ABOUT
Amanda Vesthardt (b. 1993, Denmark) is a multidisciplinary/visual artist, with a focus on textile and fiber art. Coming from a background in fashion, she often explores various facets of textile waste and our relationship to objects. Over the past few years, she has become very interested in the relationship between our bodies and the textiles we wear. She has been exploring these notions through installation artworks and textiles within space. The concept of “costumes for the space” is a series of projects in which she researches and experiments with different themes such as our emotional connection to objects, tactile experiences, and storytelling through non-verbal communication like dance and performance. These projects are often executed in collaboration with other artists or designers to implement new perspectives.
Most of Amanda’s work is based on the arts and crafts of textiles, involving various techniques such as knitting, tufting, sewing, embroidery, and patchwork. Handcrafting artworks and experimenting with new approaches are constant threads that run through all her works.
Amanda is currently based in Oslo
Amanda Vesthardt (b. 1993, Denmark) is a multidisciplinary/visual artist, with a focus on textile and fiber art. Coming from a background in fashion, she often explores various facets of textile waste and our relationship to objects. Over the past few years, she has become very interested in the relationship between our bodies and the textiles we wear. She has been exploring these notions through installation artworks and textiles within space. The concept of “costumes for the space” is a series of projects in which she researches and experiments with different themes such as our emotional connection to objects, tactile experiences, and storytelling through non-verbal communication like dance and performance. These projects are often executed in collaboration with other artists or designers to implement new perspectives.
Most of Amanda’s work is based on the arts and crafts of textiles, involving various techniques such as knitting, tufting, sewing, embroidery, and patchwork. Handcrafting artworks and experimenting with new approaches are constant threads that run through all her works.
Amanda is currently based in Oslo
Photo: Magnus Gulliksen
CONTACT
contact@amandavesthardt.com
+47 923 73 435
+45 61 60 95 10
@amandavesthardt
Amanda is a member of the the Norwegian Association for Craft Artists(Norske Kunsthåndværkere)
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
Prague Quadrennial 2023 Catalogue
24 Hemmeligheder 2024 review by Børn i Byen
contact@amandavesthardt.com
+47 923 73 435
+45 61 60 95 10
@amandavesthardt
Amanda is a member of the the Norwegian Association for Craft Artists(Norske Kunsthåndværkere)
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
Prague Quadrennial 2023 Catalogue
24 Hemmeligheder 2024 review by Børn i Byen
EXPERIENCE
(selected projects listed, for more info about previous experience in art, textile, installation, costume or fashion, please contact me)
Workshop(KS3) at Young V&A Museum for local schools(London, UK), October - December 2025
Designer in the Shed, Young V&A Museum(London, UK) September 2025 - March 2026
Workshops with Lydia May Hann, several locations in Shetland supported by Shetland Arts(Shetland, UK), July - August 2025
Stuffed Animal Technician, The Piles we Carry for Yu Shuk Pui Bobby at UKS (Oslo, Norway) March - May 2025
Guest teacher & Backstage manager, graduation show MA/BA for Fashion and Costume KHiO(Oslo, Norway) March - April 2025
Embroidery Technician, for 1010 Tekstiltrykkeri(Oslo, Norway) January - September 2025
Fresh A.I.R. Residency, Project supported by Stiftung Berliner Leben (Berlin, Germany), January - December 2024
Guest teacher, for Design department at KHiO(Oslo, Norway) October 2025
Costume Design, Loop for Chriz Nypan (Oslo, Norway), February 2024
