The Fylkis Gentlemen's Evening has been a regular part of the Fylkismen's social activities for decades. The goal of the Fylkis Gentlemen's Evening is for Fylkismen, friends and well-wishers to come together and have a good day, eat good food and have fun together. In addition to all this, the Fylkis Gentlemen's Evening is very important in raising funds for the Fylkis Football League.

Here you can find an overview of all the paintings that will be presented on the evening and information about the artists behind the works.

Hrafnhildur Inga Sigurðardóttir was born in 1946 in Vestur-Sámsstaðir in Fljótshlíð and grew up there. She has lived in the Reykjavík area for most of her life, but has returned to her homeland and now lives equally in Garðabær and at Sámsstaðabakki in Fljótshlíð on the banks of the Þverá River. She studied fine arts at the Reykjavík School of Fine Arts in 1978 and 1979, and the Icelandic School of Fine Arts and Crafts, now the Icelandic Academy of the Arts, from 1980-1984, where she graduated with a degree in graphic design. In 1999-2000, she supplemented her studies with oil painting at the Kópavogur School of Fine Arts.

Hrafnhildur Inga paints pictures that depict cloud formations, weather conditions and sea conditions. She is a great nature lover and often seeks her subject matter at her home in Fljótshlíðinn, where she looks along the long southern coast where the clouds pile up and roll along the horizon, never the same for a moment.

Hrafnhildur Inga in her studio at Bæjarháls 98 with Val Ragnarsson on the County's Gentlemen's Night Committee. The work is called The Church and will be offered at the County's Gentlemen's Night. Hrafnhildur (tel. 821 3993) welcomes people to Bæjarháls.

Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir, a sculptor who studied and worked in England and Italy, is an artist who has received numerous awards for her art in Iceland and abroad in a career that now spans over 45 years. Steinunn has held numerous exhibitions throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, the United States and Canada, and her work can be found all over the world, both in prestigious museums and in private collections. The book Maður was recently published, which contains images of all of Steinunn's major works, in addition to which both Icelandic and foreign experts discuss her artistic career and work from diverse perspectives.

It is our special pleasure to announce that artwork by Steinunn will be featured at the County Gentlemen's Night on January 16th.

Steinunn together with Atli Atlason in the County's Gentlemen's Evening Committee with the work Brunnur 4/7

Þorvaldur Jónsson graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2009 and has since participated in numerous exhibitions, both in Iceland and abroad, for example in Germany, China and Turkey. His works have been shown at the Reykjavík Art Museum, the Gerðarsafn in Kópavogur, Hafnarborg, the Akureyri Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts on Svalbarðsströnd, among others. Þorvaldur is one of the founders of Gallery Ports on Laugavegur. Þorvaldur's works are a kind of story scenes where various events take place.

It is a pleasure to announce that a painting by Þorvald will be auctioned at the County's Gentlemen's Night on January 16th. The work includes references to the County's logo, the Gentlemen's Night, and football.

Þorvaldur with the work Ballpoint Pen which will be offered at the Fylkis Gentlemen's Night.

Sossa has contributed works to the Icelandic Academy of Fine Arts and Crafts for many years and has enjoyed great popularity. She studied art at the Icelandic School of Fine Arts and Crafts, went on to graduate studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and then completed her master's degree at the Boston University of the Arts in 1993. She has held exhibitions around the world, such as at the Beijing International Biennial in China, Koppelman Gallery in Massachusetts, Galleri Sct. Gertrud in Copenhagen, Mac Gowan Fine Art in the United States, Aalborg Art Association in Denmark, Galeria de Arte in Portugal, at the Nordic Council of Ministers' Art Museum, the Florence Biennial, Art Apart in Singapore and at Gallery Fold in Reykjavík. Sossa has received various awards for her art over the years.

Sossa in his studio with Arnar Þór Jónsson from the County's Gentlemen's Night Committee. The work is called Finger Kiss and will be performed at the County's Gentlemen's Night.

