--- id: d3f2ab5d-155e-4a57-8cfa-72be52ec7aec title: "Alex Hartley: British Artist and Discoverer of Nyskj\xE6ret" abstract: "Alex Hartley is a British artist born in 1963, known for his participation\ \ in the Sensation exhibition and his work with Black Dog Publishing. He gained\ \ significant recognition for discovering Nyskj\xE6ret, an island in Svalbard revealed\ \ by a retreating glacier, during a Cape Farewell Arctic expedition in 2004. His\ \ career bridges contemporary art, publishing, and environmental awareness." classification: primary: '7' secondary: - '71' - '03' udc_main_class: '7' tags: - Alex Hartley - British artist - Svalbard - "Nyskj\xE6ret" - contemporary art - environmental art topics: - Art - Biography - Geography author: '' created_at: '2026-06-01T00:20:51.954412' updated_at: '2026-06-01T02:11:08.535988' sources: - type: url uri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hartley_(artist) format: url_fetch udc_label: Arts, recreation, sports version: '1' --- ## Card: Alex Hartley: British Artist and Discoverer of Nyskjæret Alex Hartley is a British artist born in 1963, known for his participation in the Sensation exhibition and his work with Black Dog Publishing. He gained significant recognition for discovering Nyskjæret, an island in Svalbard revealed by a retreating glacier, during a Cape Farewell Arctic expedition in 2004. His career bridges contemporary art, publishing, and environmental awareness. ## Classification Primary: 7 | Secondary: 71, 03 | Tags: Alex Hartley, British artist, Svalbard, Nyskjæret, contemporary art, environmental art | Topics: Art, Biography, Geography ## Content Alex Hartley (artist) - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Career Toggle Career subsection 1.1 Nowhereisland 2 Awards 3 References 4 External links Toggle the table of contents Alex Hartley (artist) Add languages Add links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia British artist (born 1963) Alex Hartley (born 1963) is a British artist. Career [ edit ] Hartley's artwork was exhibited in Charles Saatchi 's Sensation . With Black Dog Publishing , he produced the architecture/climbing crossover book L.A Climbs in 2004, and the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh published a monograph, Not Part of Your World to coincide with his solo festival exhibition in 2008. Nowhereisland [ edit ] In 2004, whilst participating in a Cape Farewell Arctic expedition, Hartley discovered Nyskjæret, an island about the size of a football field, in the archipelago of Svalbard , a Norwegian territory in the Arctic Ocean . The island had been revealed from within the melting ice of a retreating glacier and Hartley was the first human to stand on it. He originally called it Nymark (meaning 'new land') and the Norwegian Polar Institute has since recognised the island as Nyskjæret and included it on all maps and charts subsequent to its discovery. In September 2011 he returned to the island with permission from the Governor of Svalbard to declare territory from the island a new nation called Nowhereisland . As part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the new nation of Nowhereisland, a floating island, made the journey from the Arctic to Weymouth on the Jurassic Coast and on to Bristol . The island arrived in Weymouth on 25 July 2012 to coincide with the sailing events of the London 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics . Awards [ edit ] 1999: Shortlisted, Citigroup Photography Prize , The Photographers' Gallery , London [ citation needed ] 2015: Coal Prize, Art and Environment [ 1 ] References [ edit ] ^ "PRIX COAL 2015 : COAL" . Retrieved 21 February 2019 . Britânico quer criar uma república no Ártico (Agence France-Presse, in Portuguese) External links [ edit ] Hartley's website Nowhereisland website Artists taking the lead - Alex Hartley Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States Spain Norway Israel Artists ULAN RKD Artists Photographers' Identities Other SNAC Yale LUX This article about an artist from the United Kingdom is a stub . 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