Eyefells and Eyfells Johann Eyfells' bold, organic sculpture and Kristin Eyfells' oversized, geometric paintings of
celebrity faces -- both strong in impact and beauty. We welcome you to view a lifetime of magnificent artwork
created by this husband and wife team.

Jóhann Eyfells, revolutionary sculptor, art professor at the University of Central Florida for over 30 years, one-time
architect and son of an Icelandic landscape painter, is known to many in Central Florida as the Grandfather of Sculpture.
Born in 1923 in Reykjavik, Iceland, he studied at several universities earning a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1953
and later a master's degree in fine art in 1964. In 1949, Jóhann married Kristin Halldorsdottir, former Icelandic model
and dress designer, who made her own career side by side with her husband mastering in fine art, sculpture and
photography. Jóhann worked as an architect, artist and teacher in Iceland and the United States until 1969, when he and Kristin moved to Florida. There he continued to work as an artist and professor of art at the University of Central Florida.

Jóhann began producing abstract sculptures in the 60's based on his experiments in chemistry and physics, utilizing
the various transformational properties of metals, especially aluminum, iron and copper. He calls his work "receptual"
based on his concept of receptualism, a theory he developed to explain the essence of his work. He has received much recognition throughout his career including an invitation from the government of Iceland to represent his homeland
at the 45th Venice Biennale and inclusions in the 9-museum traveling exhibition "What Nature Provides" and the United Nations' "World Artists at the Millenium".

Kristin Halldórsdóttir Eyfells was born and raised in Iceland. She is a graduate of The Commercial College of Iceland.
In 1947, she graduated from The Rudolph Schaefer School of Design in San Francisco, California. Kristin also
studied psychology and art for some time at Hofstra College, Long Island, New York. In 1962, she received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and in 1963 was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, both from the
University of Florida in Gainesville. Kristin H. Eyfells has taken part in several group exhibitions in the United States,
Iceland and Denmark. Kristin married Johann Eyfells in 1949. They agree that the art they create has little in
common except that it is made by a husband and wife. But both are similar in their strong impact.

"eternally reversionary"

Kristin paints oversized, brightly colored, close-cropped faces of well-known celebrities, chosen from the arts,
entertainment and political arenas. Her subjects include such figures as Barbara Bush, Bill Cosby, and Greta Garbo
as well as Winston Churchill, Bertrand Russell and Sean Connery, to name only a few.

As explained in an essay by Francis Martin, Jr., Ph.D. curator at the University of Central Florida, Kristin deepens her understanding of each subject by studying biographical materials, however her interests lie strongly in the
de-contextualized, larger-than-life close-up of eyes, ears, nose, and mouth to fill the oversized canvases. Her
portraits are relentlessly consistent as she translates each line and shadow in the face into a myriad of vivid colors
and shapes. Her methods act to reverse the mass-cultural image of each figure by applying "stage make-up" not
to cover up imperfections, but to accentuate them.

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