Húbert Nói Jóhannesson graduated from the Department of Contemporary Art at the Icelandic School of Fine Arts and Crafts in 1987. During his studies, Húbert Nói began to use memory exclusively to map inner reality into existence with outer reality, and memory, being the most personal approach an artist has access to, is a kind of core of Húbert's work.
Before studying art, Húbert studied biology and geology at the University of Iceland and, at the same time, he worked on geological research in the Icelandic highlands. The experience in the impressive silent environment of the highlands that Húbert scanned with modern measuring instruments can later be seen in Húbert Nói's works.
The GPS works came into being in early 1996. In these works, the most romantic experience of a person is consciously being used at the same time as the location is recorded with the help of satellites and atomic clock time measurements, high-tech space age devices.

These works thus address deep emotions and intellect at the same time, That of human emotions and intellect in connection with increased nature and environmental awareness. When I consider the works during their creation, I think of satellites on the Earth's orbit no less than what meets the eye in a still landscape."
Húbert Nói's works are owned by all the major public museums in Iceland as well as private museums in this country, in the United States, Great Britain, France, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany.
It is worth noting that Húbert Nói, who was raised in Árbæn, practiced handball and football with Fylkir. Húbert was in the 5th grade Fylkir football team that won the club's first prize in football when the team won the Reykjavík tournament in 1973.

Hóbert Nói together with Logi Ragnarsson on the County's Gentlemen's Evening Committee on the work that will be offered at Gentlemen's Evening: 64° 12 180 N, 21°45 513 W. 260° True North

Pétur Gautur has contributed works to the National Gallery of Iceland for many years and has enjoyed great popularity. He graduated from the Icelandic Academy of Arts and Crafts in 1991 and studied, among other things, stage design at the old Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Statens Teaterskole in Copenhagen, Denmark. Pétur Gautur has been a prolific still life painter for over thirty years and his work is well known to the country, but he is best known for his compositions, which often feature fruit or flowers. He has worked diligently on his art for over thirty years both in Iceland and in Denmark and has held thirty solo exhibitions in Iceland and in Denmark and Sweden.

Compositions are a classic motif in art history that Pétur Gautur has explored and played with throughout his career, and he is well known for his timeless still lifes and fresh color choices. He believes in simplicity and often uses unconventional, but well-chosen colors in his paintings.

Pétur Gautur in his studio with Atli Atlason in the County Men's Evening Committee. The work is called Dancing Poppies and will be performed at the County Men's Evening.

Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir was born in 1963 and studied art at the Akureyri School of Fine Arts and the Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts from 1983-88. She then went abroad and studied icon painting at the Franescacane Missionarie di María monastery in Rome and then took up art studies at the National Academy in Florence, Italy from 1987-93. Kristín is one of the most prolific and beloved artists of our time, with numerous extensive exhibitions and works widely in public collections.

Kristín has attracted attention for being unafraid to break up her imagery and methods. She draws on age-old traditions of icon painting and creates figurative paintings that are based on a complex system of symbols. She also creates abstract works that are called modernist expressions, as well as carefully crafted embroidery works based on quick sketches – to name a few. Through her images, one can sense how she approached the subject with respect, curiosity and sensitivity to how the body and imagery can express what cannot be said in words. Specially chosen clues are included, pose, object, color or texture, which support the viewer in understanding the unsaid.

There is currently a retrospective exhibition of her work at the National Gallery of Iceland in Kjarvalsstaðir, and the exhibition has been very popular as it provides a good overview of Kristín's work and career.

Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir in her studio with Logi Ragnarsson in the Fylkis Men's Evening Committee. The work consists of two pieces called Bean I and Bean II and will be performed at the Fylkis Men's Evening.

Hjalti Parelius, who lived in Árbæn in his younger years, was born in 1979 in Reykjavík and studied art at the Fjölbrautaskólinn in Breiðholt and then at the Danish School of Design in Copenhagen with an emphasis on graphic design. Hjalti has attracted much attention for his work and is best known for his oil paintings where cartoon motifs are in the foreground.

