King og Bong is an artist-run space in Reykjavík, Iceland. Founded in Covid by a group of artists fresh out of art school dealing with a serious case of the post-graduation blues. We happened to acquire a house on a demolition list in downtown Reykjavík as a studio space. Frustrated by Covid restrictions and the lack of opportunities for young artists in Iceland to exhibit their work, the first event was held on the last two days before Christmas. A “window concert” music festival where musicians, performance artists and basically anyone of our friends who wanted to play could do so. After that event the ball started rolling and for the first four months or so we hosted events every other week. Since then we have moved three times, had pop ups in other artist-run galleries across Iceland and curated performance and art events. We are now working on establishing a publication house and setting up a creative writing news website. We are King og Bong and we would love to be a part of Supermarket 2023.

King og Bong is an artist-run space founded in 2020 by a group of artists fresh out of university dealing with a serious case of post-graduation blues. Frustrated by Covid restrictions and the lack of opportunities for young artists to exhibit their work, the group’s shared studio space in a soon-to-be demolished house in downtown Reykjavík became the host to King og Bong’s first event: a two day festival where musicians, performance artists and any of the group’s friends who wanted to perform could do so. After that the ball started rolling and the group hosted events every other week, including performance events, exhibitions, etc. The space has moved thrice since then, had pop ups in other artist-run spaces across Iceland and curated performance and art events.