ásta vilhelmína
Ásta Vilhelmína Guðmundsdóttir is an iceland based artist and fashion designer. Ásta´s artworks and designs are often inspired by the ever changing Icelandic nature. Her creations are as rustic and contrasting as the Icelandic storms and eruptions - yet dreamlike at the same time. Ásta´s works evoke a strong bond with nature, bordering on the savage and the mythical. Ásta studied in Germany and has been designing for her own fashion label since the year 2000. For the last few years, Ásta has been expressing herself more and more with installations and sculptures. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, symposiums and residencies in Iceland and abroad.
2019
Dreggjar _ remains of a stay Exhibition with Soffía Sæmundsdóttir in Sittart Gallerie Dusseldorf Germany
Body installation witn Butoh master Mushimaru Fuijeda and musician Aya Ogawa and Hallvarður Ásgeirsson Mengi Reykjavík
Solo Exhibition Hrafnaspark Herbergið Kirsuberjatréð Reykjavík
2018
Participation in Art Camp in Gapa island of Jeju South Korea. Performances, Installations etc.
Collaboration with Gio Ju Performance artist from South Korea; Seaweed and history in Eyrarbakki Iceland.
Working with the Butoh master Mushimaru Fujieda from Japan in connection with the exhibition “Ocean Threads” in Eyrarbakki Iceland.
“Marþræðir / Ocean Threads” Solo exhibition in Heritage Museum in Eyrarbakki Iceland.
“With Without” Exhibition during Design March “Thread of Settlement & Design”
“Crossover” 3 day performance with Ragna Fróða during Design March in “Hanging by thread” Korpúlfsstaðir Reykjavík.
2017
"Freedom" "Embrace" Anarchy Art Group exhibition Yogyakarta Indonesia.
Jeju International Experimental Arts Festival. Scenery, body installations and performances.
"After the rain" .Textile group exhibition "Everyday Matter" Textile museum Boras Sweden.
Participation in "International Open Arts Project" Busan South Korea. Group exhibition and performances. "Wing Wings" "Natural Force" "Pawing the air"
"Nature including us ..us including nature". Group exhibition, the Textile Guild of Iceland during Design March Reykjavík. Exhibitor and curator.
Participation Green Week fashion show at Copenhagen Business School.
2016
Installation in Marija and Jurgis Slapelius House Museum in Vilnius Lithuania. "Universality" a collaboration with Takuya Komaba.
Installation " Nature force" Flóra Akureyri Iceland.
Installation "Light" in a group exhibition High Tide, with the Textile Guild of Iceland during Design March Reykjavík. Exhibitor and curator.
2015
Kirsuberjatréð Reykjavík Exhibition "Once there was a thread"
Installation in ano ano galerie Tokyo Japan. "Rippling" Sazanami" a collaboration with Takuya Komaba
Edible Fashion Workshop in ano ano galerie Tokyo Japan
"My Mothers My Nature" Group exhibition Twist, with the Textile Guild of Iceland during Design March Reykjavík. Exhibitor and curator.
Installation "Tutu" Aurum Reykjavík
20
2014
Abiko International Open Air Art Exhibition Japan Installation “Fluctuation” collaboration with Takuya Komaba
Installation “Life Cycle” Art Project “Letter from Fukushima” Fukushima Japan
Installations “Shining” and “On my Path” and performance Busan South Korea
Art Innature International Art Festival
Installation Copenhagen Denmark
Dress of Tears Project London England
Group Exhibition “Tölt” Nordic house Reykjavík Iceland
Working as staff during Fresh Winds in Garður International Art Symposium
2013
“Spider Queen” Exhibition Art Studio Dungeon Tokyo Japan collaboration with Ayumi Tonokura
Abiko International Open Air Art Exhibition Japan Installation “Melting”
Solo Exhibition in Reykjavík Iceland “Sea Créatures”
Solo Exhibition Installation in Vestmannaeyjar Iceland “Blóðrauður”
“Tölt” Group Exhibition Fellshus Berlin Germany
Performance "The knitted hourse" with Ragna Fróðadóttir
“Earthlings” InstallationArtist Residency Full Bloom Pont du Montvert France
Installation “Eldrauður” Reykjavík Iceland
2012
Installation Cultural Night Copenhagen Denmark
“Dancing to the sound of the trees” Installation View Equinox International Art Symposium Lithuania
Fresh Winds International Art Symposium Iceland Installation
NICE Fashion Summit Fashion competition Opera House Copenhagen Denmark
“Stormfiðri” Installation Reykjavík Iceland
2011
Installation Cultural Night Copenhagen Denmark
Exhibition “At the Seashore” Akureyri Iceland collaboration with Mireya Samper
“Randsharf” Design in Island Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt Germany
2010
Fresh Winds International Art Symposium Iceland Installation “Unconsiousness”
Fashion Show Cultural Night Copenhagen Denmark
Design March Reykjavík Iceland
2009
Fashion Show Riga Latvia
2007
“Icelandic Fashion and Design-Inspired Nature” Fellshus Nordic Embassies Berlin Germany
2006
“Icelandic Fashion” Group Exhibition National Center for Cultural Heritage Reykjavík Iceland
“Fashion and Design from Iceland” Group Exhibition Museum of Applied Art Cologne Germany
2005
Cultural Night Copenhagen Denmark Fashion Show
2004
Nomination for “Den Nordiske Design Pris Ginen” Copenhagen Denmark
2001
Textil Exhibition Carfts and Design Reykjavik Iceland
2000-2009
Designing for own label ásta créative clothes presenting on different Fashion Weeks,
Paris, Copenhagen and New York attending several Fashion Shows
2000
Starting of own label “ásta créative clothes”
Reykjavik Cultural City Fashion Show
EXPO Hannover Germany design for the icelandic exhibition
1999
Organizing Festival Vestmannaeyjar Iceland
1998
Costum design “Evita” Opera Reykjavík Iceland
1997
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Stuttgart Germany with major emphasis on performance and theater
1990
Graduation from Fachhochschule fur Gestaltung Pforzheim Germany Fashion Design
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Ásta Vilhelmína Guðmundsdóttir
Artist and designer
Skúlagata 32
101 Reykjavik, Iceland
Brand ; ásta créative clothes
asta@astaclothes.is
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