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Astrid Ardagh is an artist and filmmaker from Northern Norway, with a Bachelor's in Moving Image from Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Her site-specific work delves into the interconnected relationship between people and their environment in a rapidly changing world. By merging her interest in anthropology and aesthetic storytelling, her films become immersive and sensory experiences that transcend traditional human-centred perspectives. Ardagh's short films have been screened at acclaimed festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand and Kortfilmfestivalen in Grimstad, as well as galleries and art museums such as Kristiansand Kunsthall, the Eye Film Museum and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Awards/Nominations
- Arctic Film Festival: Best Norwegain Production
- Honorary Mention: Best Nordic Doc: Minimalen Short Film Festival
- Honorary Mention: Doxs! dokumentarfilme für kinder
- Young Art Amsterdam 2024
- Trafo talent of the year 2022
- Eye on Art Research Lab - the most urgent work 2022
Grants
- Young Amsterdam Art Support
- Norske Billedkunstnere ettårig arbeidsstipend 2024
- Drømmestipendet 2023
- Samfunnsløftets talentstipend 2022
- Trafo development grant 2022
Exhibitions/screenings
Upcoming
2025
- Eye on Art: Selected Artists Moving Image, NL, Feb
- Barents Spektakel, NO, Feb
- The North Norwegain Art Exhibition, NO, Jan
- Minimalen Short Film Festival, NO, Jan
- Tromsø International Film Festival, NO, Jan
2024
- Experimental Superstars, SER, Nov
- Doxs! dokumentarfilme für kinder, GER, Nov
- Le Lierre Parapluie, FR, Oct
- Lofoten International Arts Festival, NO, Sep-Oct
- Nordic Docs, Norway, NO, Sep
- NAP+, De Wasstraat, NL, Sep
- Odense International short film festival, DK, Aug
- Braziers International Film Festival, UK, Aug
- Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, USA, Aug
- International Islands Film Festival of Groix, FR, Aug
- Cervino Cinemountain, ITLY, Jul
- SBK Sprouts, Arti, NL, April
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, FR, Feb
- Minimalen film festival, NO, Jan
- Tromsø International Film Festival, NO, Jan
2023
- Laterna Magica Film festival, NO, Nov
- Rialto for Short, NL, Nov
- SBK Sprouts Young Talents, NL, Oct
- Suzi and friends: Loods 6, NL, Sep
- Matters of Being: iii, NL, Sep
- Hidden in plain sight: Jogja photography festival, INDO, Sep
- Arty party: Melkweg, NL, Aug
- Young Arctic Artists: Rovaniemi, FI, Aug
- Graduation show: Gerrit Rietveld Academy, NL, Jul
- Cineradar 5: Melkweg, NL, May
- Parasitting: Neverneverland, NL, April
- Selected Artist’s Moving Image, Eye Museum, NL, Mar
- Recycled thoughts: Filmhuis Cavia, NL Feb
2022
- Wildborn, K30, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, NL, June
- The Norwegain Short film festival, NO, June
-
Go Short filmfestival, NL, Apr
- Uncut, Stedelijk Museum, NL, Mar
- Cranberryjuice Exhibition/Event, OT301, NL, Mar
- Tromsø International Film Festival, NO, Jan
- Den Nordnorske Kunstutstilling, NO, Jan - Dec
2021
- On, Neverneverland, NL, Nov
- Mikstur, Kristiansand Kunsthall, NO, Oct
- In between the lines, Galleri Skyhågen, NO, July
- SPAM, De Bouwput, NL, June
- Young talent, Contemporary Institiute of Art, UK, August 2013
Collections & Distribution
Residency
- Pikene på Broen, Kirkenes, Norway, Oct 2023 & Aug 2024
News
- Kunstkritikk
- ArtMatter.DK
- The Art Newspaper
- Filmkrant.nl
- Lost painters
- Cultuurpers
- Het Parool
- Eye film magazine
- Rushprint
- Drømmestipendet, Avisa Nordsalten 2023
- Avisa Nordland 2023
- Talentstipendet, Avisa Nordland 2022
- Trafo award 2022
- Avisa Nordland interview 2022
- Nordsalten Avis interview 2022
- Trafo Profile 2022
- Et unikt møtested: Avisa Nordland 2021
CV
email: astridardagh@icloud.com
Portfolio