Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir is an award-winning Icelandic soprano, visual artist, and artistic director of Ópus Reykjavík. Her work spans opera, concert performance, visual art, and contemporary interdisciplinary projects, with a particular interest in creating connections between music, visual art, and performance.

She has performed internationally at leading venues and opera houses including Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Theater Basel, and Theater an der Wien, and has collaborated with artists across disciplines. She holds a Master of Music from Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin.

Íris Ásmundar is an Icelandic contemporary dance artist and performer based in Reykjavík. Her work explores dance and movement, focusing on performances that merge movement with visual art and deeper emotional concepts.

She has performed, choreographed, and collaborated internationally, most recently with Tanz Company Gervasi in Italy, Austria, and Mexico. Íris trained at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London and holds a master’s degree in performance from the University of Salford.

Tuğçe Tez is an international arts professional and founder of TEZ ARTS, a London-based artist management and creative production company working with distinctive artistic voices across disciplines. With nearly two decades of experience in the international cultural sector, her work spans artist development, strategic direction, and the creation of projects across music and the wider arts.

For Ópus Reykjavík, Tuğçe leads international relations and partnerships, connecting artists, cultural institutions, and creative partners across borders. Working closely with Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, she supports the long-term international development of Ópus Reykjavík and its ambition to foster meaningful artistic exchange between Iceland and the wider cultural landscape.

Maó Alheimsdóttir is an Icelandic author based in Reykjavík whose creative practice spans poetry, prose, and interdisciplinary performance. Through her work, she investigates the connection between human emotion and landscape, often combining sound, image, and text. Rooted in both her Polish heritage and Icelandic linguistic identity, her work bridges literary practice with community-building initiatives that foster multicultural creative voices.

She holds a Master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Iceland, and during the summer, she works as a guide in the Icelandic highlands, a role that deeply nurtures her artistic practice.

Vala Sigþrúðar Jónsdóttir lives and makes art in Reykjavík. In recent years she has produced installations and sculptures that deal with the materiality of textiles and video, and the relationship these two mediums have with human environments and systems. She is occasionally a teacher and a critic, alongside exhibiting her work regularly both in and outside of Iceland.

Vala holds a BA from Gerrit Rietveld Academy, an MA and an M.art ed. from the Icelandic University of the Arts.