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Astrid Ardagh is an artist and filmmaker from Engeløya in 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
- Young Art Amsterdam 2024
- Trafo talent of the year 2022
- Eye on Art Research Lab - the most urgent work 2022
Grants
- Norske Billedkunstnere ettårig arbeidsstipend 2024
- Drømmestipendet 2023
- Samfunnsløftets talentstipend 2022
- Trafo development grant 2022
Exhibitions/screenings
Upcoming
- Lofoten International Arts Festival, Sep
- Nordic Docs, Sep
- Doxs! dokumentarfilme für kinder und jugendliche, November
- Barents Spektakel, Feb
Past
2024
- NAP+, De Wasstraat, Amsterdam, Sep
- Odense International short film festival, Aug
- Braziers International Film Festival, Aug
- Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Aug
- International Islands Film Festival of Groix, Aug
- SBK Sprouts, Arti, Amsterdam, April
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Feb
- Minimalen film festival Trondheim, Jan
- Tromsø International Film Festival, Jan
2023
- Laterna Magica Film festival Vesterålen, Nov
- Rialto for Short, Amsterdam, Nov
- SBK Sprouts Young Talents, Oct
- Suzi and friends: Loods 6, Sep
- Matters of Being: iii Den Haag, 10. Sep
- Hidden in plain sight: Jogja photography festival 9. September
- Arty party: Melkweg, 7. September
- Young Arctic Artists: Rovaniemi, Finland, Aug
- Graduation show: Gerrit Rietveld Academy, July
- Cineradar 5: Melkweg Amsterdam, May
- Parasitting: Neverneverland, 1st April
- Selected Artist’s Moving Image, Eye Museum, 14th March
- Recycled thoughts: Filmhuis Cavia, February
2022
- Cohabitation: Museumnight, Mediamatic, 5th November
- Wildborn, De Bouwput, 31st October - 2nd November
- Wildborn, K30, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, June
- Uncut, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, March
- Cranberryjuice Exhibition/Event, OT301, Amsterdam, March
- Den Nordnorske Kunstutstilling, North Norway, January - December
2021
- On, Neverneverland, Amsterdam, November
- Mikstur, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway, October
- In between the lines, Galleri Skyhågen, North Norway, July
- SPAM, De Bouwput, Amsterdam, June
- Young talent, Contemporary Institiute of Art, London, August 2013
Collections & Distribution
Residency
- Pikene på Broen, Kirkenes, Norway, Oct 2023 & Aug 2024
News
- 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