ARTISTS REVEALED FOR ICEHOTEL 36

Artists announced in the international design competition – they will create the art in ICEHOTEL 36

The circle is about to close at the world-renowned hotel made entirely of ice and snow in northern Sweden. Spring has arrived in Jukkasjärvi, and the seasonal part of ICEHOTEL is slowly melting back into the Torne River. But while this year’s ice art disappears, preparations for next winter and ICEHOTEL 36 are already in full swing. 2,000 tons of ice – the essential building material – have been harvested from the Torne River and will soon be transformed into art. Now, it’s time to reveal the artists and designers who will bring ICEHOTEL 36 to life.

This year’s international design competition attracted a record number of entries—143 applications from across the globe, with more than 250 artists from 36 different countries. After careful deliberation, the jury has selected 29 artists from 10 countries who will create the unique art suites, the Main Hall, the Ceremony Hall, and the public art installations for ICEHOTEL 36.

"To see ICEHOTEL melt away as we select the artists for next year reminds us of art’s ephemeral nature and its power to renew itself. The jury has reviewed 143 fantastic applications, and it’s been a challenge to choose the 16 art projects that will take shape in ICEHOTEL 36. We are now very excited to present them to the world,” says Luca Roncoroni, Creative Director and the head of the jury.

Tornados, Soap Bubbles, and an Ice Book Archive ICEHOTEL 36 will open its doors on December 12. Imagine sleeping a night in the eye of a storm in the suite “Sweep Me Off My Feet,” getting lost in a frozen world of soap bubbles in the art suite “Soap Bubbles,” or experiencing the power of a black hole in the breathtaking suite “Spaghettification.” In “The Arctic Archive,” you can dive into a frozen book world and be part of magical storytelling. These are just a few of the concepts that will become reality in ICEHOTEL 36.

The construction of the seasonal part of the hotel will begin in mid-November, when the artists gather in Jukkasjärvi, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. Together with a team of experts in ice and snow construction, the ice production, and lighting design team, they will create a 2,800-square-meter hotel made entirely of snow and ice. When spring arrives, the hotel melts back into its origin again—the Torne River.

“The art for ICEHOTEL 36 is starting to take shape, and we couldn’t be more excited. In late November, 29 artists from 9 countries will arrive in Jukkasjärvi to transform 2,000 tons of natural ice into extraordinary suites and installations—creating unforgettable memories for our guests,” says Marie Herrey, CEO of ICEHOTEL.

ART AND ARTISTS – ICEHOTEL 36 2 ART SUITES, 1 MAIN HALL, 1 CEREMONY HALL, OUTDOOR ART PROJECT ENTRANCE AREA, 1 PUBLIC ART PROJECT

SPAGHETTIFICATION
​Tomasz Czajkowski & Milosz Matelski, Poland
​Dragon of ICEHOTEL
​Hongyu Gao “Forrest”, China
​Soap Bubbles
​Coralie Quincey & Robin Landrit, France
​Parliament of Owls
​Dave Rothstein, USA
​River Bed
​Clément Daquin & Raphaël Jeanne, France
​ARCTIC ARCHIVE
​Kristina Möckel & Sebastian Scheller, Germany
​An Otter’s Midswinter Night’s Dream
​Sandra St-Laurent & Mylène Leboeuf-Gagné, Canada
​Juzu-tsunagi
​Yasuaki Onishi & Minako Yoshida, Japan
​There’s No One Here
​Ayla Turan & Kemal Tufan, Turkey
​Survival of the Fittest
​Carl Wellander & Ellen Wellander, Sweden
​ICE as a MIRROR
​Pieke Bergmans & Peer de Wit, Netherlands
​Sweep Me Off My Feet
​Elin Julin & Ida Mangsbo, Sweden
​Main Hall: Cathedral Grove
​Brian McArthur & Dawn Detarando, Canada
​Ceremony Hall: ECHO
​Luc Voisin & Mathieu Brison, France
​Outdoor Art Project – Entrance Area: Wave
​Franziska Agrawal, Germany
​Public Art Project: Crystal Souls Robin Lind & Charlie Hammarlund, Sweden

Jury ICEHOTEL 36
​Luca Roncoroni, Creative Director, ICEHOTEL (head of Jury)
​Marjolein Vonk, Stylist, Netherlands
​Karl-Johan Ekeroth, Designer, Sweden
​Charlotte Tentau, Head of Lighting and Technology, ICEHOTEL, Sweden
​Marie Herrey, CEO, ICEHOTEL, Sweden ​ Robert Beckerman, Marketing Director, ICEHOTEL, Sweden

Application and Selection Statistics – ICEHOTEL 36
​143 unique applications
​256 artists and designers applied
​29 artists from 10 countries selected to create the art in ICEHOTEL 36
​36 countries represented
​12 art suites created
​1 Ceremony Hall created
​1 Main Hall created
​1 outdoor art project at the entrance ​ 1 public art projects

For more information or interview requests, please contact:
​Josefin Lindberg,press@icehotel.com
​For press material and images, please visit themedia page.

* Sketches Icehotel 36 in image above: Art suites Sweep me off my feet, Soap Bubbles och Spaghettification