29 ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL CREATE ICEHOTEL 34

Illustration 1: Icehotel 34 Obscura, design by Lukas Petko

Illustration 2: Icehotel 34 Light Collectors, design av Kate Munro & Lisa Lindqvist

The planning of Icehotel 34 has begun and the selection process for the international design competition is now completed. Out of 157 applicants from 36 countries, 29 artists from 14 countries have now been selected.

Every year, when the Torne River turns to ice, a new Icehotel is created in the small village of Jukkasjärvi in the north of Sweden. The river's ice transforms into unique artworks that only exist in once. Creatives worldwide have had the opportunity to apply and design their dream suite from ice and snow. Icehotel is a unique art concept that, over the years, has been created by award-winning designers, this year, 157 applicants have applied from 36 countries, and 29 artists from 14 countries have now been selected.

While Icehotel 33 is melting and reuniting with Torne River, Luca Roncoroni, Icehotel’s Creative Director, and the jury of Icehotel 34 selected 29 artists who will create the art in this year’s winter hotel. In November, the artists will traditionally gather in Jukkasjärvi, 200 kilometers North of the Arctic Circle, to jointly create the 3,000 m2 seasonal hotel.

The winning design contributions have been selected by an eminent jury consisting of stylist Marjolein Vonk, artist Anna Sofia Mååg, photographer Linnea Lundkvist, Icehotel's Ice and Design manager Joakim Enmalm and the jury leader Luca Roncoroni who is Creative Director at Icehotel.

– Every year the jury is inspired by the quality of the proposals we receive from around the world, and this year was no exception. 157 artists challenged the jury with their concepts and their unique approach to the use of the material, and the result is a collection of 15 Art Suites which we believe will surprise and mesmerise the guests the upcoming winter, says Luca Roncoroni, jury leader and Creative Director, Icehotel.

In addition to the Art Suites and the Ceremony Hall, Icehotel is bringing back an iconic project in the Main Hall which an artist will again design. The Main Hall of Icehotel is famous for its ice columns and its chandelier, couples take their wedding pictures there, and thousands of guests are left speechless every winter among the beauty of the Torne River ice and the mesmerising play of light and shadow.

Jury of Icehotel 34:

Marjolein Vonk, stylist, NLD

AnnaSofia Mååg, artist, SWE

Linnea Lundkvist, photographer, SWE

Joakim Enmalm, Icehotel Ice and Design Manager, SWE

Luca Roncoroni, Icehotel Creative Director (jury leader), ITA

ART AND ARTISTS

ICEHOTEL 34 – 15 ART SUITES, 1CEREMONY HALL, 1 MAIN HALL

OH MY GODDESS

Ulrika Tallving – Sweden

Giovanna Martinez – Italy

Torne River Anomaly

Jack Prescott – United Kingdom

Mathew Foster – United Kingdom

INCEPTION

Nicolas Triboulot – France

Morning Song

Natsuki Saito – Japan

Shingo Saito – Japan

Katt & Råtta

Tjåsa Gusfors – Sweden

Eternal Flow

Maxime van Besien – Belgium

Nebula's Child

Edmund Chan – Singapore

TaiTien Tan – Singapore

Siella

Laila Kolostyak – Norway

Elisabeth Kristensen – Norway

Beaver Lodge

Dawn Detarando – Canada

Brian McArthur – Canada

Obscura

Lukas Petko – Slovakia

Don´t Get Up

Wilfred Stijger – Netherlands

Edith van de Wetering – Netherlands

Minus 10

Luc Voisin – France

Mathieu Brison – France

DREAM WITH A THORN

Monica Popescu – Romania

Light Collectors

Lisa Lindqvist – United Kingdom

Kate Munro – United Kingdom

SEA INSIDE

Kristina Möckel - Germany

Sebastian Scheller – Germany

LattICE – Main Hall

Kendo Hamaguchi – Japan

Taku Ohuchi – Japan

Slava -Ceremony Hall

Tomasz Czajkowski – Poland

Grzegorz Olczak – Poland

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About Icehotel

Icehotel opened in 1989 and is beside a hotel also an art exhibition with ever-changing art made of ice and snow. Icehotel is created in a new version every winter, completely made of natural ice from Torne River, one of Sweden´s national rivers and last untouched waters. When the winter season´s hotel has melted back into the river during the spring, a part of the hotel remains; a place where visitors can experience the ice and snow all year round.

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