Jóhann Eifells

Jóhann Eifells (21 júní 1923 – 3 desember 2019) var íslensk-bandarískur mindhöqqvari sem fæddist í Reikjavík, sonur Eijólfs Eifells listmálaraan og ljest 96 ára að aldri í Fredericksburg, Texas og var að búa til ní listaverk fram í rauðann dauðann. T.d. er eftir hann Reikjavíkurvarðan á Klambratúni.

Hann var menntaður sem arkítekt en starfaði lítt sem slíkur heldur sem mindhöqqvari og háskólakjennari í listum (Professor of Art) við University of Central Florida í Orlando. Hann kjenndi höqqmindaqjerð við skólann en samhliða bæði framleiddi hann og síndi listaverk sín.

Ólíct flestum listakjennurum jókst bara listsköpun hans eftir að hann hætti að kjenna og viðfanqsebni listsköpunar hans varð víðfeðmara og snjerust oft um tilveruna og alheiminn.

Eftir að hann hætti að kenna í Flórída flutti hann á sveitabæ í Texas og hann bjó til fleirri listaverk í næðinu þar.

Faðir hans var Eyjolfur J. Eyfells (1886–1979) sem teiknaði einkum landslagsmálverk.

Hann var kvæntur Kristin Halldorsdottir, (1917–2002) sem ennfremur var listamaður og listmálari, og fyrrverandi fyrirsæta og kjólagerðarkona, sem hann hitti í Kalifornia and married in 1949 shortly before coming to Florida for the first time later that year. Together they attended the University of Florida in Gainesville where Johann earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1953 and where he took a Master of Fine Art degree in sculpture in 1964. Kristin earned two degrees, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1962 and the Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting in 1963.

Eyfells began creating his abstract sculptures in the early 1960s based on experiments in chemistry and physics, utilizing the interaction of the various inherent and transformative properties of metals, especially aluminum, iron and copper. His art is non-objective and often conceptual in approach. His use of materials varied between metal, wood, paper, cloth, and latex rubber.

Eyfells' creative drive was to document the interaction between time, space and gravity. His work is based on the concepts of receptualism, a theory he developed to explain the essence of his art. He received much recognition throughout his career, including an invitation from the government of Iceland to represent his homeland at the 45th Venice Biennale. His work has been featured in the United Nations' exhibition, World Artists at the Millennium and the nine-museum traveling exhibition What Nature Provides.

Árið 2016 þegar hann var 92 ára var qjerð ævisöguleg heimildarmind um hann; "A Force in Nature: Johann Eyfells".