8 Gallery is pleased to announce The Mountain Within, an exhibition of historical paintings by Stéfan V. Jónsson, who is commonly known as Stórval. Stórval (1908-1994) is an important figure in Icelandic art who captured his native landscape in a signature frank style using colour-blocking. Particularly known for his paintings of Herðubreið, a revered mountain in the highlands of Iceland, Stórval became a household name and his landscapes were widely collected around the country. Stórval's first gallery exhibition was at Reykjavík's Gallery SÚM in 1972, an artist-run gallery founded by the SÚM group, which included Sigurður Guðmundsson, Kristján Guðmundsson and Hreinn Friðfinnson, all of whom are part of i8's program.