Arna Beth
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Selected Projects



    Arna Beth is an Icelandic / American multidisciplinary artist based in London. Working with the assemblage of digital media, speculative futures, and cultural critique of the postmodern. Her practice spans 3D fabrication such as sculpture and animation, performance, sound, and recombinant material processes. 

    Through frameworks of critical theory kin to xenofeminism, dromology and necropolitics, Arna constructs immersive, non-linear narratives, attempting to destabilize a dromocratic present.

    Self-composed sound, fabrication, and embodied performance mark an evolution toward more immersive, bodydriven work. Collaborations with curators and technologists continue to refine her spatial and political praxis, weaponizing aesthetics against the systems they mirror.



    CV: Exhibitions / Design / Performances / Residencies



    2025:

    • Boundary Condition, St. Garlickhythe Church, London, UK

    • Manifest: IO, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

    • Club Are, London, UK

    • Various collaborations with Gisou Golshani, visuals and performance (Iklectik ArtLab, Cosmic Ecologies at Metamorphika Studios, Old Church, Goldsmiths University)

    • Silver Sky by Barbara Kaczmarczyk -  3D models for indie video game

    • Metamorphika, Cosmic Ecologies by Ana P Flores, London, UK

    • SÍM Residency + UKAI Projects, Korpúlfsstaðir, Iceland

    • Alexandria’s Genesis, directed by Dian Joy, Arebyte Gallery, London - produced graphics for a fake website for the short film

    • Grapevine Magazine Cover - 3D design, Iceland

    • Album cover for Jack Armitage (Lil Data), Magnetic Resonator Piano, 3D sculpture and render, Iceland/UK



    2023:
    • Club Are, London, UK
    • Lewisham Art House, Groupshow + Event poster, London, UK
    • Iklectik Art Lab, AV Performance, London, UK
    • Hafnarborg, Exhibition, The Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland
    • Fischerssund Perfumer, Reykjavik, Iceland — sales and guided tours
    • Control, music video for Azadi - produced 3D visuals, London, UK
    • Various collaborations with Gisou Golshani, visuals and performance, London, UK
    • Sleikur, produced 3D posters and visuals for club events (2022–2023), Iceland




    2022:

    X3, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Lava Rituale, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
    • Gunnar Jónsson - S.W.I.M. , a 50-minute album-length music video — directed and produced animations
    • Tricky, album cover design
    • Sideproject - Come Get Me, music video, Iceland
    • EnduranceCPH, graphic designer (2021–2024) — posters and PR material, Denmark




    2021:
    • Kælan Mikla - Ósýnileg, music video - produced and directed, Iceland
    • Winter Festival Reykjavík, commissioned short film, Iceland




    2020:
    • Festival of Lights, Iceland
    • Geigen Galaxy Collaboration, live performance production, Tjarnarbíó, Iceland




    2019:
    • Decoratelier, Installation and film, Residency, Brussels, Belgium
    • Lunga Festival, Live, AV, Iceland
    • Listahátið Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Arts Festival) - produced and performed in show




    2018:
    • Sónar Reykjavík, AV performance, Iceland



    Education:

    • MA Fine Art: Computational Arts, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK — 2024–2025 (expected)
    • BA Fine Art: Computational Arts, Camberwell College of Arts, UK — 2023–2024 (1 year completed)
    • Matriculation Degree, Reykjavík School of Visual Arts, Iceland — Graduated 2019



    Magnetic Resonator Piano. Album cover for Jack Armitage (Lil Data)




                
     Album cover commissioned by Jack Armitage for his unreleased album, Magnetic Resonator Piano. 

    “Strengjavera (“string being”) is an installation that delves into the concept of self-organizing systems through the interaction of artificial life programs with an acoustic grand piano. Viewers are invited to witness the unpredictable yet mesmerizing patterns that emerge as the piano’s strings are set into motion by electromagnetism, controlled by biomimetic simulations. The piece explores the potential for agential systems to adapt and evolve in real-time, creating a dynamic and ever-changing soundscape that reflects the complexity and beauty of natural systems. By blurring the boundaries between technology and nature, Strengjavera prompts viewers to reflect on the relationship between human agency and autonomous systems, while also celebrating the beautiful natural acoustics of the piano in novel and unheard ways.”


    Digital sculpture and scene sculpted using Nomad and Cinema 4D.