The relationship between our ideas and clichés of Iceland and our actual experiences in the country itself are the focus of Nicole Schuck’s Iceland project. Even before her visit to Iceland in 2006, she was working intensively with this “museum in our heads“, which was how she understood Iceland.
She hiked for two-and-a-half months over the island, on her own with a rucksack and a tent. These hikes were often strenuous: the wind and rain, her heavy pack and the loneliness were all very arduous. However, there was a great deal to see, and what Nicole Schuck saw and experienced, even if it seemed not very important, flowed into her artistic reflections of her trip. Drawings, films and performances have resulted from her hikes, with which she processed her experiences of the island.

biography
1967 born in Herford/Germany
1990-1996 studies Visuelle Kommunikation emphasis on drawing, Bielefeld university of applied sciences (1996 diploma)
1997–2004 studies fine art, Braunschweig university of art
2002 scholarship, Freundeskreis Iwanowo, Iwanowo (GUS)
2003 scholarship, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt art IT, Berlin
2005 scholarship fine arts, Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Berlin
lives and works in Berlin