Guest speaker, Fashion Research Symposium 2023, National museum, (Oslo, Norge), September 2023
Workshop host with Lydia May Hann, National Museum of Norway (Oslo, Norway), September 2023
Artist, group project ”Connecting Wool” research, KHiO and Tama Art University, March - september 2023
Performer, Sensuous Governing for Sister’s Hope at The Fringe Festival(Edinburgh, Scotland) August 2024
Costume Design, The way in is the way out for Chriz Nypan(Oslo, Norway), February 2023
Designer, Capsule collection designed and produced with Tinna Bigum in collaboration with the Salvation Army Secondhand, September 2020 - July 2021
Designer and owner, Bitchcraft Accessories, May 2020 - Ongoing
Set Designer/Visual Artist, Horse Inside Out for Wunderlan, October 2019-January 2020
(selected projects listed, for more info about previous experience in art, textile, installation, costume or fashion, please contact me)
Workshop(KS3) at Young V&A Museum for local schools(London, UK), October - December 2025
Designer in the Shed, Young V&A Museum(London, UK) September 2025 - March 2026
Workshops with Lydia May Hann, several locations in Shetland supported by Shetland Arts(Shetland, UK), July - August 2025
Stuffed Animal Technician, The Piles we Carry for Yu Shuk Pui Bobby at UKS (Oslo, Norway) March - May 2025
Guest teacher & Backstage manager, graduation show MA/BA for Fashion and Costume KHiO(Oslo, Norway) March - April 2025
Embroidery Technician, for 1010 Tekstiltrykkeri(Oslo, Norway) January - September 2025
Fresh A.I.R. Residency, Project supported by Stiftung Berliner Leben (Berlin, Germany), January - December 2024
Guest teacher, for Design department at KHiO(Oslo, Norway) October 2025
Costume Design, Loop for Chriz Nypan (Oslo, Norway), February 2024
Guest speaker, Fashion Research Symposium 2023, National museum, (Oslo, Norge), September 2023
Workshop host with Lydia May Hann, National Museum of Norway (Oslo, Norway), September 2023
Artist, group project ”Connecting Wool” research, KHiO and Tama Art University, March - september 2023
Performer, Sensuous Governing for Sister’s Hope at The Fringe Festival(Edinburgh, Scotland) August 2024
Costume Design, The way in is the way out for Chriz Nypan(Oslo, Norway), February 2023
Designer, Capsule collection designed and produced with Tinna Bigum in collaboration with the Salvation Army Secondhand, September 2020 - July 2021
Designer and owner, Bitchcraft Accessories, May 2020 - Ongoing
Set Designer/Visual Artist, Horse Inside Out for Wunderlan, October 2019-January 2020
EXHIBITIONS
Showcase, Solo exhibition, Young V&A Museum(London,UK), February 2026
Felt, collaboration with Lydia May Hann and supported by Shetland Arts, Mareel (Lerwick, UK) September 2025 - August 2026
Hands of the Imposter, Unsupervised play group exhibition, Urban nation gallery(Berlin, Germany), Novemer 2024-March 2025
Axiom, 24 Hemmeligheder group exhibition, ZeBu theatre(Copenhagen, Denmark), November-December 2024
Connection Wool, group exhibition, International Fashion Research library (Oslo, Norway), September 2023
Daisy, group exhibition, Pop-Up Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark), August 2023
Axiom, exhibiting at Prague Quadrenrial (Prague, Czech Repulic), June 2023
Shepherds’s Bridge, commisioned work in collaboration with Lydia May Hann, National museum of Norway (Oslo, Norway) May -September 2023
The Bathroom//Water in Motion, Performance, KHiO (Oslo, Norway), May 2023
Water standing still, solo exhibition, KHiO (Oslo, Norway), April 2023
Connecting Wool, group exhibition at the Norwegian Embassy (Tokyo, Japan), March 2023
Horse Inside Out, artistic work for Wunderland, Reykjavik Art museum (Reykjavik, Iceland), November 2022
Axiom, solo exhibition, KHiO (Oslo, Norway), October 2022
Axiom(research), group exhibition, International Fashion Research library (Oslo, Norway), June 2021
Axiom, group exhibition, Collective Illusion Festival, KHiO (Oslo, Norway), May 2022
