Painter Johannes Sveinsson Kjarval was raised at farm Geitavik, but he spent his youth in Borgarfjordur east.  He was 5 years old when he moved from county Meddalland in the South, where he was born, to the Borgarfjordur area.

The Gallery Kjarvalsstofa in the Cultural Community Centre endeavours to present "Joi from Geitavik", as he was called.  He revolutionized the country's art history, and is most definately the country's most beloved painter.

During his adult life, he spent many summers in the East to paint Mts Dyrfjoll and the colourful landscapes of Borgarfjordur east and its vicinity.  He painted the altarpiece of the Bakkagerdi church in 1914.  It was, and still is, the hamlet's most precious property.  Most visitors of this area pay the church a visit to see it.

The Galley tells the story of the altarpiece and all the heads he painted.  He sketched the faces of most of his compatriots in the area in 1926.  The exhibition connects them in a unique way to the present.