsson and family
Helgi Hjaltalín and Valgerður Guðlaugsdóttir
Sigurmar K Albertsson and Álfheiður Ingadóttir
The Skagfjordur Merchant Association
Kjörbúðin supermarket at Blönduós
