BIO
Amanda Vesthardt (b. 1993, Denmark) is a multidisciplinary/visual artist, with a focus on textile and fiber art, with a Masters degree from Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2023, where she was awarded the Newly Graduated art stipend. In the last three years she have been selected to participated in Prague Quadrennial, been commissioned, with her colleague Lydia May Hann, to create a artwork for the National Museum of Norway. She was in 2024 selected for Fresh A.I.R in Berlin, which is a 11 month artist residency funded by Stiftung Berliner Leben and in 2025/2026 she was selected for a 6 month residency in Young Victoria & Albert museum in London, which was funded by Danish Arts Foundation.
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.
She is currently based in Oslo, Norway and works on her artistic textile practice, but has also stepped into a educational relation, most recently working on a projects with UKS and Framtiden I Vår Hender developing workshops for kids with a focus on recycled textile and creative confidence.
Amanda Vesthardt (b. 1993, Denmark) is a multidisciplinary/visual artist, with a focus on textile and fiber art, with a Masters degree from Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2023, where she was awarded the Newly Graduated art stipend. In the last three years she have been selected to participated in Prague Quadrennial, been commissioned, with her colleague Lydia May Hann, to create a artwork for the National Museum of Norway. She was in 2024 selected for Fresh A.I.R in Berlin, which is a 11 month artist residency funded by Stiftung Berliner Leben and in 2025/2026 she was selected for a 6 month residency in Young Victoria & Albert museum in London, which was funded by Danish Arts Foundation.
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.
She is currently based in Oslo, Norway and works on her artistic textile practice, but has also stepped into a educational relation, most recently working on a projects with UKS and Framtiden I Vår Hender developing workshops for kids with a focus on recycled textile and creative confidence.
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
24 Hemmeligheder 2024 review by Børn i Byen
Prague Quadrennial 2023 Catalogue
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
24 Hemmeligheder 2024 review by Børn i Byen
Prague Quadrennial 2023 Catalogue
EXPERIENCE
(selected projects listed, for more info about previous experience in art, textile, installation, costume or fashion, please contact me)
(upcoming) Workshops with UKS & Framtiden i Vår Hender (Oslo, Norway) October 2026
(ongoing) Norweigian representative on Threads project, focus on textile art with recyled materials, co-funded by European Union(Oslo, Norway) June - October 2026
Guest speaker, Presenting my artistic practice at Fresh A.I.R(Berlin, Germany) July 2026
Guest teacher & speaker, Presenting my artistic practice at Esmod & giving feedback on student work(Oslo, Norway) April 2026
Designer in the Shed, Young V&A Museum(London, UK) September 2025 - March 2026
Workshop(KS3) at Young V&A Museum for local schools(London, UK), October - December 2025
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 Panel talk, 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)
(upcoming) Workshops with UKS & Framtiden i Vår Hender (Oslo, Norway) October 2026
(ongoing) Norweigian representative on Threads project, focus on textile art with recyled materials, co-funded by European Union(Oslo, Norway) June - October 2026
Guest speaker, Presenting my artistic practice at Fresh A.I.R(Berlin, Germany) July 2026
Guest teacher & speaker, Presenting my artistic practice at Esmod & giving feedback on student work(Oslo, Norway) April 2026
Designer in the Shed, Young V&A Museum(London, UK) September 2025 - March 2026
Workshop(KS3) at Young V&A Museum for local schools(London, UK), October - December 2025
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 Panel talk, 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