Norway

www.vildeeskedal.com

@vilde.eskedal

Residency period: November 2026

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Vilde Eskedal is a visual artist and PhD candidate at the University of Agder whose artistic research investigates the visceral ambivalence between attraction and repulsion, the organic and the synthetic. Grounded in feminist new materialism, the practice is shaped around materials and their will and agency. Using found objects, plastic debris, organic materials such as wool and clay combined with construction materials, the sculptures germinate into hybrid plastic organisms.
The works also draw upon the artist’s own health. Following several surgeries for endometriosis, she has become increasingly preoccupied with trypophobic elements – patterns featuring small holes, irregularities, or clusters of bubbles that can evoke a strong sense of discomfort or revulsion in many people. In her creative process, Eskedal explores the connections between the porous body, microplastics, and inflammation, and how something can be perceived as beautiful even as it poisons our bodies and the world around us.

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