Photo: Benjamin McMahon for AnOther magazine
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 Usage Magazine, Shaped Scents, commissioned photography Flotent Tanet
2020 The Cut, 14 Fragrances that take you camping, Jane Larkworthy
2020 Visir.is, seiðandi og kynþokkafullur með keim af rósum og leðri
2020 The World C-interview with Andrea Maack
2020 Kates Beauty Station-best Autumn Fragrances, Coven
2020 Cityline TV, Scandinavian products rooted in tradition
2019 Hunger Magazine, A culture collaboration
2019 Vice Magazine, How to find the perfect fragrance according to your Zodiac Sign
2019 Scentury-Creatures of the night COVEN
2019 VOGUE.it The Capsule Collection Inspired by Iceland, Elisa Bellini
2019 Fréttablaðið, Andrea Maack í samstarf við ítalskan sólglerugnarisa
2019 GLAMOUR Iceland, summer recommendations ANDREA MAACK X SO.YA, print edition
2019 SCANDINAVIAN MAN, Fragrance selection, Cornucopia, print edition
2019 RVK Ritual, Ritual talk Andrea Maack
2019 MBL.is, 11 eftirminnileg ilmvötn fyrir alla
2019 VOGUE, Valentines Day 2019, the perfect perfume for him, DARK
2018 VOGUE US, How to Win ay winter Scandinavian Style
2018 Highsnobiety, Andrea Maack delivers new unisex fragrance collection for the Holiday season
2018 WALLPAPER* Magazine, Fragrance bottles: a decade of design innovation
2018 MISSBISH, The Smell of Success / Meet Andrea Maack the artist behind her own line
2018 Over the Moon, Why a wedding day fragrance is the perfect something new
2018 Lurve Magazine, TRAINING PLASTICITY
2018 Highsnobiety, In celebration of Andrea Maack’s Smart fragrances
2018 VOGUE Polska, Birch, print edition
2018 Glamour Iceland, Myrkrinu fagnað með DARK
2018 VOGUE Russia, DUAL, on-apm, printed edition
2018 Only Deco Love, Scandinavian Scents this summer
2018 Architechtural Digest, 9 Icelandic Designers to Watch Right Now
2018 Nordique, Perfumer and visual artist Andrea Maack
2018 Nordic Design, 7 Scandinavian Perfumes with a Fantastic Summer Scent and Stylish Packaging
2018 Scandinavia Standard, Smell the Icelandic Landscape
2017 Highsnobiety, Andrea Maack’s “Birch” & “Coven” Fragrances Embody Fall
2017 VOGUE.it, perfumes to go on holiday, printed edition
2017 Highsnobiety, Here’s What Icelanders are Wearing to Reykjavik Fashion Festival
2017 BON.se, islandsk-folktro-pa-flaska
2016 Highsnobiety: See the Frosted Beauty of Iceland’s Arctic Tundra With Artist Andrea Maack.
2016 Highsnobiety: Y-3’s Brutalist Sportswear Is Captured at the Edge of Iceland’s Glaciers.
2016 AnOther Magazine: Where Abstract Perfumery Meets Sculptural Still Life.
2016 WALLPAPER* Magazine : Why are uncommon scents so popular?
2016 Funnytastes Magazine: Visuals.
2016 W Magazine: Surreal Fragrances.
2016 L´Uomo Vogue: Summer Scents DUAL.
2016 WALLPAPER* Magazine: Icelandic fragrance house reveals two new scents.
2016 Byrdie: These Will Be the Top Fragrance Trends of Summer.
2015 Glamour Magazine: Andrea Maack, print edition.
2015 Amuse I-D: Andrea Maack Creates Perfumes That Smell Like Iceland.
2014 WALLPAPER* Magazine: Artists impressions, Emma Moore, printed esitioon.
2014 AnOther magazine: An Olfactory Journey to Iceland.
2013 Marie Claire Russia: Andrea Maack the artist spread printed editioon
2013 Vogue Russia: Coal.
2013 Marie Claire: Fragments of the emerging Olfactory scene.
2013 The Guardian UK: Message in a bottle.
2013 Cosmpolitan: Arte e profumo.
2013 Vogue Russia: Silk.
2012 Paris Vogue: Parfums Arty.
2012 Paris Vogue: New Summer Scents.
2012 The Observer: Scent of the future
2012 Intermission Magazine, 6 Scents.
2012 WWD: Pure Freude.
2012 FT, Hw to Spend it, Dark Stars.
2012 Lifestyle Mirror, 10 Art inspired beauty finds
2011 Vogue Germany: Maack scents.
2010 Italian Marie Claire: Sketch and Sniff.
2010 Wallpaper: September favorites.
2009 Another Magazine: Reykjavík Scene, printed edition.
About
b. 1977, Reykjavík Iceland
Icelandic visual artist and entrepreneur Andrea Maack breaks the boundaries between art, fashion and beauty. Her work as an artist stems from an internal drive to create innovative, multi-sensory experiences. Starting with a blank page, her process is one of tapping into new visions waiting to be born within her, abstract images in her mind’s eye.
Her background and general passion for fashion and beauty became apparent when she started her art career, where she quickly became known for her romantic minimalistic installations showing the world of beauty and fashion through the eyes of a visual artist. Her first ever perfume creation was revealed at an independent gallery show in 2008, where she mimicked a perfume launch, handing out strips of her original artwork with a fragrance titled SMART (smell art) to the guests, since then she has held over a dozen gallery and museum shows worldwide.
Maack was born and raised in Iceland and moved to London in her early twenties, where she worked in the fashion industry. She graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2005 with a degree in fine art. Since then, she has held over a dozen gallery and museum shows worldwide. Her work has appeared in the international art and fashion media from Artnet and Frieze to AnOther and French Vogue. Her eponymous fragrance brand was born in 2010 through a series of art exhibitions, where she set out to answer the question: How do you turn a drawing into a fragrance?
For her, the link between the two mediums is a palpable one. “I see scent as a linear thing — it travels along your skin and travels through the air, which can be reminiscent of strokes traveling across a page.” The visual artist approaches the world of perfumery with a fresh vision. She works closely with her collaborating perfumers, which have included some renowned noses such as Alienore Massente, Céline Ripert and Julien Rasquinet. The challenge for the perfumers is to translate her world of visuals into exciting new fragrances. It´s important to Maack that these creations are made out of the highest quality raw material and the perfumers can exercise their creative talents.
EDUCATION 2005
BA-Fine Art Icelandic Academy of The Art
SELECTED EXHIBITION
2016 Highsnobiety:The Arctic Scents.
2015 The Georgia Sherman Project: Toronto.
2014 The Phillips Gallery London: Scented installation. 2014 Pitti Fragranze Florence: Scented installation.
2013 Fenwick London: Window installation.
2013 Tsum, Moscow: Installation 30 Light boxes.
2013 Reykjavík Art Museum main hall: Interval.
2013 Palazzo Morando Milan: Unscent.
2012 Museo Piaggio Pontedera: Coal performance. 2012 Elements Showcase New York
2012 Maddoxs Gallery London: The Blotter Project.
2012 Harvey Nichols London: Scented Installation.
2012 Storm Copenhagen: Window installation.
2012 Esxence Milan: Scented Installation.
2011 Papiersaal Zurich: Fazination Duft.
2010 London Design Festival: Eau De Parfum.
2010 Spark Design Space, Reykjavík: Eau De Parfum.
2009 Gallery August, Reykjavík: Sharp.
2009 The Arnhem Mode Biennale: Sharp.
2008 Reykjavik Art Museum. Craft.
2008 Gallery August, Reykjavík, Reykjavík Arts Festival,