Caroline Vitzthum

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Born in Salzburg, AT. Lives and works in Oxford, UK.


Education

2022-2023        
Master of Fine Art, The Ruskin School of Art & Exeter College, University of Oxford, UK (Distinction) 

2017-2020        
Bachelor (Hons) Contemporary Arts Practice, Bath Spa University, UK (Distinction) 

2015-2016           
Masterclass Haute Couture Tailoring, Viennese School of Tailoring, Herbststrasse, Vienna, AT (Distinction)

2013-2015
Diploma in Bespoke Tailoring, Viennese School of Tailoring, Herbststrasse, Vienna, AT (Distinction)                                                                 

Solo Shows & Screenings


2024 (upcoming)
Sphagnum Portraits, film screening, Peatlands, People & Nature, IUCN UK Peatland Programme conference, Aviemore, UK

2024 (upcoming)
Moss: The Story of Sphagnum, solo exhibition and public-engagement programme, Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum, UK

2023
Endling, film screening, Observed Ecologies, Rogue Project Space, Manchester, UK

2023
Endling, film screening, LOCAL/GLOBAL Communities of Care, Stroud Film Festival, UK

2023 
Endling, film screening, Moving Images Cinema Caravan, Alchemy Film and Arts Festival, Hawick, Scottish Borders, UK

2022 
Endling, film screening, Braziers Park International Film Festival, Oxfordshire, UK

2021
Endling, film screening, Somerset Film at The Engine Room, Bridgwater, UK 

2019                       
but what about dinosaurs?, collaborative installation, Walcot Chapel, Bath, UK

2019                       
The Jungle, installation, First Floor Flat, Bath, UK

2018                       
Gainsborough and the Theatre, performance, The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK

2018                       
Untitled, installation, First Floor Flat, Bath, UK


Group Shows

2023-2024 
Systems of Support, group exhibition, Salzburger Kunstverein, AT

2023
Ruskin Master of Fine Art Degree Show, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, UK

2022                       
Make Interspecies Relations, online library platform, Nextdoor ARI, AU

2021                       
The Bath Open Art Prize Exhibition, 44AD, Bath, UK

2021                       
Graduate Fellows Exhibition, Test Space, Spike Island, Bristol, UK

2021                       
To Continue, group exhibition, Bargehouse OXO Tower Wharf, London, UK

2021                       
Cubiculum Obscurum #2, performance, Hatch, Langport, UK

2020                       
Cubiculum Obscurum #1, performance, Centre of Gravity, Soapworks, Bristol, UK

2020                       
Really//Real, Fringe Arts Bath, virtual exhibition space 

2020                       
Virtual Degree Show, Bath Spa University, UK

2020                       
The Porthleven Prize Winners Exhibition, Old Lifeboat House, Porthleven, UK

2019                  
In the Offing, Michael Pennie Gallery, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK

2018                      
An Arrangemen of Whites, Summeracademy, Salzburg, AT 

2018                       
Inventory of Behaviours, group performance, Tate Modern, London, UK               


Curatorial Projects

2024 (current
Moss: The Story of Sphagnum, solo exhibition and public-engagement programme, Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum, UK

2023-    
Braziers International Film Festival, co-curation, Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research, Ipsden, UK

2022
The Ruskin Film Screening Programme, co-curation, The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, UK

2021                        
Spike Island Open Studios, co-curating online programme, Spike Island, Bristol, UK

2020                       
Off Stage, co-curating a series of performances, Centre of Gravity, Soapworks, Bristol, UK

2020                      
The Viennese Salon, facilitating stage for artistic experimentation, AUT/UK


Artistic Research

2021-                       
Speaking Sphagnum, collaborative research project, various media and locations 

2021                      
From Soil to Weave, cultivation of fibre flax, Langport, UK

2021
Holobiont, collaborative research project in partnership with The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, GB


Artist Talks & Public-Engagement

2024 (upcoming)
Moss for the future, creative workshop, Peatlands, People & Nature, IUCN UK Peatland Programme conference, Aviemore, UK

2024
RE-PEAT, workshop and letter exchange with Wood Farm Primary School & Lye Valley Nature Reserve, Oxford, UK

2022
Colonial Botany, research seminar, The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, UK

2022
Flowerpot Podcast, artist interview, The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, GB

2022                        
Seanchas, in-conversation event, Artmaps Argyll, Scotland, UK

2021                        
From Soil to Weave, artist talk, Centre for Print Research, Bristol, UK

2021                        
Holobiont, collaborative event series in partnership with Studio Cennen and The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, GB

2021                        
The Creative Network, series of talks, Somerset Film at The Engine Room, Bridgwater, UK

2021                        
The Resilience Reading Circle, reading and discussion group, Leigh Woods, Bristol, UK

2021                        
Holobiont, collaborative podcast, Spike Island Open Studios, Bristol, UK

2021                        
Hosting reading event with Natasha McVoy and Carol Laidler, Spike Island Open Studios, Bristol, UK

2021                        
Holobiont, reading and discussion group, Spike Island Associates programme, Bristol, UK

2021                        
Alumni Talk, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK


Awards & Fellowships

2022-2023                   
Slade Bursary, Faculty of History, University of Oxford, UK

2021                        
The Bath Open Art Prize (shortlisted), UK

2020-2021                   
Spike Island Graduate Fellowship, Bristol, UK 

2020                        
The Bath Spa Outstanding Contemporary Arts Practice Student Prize, Bath Spa University, UK

2019                        
The Porthleven Prize, UK

2015                        
Young Austrian Fashion Talent Award, AT


Residencies

2022                        
Artist in Residence, Artmaps Argyll, Scotland, UK

2022                        
Artist in Residence, TUOTUO, Joutsa, FI                    

2022                        
Artist in Residence, The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, GB

2021                        
Artist in Residence, Somerset Film at The Engine Room, Bridgwater, UK

2019                        
The Porthleven Prize Residency, Cornwall, UK


Social & Other Engagement

2024-
Volunteering work at Lye Valley Nature Reserve, peatland conservation site, Oxford, UK

2024-
Part-time role, Education Convenor at Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research, Ipsden, UK

2023-2024
School of Climate Change, Oxford Climate Society, UK

2024-
Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research, active associate member, Ipsden, UK

2022-2023
The Ruskin School of Art, Master of Fine Art Student Representative, University of Oxford, UK

2022-
SOLU Bioart Society, member, Helsinki, FI

2022-
British Bryological Society, member, UK

2021-
Plantlife: The Wild Plant Conservation Charity, member, UK

2021- 
The National Botanic Garden of Wales, member, Llanarthne, GB

2020- 
Spike Island International Centre for Contemporary Art, associate member, Bristol, UK


Press

2023 
Wenn Kunst zum Geschenk wird, work featured in newspaper article, Salzburger Nachrichten, December 2023

2023
Interview for local television as part of the Systems of Support exhibition opening at Salzburger Kunstverein (AT), December 2023

2022
Make Interspecies Relations: Between the Digital and the Dirt, work featured in art review by Matilda McIntosh, September 2022