About hkvam photo

Helga is a multi-awarded fine-art landscape photographer, both in Iceland and internationally.

Her works have been published in books and magazines world-wide and she has clients both in Iceland and abroad. Helga has taken part in many exhibitions, both solo and group exhibitions.

To name a few;

• Winterreise – Solo exhibit of 24 works with a music performance by Michael Jón Clarke, Laugaborg in Eyjafjörður, February 2006
• Winterreise – Solo exhibit in Heliconian Hall, Ontario, February 2006
• Lightyear 2005 – group exhibit in Laugar Spa, Reykjavik, April 2006
• L’invitation au voyage – Solo exhibit with a music performance by Geoffroy de Fontgallant, Paris, March 2007
• Waters – Solo exhibit in The Old Cinema, Stykkishólmur, August 2007
• North – joint exhibit with Lára Stefánsdóttir in The Marina, Akureyri, Summer 2008
• Visitors – joint exhibit with Lára Stefánsdóttir, Hellnar,  June 2008
• Winterreise – Solo exhibit of 24 works with a music performance by Ryan McKinny and Sharolyn Kimmorley, City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sidney Festival 2010, Australia

Helga also has held numerous courses in photography and post-processing techniques all over Iceland, along with leading an introduction course into photography for all grammar schools for North Iceland’s Cultural Association.

She led an esteemed course of Cultural Arts in an high school in Eyjafjörður for 5 years along with bringing the photographic arts into the general high school environment.

Helga has been teaching both fine art photography and technical advertisement photography in Akureyri Academy of the Arts.

Helga has served as a member of the council of Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur for the last 5 years, putting emphasis on culture and arts along with building up cultural awareness in the rural areas of Northern Iceland. She worked as a board member for Iceland’s biggest internet community for amateur photographers during it’s starting years.