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Caroline Vitzthum is an interdisciplinary artist working with performance, textiles, social practice, and film. Her works are created in close collaboration with environmental charities, scientists, and community groups to address climate change. Her particular interest in bryology (study of mosses) and peatlands is explored in her long-time work titled Speaking Sphagnum, a project initiated in 2021 during a three-month artist residency at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Coming to peatlands from a background in bespoke tailoring, Caroline is interested in the interlacing of multi-species relationships and the observation of ecological processes through a microscopic lens.
Caroline has gained her first degree at a traditional bespoke tailoring school in Vienna, followed by a one-year masterclass specialised on haute couture tailoring. In 2020, she completed her BA (Hons) in Contemporary Arts Practice at Bath Spa University and was subsequently awarded a 12-month Graduate Fellowship at Spike Island in Bristol. She is the recipient of the 2022/23 Slade Bursary, awarded by the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford. In 2023, Caroline graduated from the University of Oxford, where she completed a Master of Fine Art degree at The Ruskin School of Art and Exeter College.