Horse Inside Out, artistic work for Wunderland, Art Center Ahjo (Joensuu, Finland), September 2021
White Shirts, group exhibition, Carpark Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark), June 2021
Daisy, group exhibition, Output (Aarhus, Denmark), June 2021
Horse Inside Out, artistic work for Wunderland, Aros Art Museum (Aarhus, Denmark), Januar 2020
Showcase, Solo exhibition, Young V&A Museum(London,UK), February 2026
Felt, collaboration with Lydia May Hann and supported by Shetland Arts, Mareel (Lerwick, UK) September 2025 - August 2026
Hands of the Imposter, Unsupervised play group exhibition, Urban nation gallery(Berlin, Germany), Novemer 2024-March 2025
Axiom, 24 Hemmeligheder group exhibition, ZeBu theatre(Copenhagen, Denmark), November-December 2024
Connection Wool, group exhibition, International Fashion Research library (Oslo, Norway), September 2023
Daisy, group exhibition, Pop-Up Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark), August 2023
Axiom, exhibiting at Prague Quadrenrial (Prague, Czech Repulic), June 2023
Shepherds’s Bridge, commisioned work in collaboration with Lydia May Hann, National museum of Norway (Oslo, Norway) May -September 2023
The Bathroom//Water in Motion, Performance, KHiO (Oslo, Norway), May 2023
Water standing still, solo exhibition, KHiO (Oslo, Norway), April 2023
Connecting Wool, group exhibition at the Norwegian Embassy (Tokyo, Japan), March 2023
Horse Inside Out, artistic work for Wunderland, Reykjavik Art museum (Reykjavik, Iceland), November 2022
Axiom, solo exhibition, KHiO (Oslo, Norway), October 2022
Axiom(research), group exhibition, International Fashion Research library (Oslo, Norway), June 2021
Axiom, group exhibition, Collective Illusion Festival, KHiO (Oslo, Norway), May 2022
Horse Inside Out, artistic work for Wunderland, Art Center Ahjo (Joensuu, Finland), September 2021
White Shirts, group exhibition, Carpark Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark), June 2021
Daisy, group exhibition, Output (Aarhus, Denmark), June 2021
Horse Inside Out, artistic work for Wunderland, Aros Art Museum (Aarhus, Denmark), Januar 2020
ACHIVEMENTS/GRANTS
Granted stipend from Blixfonden for young Danish and/or Norwegian artists.
Granted 6-months residecy at Yound V&A museum funded by the Danish Art Council 2025-2026
Granted 11-month fully funded artist residency in Berlin by Stiftung Berliner Leben 2024
Granted Stipend for newly graduated students from Arts and Culture Norway 2023
Supported financially during her master studies at KHiO 2021-2023 by:
Nordea fonden, Le KLint fonden, the Reiersenske fond and the Ingwesenske fond
Nominated for DesignTalent 2017 Danish Entrepreneurship Award, November 2017
Nominated for Best Sustainable Design, Finders Keepers x Yume Sustainablility, November 2018
EDUCATION
Master in Fashion and Costume Design
Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
2021-2023
Bachelor in Fashion Design, Designschool Kolding
2015 - 2018
Bachelor Erasmus exchange in Fashion Design, Icelandic Acadamy of Arts
january 2017 - May 2017
Granted stipend from Blixfonden for young Danish and/or Norwegian artists.
Granted 6-months residecy at Yound V&A museum funded by the Danish Art Council 2025-2026
Granted 11-month fully funded artist residency in Berlin by Stiftung Berliner Leben 2024
Granted Stipend for newly graduated students from Arts and Culture Norway 2023
Supported financially during her master studies at KHiO 2021-2023 by:
Nordea fonden, Le KLint fonden, the Reiersenske fond and the Ingwesenske fond
Nominated for DesignTalent 2017 Danish Entrepreneurship Award, November 2017
Nominated for Best Sustainable Design, Finders Keepers x Yume Sustainablility, November 2018
EDUCATION
Master in Fashion and Costume Design
Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
2021-2023
Bachelor in Fashion Design, Designschool Kolding
2015 - 2018
Bachelor Erasmus exchange in Fashion Design, Icelandic Acadamy of Arts
january 2017 - May 2017