Hjalti has held over a dozen solo exhibitions in Iceland, as well as participating in numerous group exhibitions. In addition, Hjalti has participated in group exhibitions in Denmark, Switzerland and Germany.

Hjalti's works have been sold widely, and for example, the headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Alvotech features works by Hjalti that are very extensive, and Hjalti worked on them for 18 months continuously at the time.

Hjalti Parelíus in his studio, together with Val Ragnarsson on the County's Gentlemen's Night Committee with the work What the duck which will be offered at the County's Gentlemen's Night.

Karen Ösp Pálsdóttir (b. 1992, Reykjavík) is an Icelandic painter who works primarily in oil on canvas. Her art is based on realism, but often veers into the surreal and dreamy realm. Blue dominates her color scheme – not only as a color, but as an atmosphere in which the subjects appear, dissolve or disintegrate. Faces are reflected in water droplets, distorted through glass or hidden behind subtle patterns, which lends her portraits a sense of mystery, languor and transformation.
She graduated with a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore in 2013, with a minor in art history, and in recent years has lived and worked alternately in New York City and Reykjavík. Her work has been exhibited internationally, with solo and duo exhibitions in Reykjavík, as well as numerous group exhibitions in cities such as New York, Washington DC, London, Paris, Barcelona and Annecy.

Karen's paintings have also appeared in prestigious publications such as New American Paintings, Create! Magazine, SFMOMA, Hyperallergic, Tibia Magazine and El País.
The Icelandic Football League is delighted to present Karen Aspar's work for the first time at Herrakvöldur in collaboration with the artist herself and Þula Art Gallery.

About the painting that will be offered at the Herraköld Fylkis next Friday:
Hair (bow) is the artist's first self-portrait, which has mainly dealt with interpreting people in her local community. Instead of meeting the viewer face to face, we see her from behind, which offers an interpretation of the person looking at her and the subject of the painting, a bow in her hair, a multi-layered symbol that speaks to both the present and the past. The painting is painted exclusively with the cobalt blue color that characterizes Karen Aspar's palette, and although it is ultra-realistic, she still allows the oil and brush strokes to be felt when you get closer to the work.

Þorlákur Kristinsson Morthens (b. 1953), better known as Tolli, has been known for his landscape and abstract works since the 1980s. Tolli has sold more paintings than any other Icelandic artist over the years, and his works are in the possession of the National Gallery of Iceland, the Reykjavík Art Museum, and the University of Iceland Art Museum, as well as several institutions in Europe and the United States.
Tolli was born and raised in Reykjavík. He began his studies at the Icelandic Academy of Arts and Crafts in 1978, graduating from the Department of Modern Art in 1983. After that, he went to the Hochschule der Künste in West Berlin under the supervision of Professor Karl-Horst Hödicke and returned home in 1985 and has worked as an artist ever since. Until then, he had been a seafarer off the coast of Iceland, both on fishing boats and trawlers. He was also a migrant worker in various seaports around Iceland and a logger in Northern Norway.

Tolli's first exhibitions were in Reykjavík and Akureyri in 1982, and his first solo exhibition was at the Gúmmívinnustofann in Reykjavík in 1984. Between 1982 and 1992, he had twenty-two solo exhibitions in Iceland and abroad, and participated in seventeen highly regarded group exhibitions. He has also held exhibitions in Germany, Denmark, Monaco, the UK, the USA and South Korea.

Tolli specializes in landscape paintings and tries to approach it in different ways. He gets inspiration from nature and what is happening in the world at any given time. He hikes a lot in the mountains and glaciers, goes kayaking and visits remote places to further strengthen his connection with nature and then searches for memories to paint.
Tolli's subject matter and style have changed and evolved quite rapidly. His older works were many powerful works of animals and strange creatures, dark pictures of the seashore or almost burning bodies in strange agitation. For a while, Tolli was fascinated by barren slopes, lifeless landslides and rocks amidst cold mountain peaks, but recently he has painted pictures of reflections in ponds, volcanic eruptions and deserted villages and is starting to take on the fog. The main difference between Tolli's old and new landscape paintings lies in his attitude towards light. Previously, light was a surplus; It was a tool for disrupting the three-dimensionality and materiality of the landscape. Today, the work is a spine of the work. Mountains mysteriously dissolve or merge, glaciers catch fire, and the ocean crumbles into multi-colored patterns.

