MULTICULTURAL WEEK: Photography Exhibition

Everyone is warmly invited to the opening on 26 October at 3 pm, where there will be an opportunity to meet the photographer, several of the designers and the women who took part.
What images, stories and connections emerge when a professional photographer, four Faroese fashion houses and women from ten different cultural backgrounds come together?
This was the question Altjóðahúsið set out to explore when it launched a project inviting Faroese designers and women with international backgrounds to document and celebrate diversity through a professional photo shoot.
Each woman was invited to bring an object that she felt particularly represented her culture. The designers then created outfits inspired by these objects. The photographs were taken at the premises in Steinatún, and during Fjølmentanarvikan 2026 (Multicultural Week), the results will be presented for the first time under the title Áarmót. This creative, social and engaging project celebrates cultural diversity through photography and fashion.
The photographer is 27-year-old Kateryna Joensen, who is originally from Ukraine and trained in photography.
The women featured are Anastasiia Bobrova, Fabiola Ambinintsoa Andriamihaja, Isabel Dinis, Nunthavadee Michelsen, Namfon Sawasdee, Chenny Alfeche, Mary Joy Jacobsen, Ellaine Autentico, Andriana Mironova, Suellen Gomes Suares, Mercy Debes, Akui Kheri, Bipasha Das, Albina Kokina, Henrietta Arinda Ziska and Zia Ísaksdóttir.
The participating designers are Guðrun og Guðrun, Einstakt, Steinum and Elsa Bech.
The exhibition is free to visit at the Nordic House in the Faroe Islands until and including 1 November 2026.
Organiser: Altjóðahúsið