Henry Fletcher — CV
@henryjf.xyz / @wayfinding.guide
aloealoehenry (at) gmail.com
+44 7532 684 009
Education
University of Akureyri | Masters of Coastal and Marine Management | 2010 | Ísafjörður, Iceland
University of Exeter | Bachelors of Conservation Biology | 2005 | Falmouth, UK
Thomas Prattki Centre | Integral Embodiment & Performance Making | 2024 | Berlin, Germany
Westcountry School of Myth | Romanticism as Activism | 2018 | Dartmoor, UK
Emerson College | Healing Words: International School of Storytelling | 2016 | Forest Row, UK
Kuru Institute of Nature Education | Wilderness Guide Diploma | 2009 | Kuru, Finland
Positions
2024 Arts & Culture Task Team Co-Chair, World Trails Network
2023 Artist, Beach of Dreams, Kinetika, UK
2022 Media Task Team Co-chair, Trails Film Festival, World Trails Network
2019-2022 Author and Project Lead, Walking & Wayfinding in the Westfjords of Iceland
2012-2018 Project Lead, Wildfjords Walking Artist Residency Programme, Iceland
2015-2017 Programme Manager, Food for Life, Soil Association, UK
2014 Wilderness Instructor, The Bushcraft Company, UK
2012-2015 Winter Guide, Aurora Retreat, Sweden
2013 Logistics Manager and Mountain Guide, Rim of Africa, South Africa
2011-2013 Shepherd, Wales & Suffolk, UK
2011 Co-Founder, Site Exploration Arts Skagaströnd Festival, Nes Artist Residency, Iceland
2011 Producer, Merry Meal of Maritime Miscellany, Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival, UK
2010 Events Manager, Wilderness Foundation, London, UK
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2023 Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival, Guidebook Award ($3000)
2021 Kickstarter, Walking and Wayfinding in the Westfjords (£25,000)
2021 Jón Sigurðsson Professorship, University of Iceland (£15,000)
2019 Öll vötn til Dýrafjarðar (£3000)
2015 European Outdoor Conservation Association (£30,000)
2014 Nýsköpunarmiðstöð Íslands (£15,000)
2014 Shinnyo-en Peacebuilding Leadership Fellowship, University of California, Public Service Center ($10,000)
2013 Rannsókna-og nýsköpunarsjóðs V-Barðastrandasýslu (£5000)
2012 Development Fund for Northwest Iceland, Site Exploration Arts Festival, Skagaströnd
public speaking & Podcasts
2024 Trail Stories, Artists Talking Walking, Arts & Culture Task team, World Trails Network
2024 Cairn Cloth, Parkinsons UK, Snape, UK
2023 BBC Radio Suffolk, Sofa Guest
2023 BBC Radio Suffolk, Weaving Dreams
2023 Wayfinding in the Westfjords: A Guide to Walking in Iceland’s Stunning Wilderness, El Camino People Podcast, Episode 77
2023 Walking And Wayfinding In The Westfjords Of Iceland, World Trails Network\
2023 Circle in the Life of a Cairn, Thorpeness, UK
2023 The Art of Walking, Y Circus Magazine
2022 A Book Launch: Wayfindig in the Westfjords, Flateyri Old Bookstore, Iceland
2022 A Book Launch: Wayfindig in the Westfjords, Hrafnseyri Museum, Iceland
2022 A Book Launch: Wayfindig in the Westfjords, Flak, Patreksfjörður, Iceland
2022 A Book Launch: Wayfindig in the Westfjords, Dokkan, Ísafjörður, Iceland
2022 The Freedom to Roam, The Adventure Podcast, Episode 69
2022 The Marlin, A Short Story Podcast, Matt Pycroft, The Adventure Podcast
2022 Wayfinding in the Westfjords, World Trails Network Conference, Skiathos, Greece
2022 Wayfinding in the Westfjords, Environmental Anthropology Department, University of Reykjavik
2018 Wildfjords Pecha Kucha, Royal Geographical Society, Explore Event, London, UK
2018 Wildfjords Pecha Kucha, World Trails Network Conference, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2015 Wildfjords Initiative, Innovation in Coastal and Marine Tourism, University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland
2014 Wild Journeys, Woodbridge Community Centre, Suffolk, UK
2013 In Skin, An Exhibition of Lambing, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, UK