On a wild, stormy day in Longyearbyen, we are delighted to welcome back Lilian Kroth, who returns to Svalbard this month for a research residency. Kroth is a researcher working at the intersection of philosophy, science, and aesthetic practice. Her work explores how the natural world is understood through concepts, scientific instruments, and visual methods, with a particular focus on climate, Earth observation, and remote sensing technologies.

Artica Svalbard is pleased to welcome visual artist and curator Thomas Abercromby as our newest artist in residence. Abercromby will be in Longyearbyen from March to April 2026. Working across film, installation and socially engaged practice, Abercromby explores how art can create spaces for collective care and social imagination.

We are delighted to share that writer and journalist Ellen Viste, a former writer in residence at Artica Svalbard nominated by Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening (NFFO), has released her new book Temperature. A Story of Cold Shock, Heat Death, and the Species That Sets the Planet’s Thermostat.

We are very pleased to welcome Siri Granum Carson to Longyearbyen as part of the collaborative residency project From the Mouths of the Caves, Listening to Hear Another Island’s Song.

Artica Svalbard is pleased to welcome back artists Mhairi Killin and Floortje Zonneveld, who will be in residence for six weeks working on their collaborative project From the Mouths of the Caves, Listening to Hear Another Island’s Song.

We are pleased to share that Artica Svalbard alumni Helene Sommer is currently exhibiting the two-channel video installation Undergrunnsbevegelser (Subterranean Movements) as part of the group exhibition Forestill deg at du faller (Imagine You Are Falling) at Oslo Kunstforening.

Following an open call for applications, we are delighted to announce the selection of four artists taking part in our 2026 NAARCA residency exchange.

We are delighted to announce the confirmed guest speakers, panellists and moderator for Svalbard in a Changing World: Security, Sovereignty and Rising Tensions, an open public conversation hosted at the Litteraturhuset, Oslo.

We are excited to announce NAARCA’s role in the ongoing development of Future Island-Island, an AHRC-funded project led by Professor Justin Magee at Belfast School of Art, Ulster University and Dr Clare Mulholland, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queens University Belfast.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the next essay in our series, Artica Writings: Beneath the Surface – Deep-Sea Mining and the Arctic. The new essay, titled An Abyss of Uncertainty, is written by Espen Dyrnes Stabell, Associate Professor of Ethics at HVL Business School, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.

Artica Svalbard invites you to an open and topical conversation in Oslo on Thursday, March 5. Bringing together researchers, politicians and other key players to discuss how we can understand the impact of major geopolitical changes on Svalbard in light of Norwegian sovereignty – while at the same time remaining open, inclusive and following the international obligations.

Kamil Kak returns to Artica Svalbard following their 2024 residency, supported through a nomination by the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA). During this residency, Kak will work between Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund, continuing their exploration of Svalbard’s complex sociopolitical realities.

We are very pleased to welcome Michelle Calcatelli as our newest resident in Longyearbyen. Calcatelli is an international cooperation professional with over 20 years of experience working across agriculture, innovation, and policy. Specialising in resource mobilisation, proposal development, and strategic programme design, their work has supported organisations to secure funding, shape impactful portfolios, and engage with international policy agendas.

We’re now closed for the festive season and wish all our friends, near and far, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

See you in 2026!

We are pleased to announce the publication of the second essay in the 2025 edition of Artica Writings: Beneath the Surface – Deep-Sea Mining and the Arctic. The new essay, titled Engaging in the Extractive Future of Svalbard – A Manual, is now live on our website.