Tolli, who is a great benefactor of Fylki, has donated paintings to the society for Fylki's Gentlemen's Evening for many years and it is our great pleasure to announce that the same will be done next Friday.

Tolli in his studio, together with Björn Ágústsson on the Fylkis Gentlemen's Evening Committee with the three works that will be offered at the Fylkis Gentlemen's Evening

Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir (b. 1981) completed an MFA degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2009 and a BA in Fine Arts from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2006. Her work is characterized by a rich materialism as she explores abstract imagery with a variety of materials and methods.
Áslaug has held numerous solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in museums and galleries across Europe, the United States and Iceland. Group exhibitions include Looking Inward, Looking Outward: 140 Years of the National Gallery of Iceland at the National Gallery of Iceland, Stellingar | Linear Narratives at Berg Contemporary and Skúlptúr Skúlptúr at Gerðarsafn. Her solo exhibitions include Open at Þula, Bergmál at Listval Gallery, Heritage at Þula and Skil | Skjól at Neskirkja.

She participated in the CHART art fair in Copenhagen in 2024, the Market art fair in Stockholm in 2023, as well as group exhibitions at the Icelandic embassies in Copenhagen and Stockholm. Áslaugar's works are owned by both private and public museums.
It is a great pleasure for the Fylkis Football Club to present the work of Áslaugar Íris for the first time at Herrakvöldur in collaboration with the artist himself and Þula Art Gallery.
About the work that will be offered at Herrakvöldur next Friday: Kjarni was part of the exhibition Spegilmynd, which deals with transformation, development and a new image of the self. Kjarni refers directly to our own essence and the forms in the work are reminiscent of a butterfly breaking out of its larval form and taking flight, or a book that is opened to a new chapter in life. A joy of color more often than not characterizes Áslaugar's recent works, who sees colors in music, and it can be said that the work Kjarni is an exceptionally melodious work where watercolors, charcoal, and pastels strike a rhythm in the innermost core.

Þorgrímur Andri Einarsson (b. 1980) is an artist who studied sound design at the School of Audio Engineering in London and graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague, Netherlands, with a BA in Music. Since then, he has increasingly focused on visual art.

Þorgrímur Andri is known for his unique artistic perspective and diverse subject matter, often drawing inspiration from Icelandic nature, culture, and history. Þorgrímur's work often reflects deep emotions and reflections on the relationship between man and his environment. He has exhibited his work widely, both domestically and internationally, and has received numerous awards for his contribution to the art world.

Þorgrímur Andri has been a part of Fylkir for the past few years at Herrakölðidun and has enjoyed great popularity. It is a pleasure to announce that the same will be the case next Friday when his work “Vestfjörðir” will be offered. Þorgrímur Andri Einarsson (b. 1980) is an artist who studied sound design at the School of Audio Engineering in London and graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in The Hague in the Netherlands with a BA degree in music. Since then, he has increasingly focused on visual art.

Þorgrímur Andri is known for his unique artistic perspective and diverse subject matter, often drawing inspiration from Icelandic nature, culture, and history. Þorgrímur's work often reflects deep emotions and reflections on the relationship between man and his environment. He has exhibited his work widely, both domestically and internationally, and has received numerous awards for his contribution to the art world.

Þorgrímur Andri has performed for Fylkir in recent years at the Herrakölddin and has enjoyed great popularity. It is a pleasure to announce that the same will be the case next Friday when his work "Vestfjörðir" will be performed.

Þorgrímur Andri together with Atli Atlason in the County's Men's Evening Committee with the work Westfjords which will be offered tomorrow, Friday.

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