ABOUT
Amanda Vesthardt (DK) brings to the table a unique perspective on costuming the space, creating universes of light, music, texture and colour that are as at home on the body as surrounding it. As a artist Amanda work across multiple disciplines from their origins in fashion and costume to performance, ceramics, installation art and all possible fibre crafts.
Amanda is currently based in Berlin as a part of the Fresh A.I.R. Residency, Funded by Stiftung Berliner Leben. The residency is for 12 month and will focus on textile installations and reused materials and will be exhibithed at Urban Nation Gallery in November 2024.
Amanda Vesthardt (DK) brings to the table a unique perspective on costuming the space, creating universes of light, music, texture and colour that are as at home on the body as surrounding it. As a artist Amanda work across multiple disciplines from their origins in fashion and costume to performance, ceramics, installation art and all possible fibre crafts.
Amanda is currently based in Berlin as a part of the Fresh A.I.R. Residency, Funded by Stiftung Berliner Leben. The residency is for 12 month and will focus on textile installations and reused materials and will be exhibithed at Urban Nation Gallery in November 2024.
Photo: Magnus Gulliksen
CONTACT
contact@amandavesthardt.com
+45 61 60 95 10
+47 923 73 435
@amandavesthardt
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
Prague Quadrennial 2023 Catalogue
contact@amandavesthardt.com
+45 61 60 95 10
+47 923 73 435
@amandavesthardt
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
Prague Quadrennial 2023 Catalogue
WORK EXPERIENCE
(Ongoing) Fresh A.I.R. Residency, Project supported by Stiftung Berliner Leben (Berlin, Germany), 2024
Costume Design, Loop for Chriz Nypan (Oslo, Norway), February 2024
Guest speaker, Fashion Research Symposium 2023, National museum, (Oslo, Norge), September 2023
Workshop with Lydia May Hann, National Museum of Norway (Oslo, Norway), September 2023
Costume Design, The way in is the way out for Chriz Nypan(Oslo, Norway), February 2023
Costume Design, Clepsydra for Victoria Wælgaard (Oslo, Norway), April 2022
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
Internship, Stine Goya, June 2019-September 2019
Costume Assistant and Tailor on the production of "Tryll"CPH Operafestival
Maj 2018-August 2018
Internship, Gøje Rostrup, January 2018-April 2018
Internship, Nicholas Nybro, June 2017-August 2017
Volunteer Aros27 Ambassador, Aros Art Museum
2013-2015
(Ongoing) Fresh A.I.R. Residency, Project supported by Stiftung Berliner Leben (Berlin, Germany), 2024
Costume Design, Loop for Chriz Nypan (Oslo, Norway), February 2024
Guest speaker, Fashion Research Symposium 2023, National museum, (Oslo, Norge), September 2023
Workshop with Lydia May Hann, National Museum of Norway (Oslo, Norway), September 2023
Costume Design, The way in is the way out for Chriz Nypan(Oslo, Norway), February 2023
Costume Design, Clepsydra for Victoria Wælgaard (Oslo, Norway), April 2022
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
Internship, Stine Goya, June 2019-September 2019
Costume Assistant and Tailor on the production of "Tryll"CPH Operafestival
Maj 2018-August 2018
Internship, Gøje Rostrup, January 2018-April 2018
Internship, Nicholas Nybro, June 2017-August 2017
Volunteer Aros27 Ambassador, Aros Art Museum
2013-2015
EXHIBITIONS
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
The bride, the turtle and the jellyfish, group exhibition, Finders keepers (Copenhagen, Denmark), November 2018
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
The bride, the turtle and the jellyfish, group exhibition, Finders keepers (Copenhagen, Denmark), November 2018
ACHIVEMENTS/GRANTS
Granted Stipend for newly graduated students from Arts and Culture Norway 2023
Supported financially during her master studies at KHiO 2021-2023:
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 exchange in Fashion Design, Icelandic Acadamy of Arts
january 2017 - May 2017
Fashion and Textile
The Scandinavian Design College
January 2015 - June 2015
Granted Stipend for newly graduated students from Arts and Culture Norway 2023
Supported financially during her master studies at KHiO 2021-2023:
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 exchange in Fashion Design, Icelandic Acadamy of Arts
january 2017 - May 2017
Fashion and Textile
The Scandinavian Design College
January 2015 - June 2015