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Caroline Vitzthum

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Caroline Vitzthum is a UK-based peatland artist whose practice spans performance, social practice, and film. Working in close collaboration with environmental charities, scientists, and community groups, her work addresses urgent questions around climate change, ecological care, and more-than-human relationships.

Her practice has been engaged with peatlands since 2021, exploring peatland ecology, cultural perception, and the people and communities who help protect them. This focus began during a three-month residency at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, where she worked with a rare 19th-century Sphagnum moss herbarium. Since then, her peatland-based practice has developed across performance, social practice, and film.

Since 2024, Caroline has been a member and project coordinator with RE-PEAT, an international youth-led organisation advocating for peatland justice through art, activism, and peatland education. Since January 2026, she has served as a committee member of the Venice Agreement on Peatlands, where she represents RE-PEAT within a global network of peatland custodians, artists, scientists, Indigenous leaders, and community practitioners. Together with the Organising Committee, she recently co-organised the Third Biennial International Workshop of the Venice Agreement on Peatlands, held in the papyrus wetlands of Nam Lolwe / Lake Victoria, Kenya, from 2–5 June 2026.

In July 2026, Caroline was selected as one of four commissioned artists for Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Flagship Peatlands project, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Focusing on Foulshaw Moss and Skiddaw Forest in Cumbria, the project brings together peatland restoration, public engagement, and increased access to these important and threatened landscapes.

Caroline began her training at a bespoke tailoring school in Vienna, followed by a one-year masterclass in haute couture tailoring. In 2020, she completed a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Arts Practice at Bath Spa University and was subsequently awarded a 12-month Graduate Fellowship at Spike Island, Bristol. She was the recipient of the 2022–23 Slade Bursary, awarded by the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford. In 2023, she graduated from the University of Oxford with a Master of Fine Art degree from The Ruskin School of Art and Exeter College. Caroline currently lives and works in Oxford, UK.