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As a multidisciplinary maker and designer, my practice moves fluidly between textile design, costume, film, and interior. Trained in womenswear at Central Saint Martins in London and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts & Design in Copenhagen, I've spent the past fifteen years building experience and a body of work that spans continents and creative disciplines. Originally from Denmark, I am currently based in Belgium, where I co-run the boutique and design studio Vanhille Grubert, I create bespoke textiles and objects, design costumes for performance and film, and accept commissions ranging from large-scale textiles to useful objects. My approach is rooted in natural materials, honoring traditional craft techniques while exploring contemporary applications. Alongside my design practice, I've taught fashion illustration at universities in China, London, and Copenhagen and served as academic leader of the international fashion department at Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, bringing the same philosophy to teaching as to my own work: connecting the handmade with the commercial and the experimental with the concrete.
For enquiries please contact: studio@emiliegrubert.com
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EDUCATION
•Master Degree with distinction from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art & Design 2014
•1st Class honors Bachelor Degree Fashion Design with Women’s Wear Central Saint Martins in London 2008
•Foundation Degree with distinction at Central Saint Martins in London 2003
WORK & EXHIBITIONS
2019- present
•Designer and Co-owner of boutique and design Studio Vanhille Grubert (BE)
•9 meter long plant dyed tablecloth and table design created for Dertien12 (BE)
•'Howard Tangye - A Portrait of an Artist' became part of the collection at the Edinburgh University Library
•Won award and two nominations for 'Best Short Documentary' for 'Howard Tangye - A Portrait of an Artist'
•Cushions designed and produced for Atelier Vierkant's iconic 'Pebble' chair (BE)
•Music video for Peter Albrechtsen 'Alt er dit' (DK)
•Film made for the Belgian ceramics company Atelier Vierkant (BE)
•Moved to Belgium
2016 - 2018
•Academic leader and senior lecturer at Shanghai Institute of Visual Art at DeTao Masters Academy (CN)
•Part of the exhibition ANYBODY Curated by Ane Lynge-Jorlen for European Capital of Culture (DK)
•Visiting fashion illustration teacher at GXNU Academy of Fine Arts (CN)
•Costume designer for Trentemøller music video 'Complicated' (DK)
•Artist residency at Ernst Projects (UK)
•Visiting fashion illustration teacher at the BA at Central Saint Martins - University of the Arts London (UK)
•Moved to Shanghai
2015
•Visiting fashion illustration teacher at Shanghai Institute of Visual Art at DeTao Masters Academy (CN)
•Visiting fashion illustration teacher at the BA at Central Saint Martins - University of the Arts London(UK)
•Visiting teacher in portfolio at the BA at Central Saint Martins - University of the Arts London (UK)
•Produced two large artworks for artists Hesselholdt & Mejlvang for Cultuurcentrum Strombeek (BE)
2014
•Master Degree with distinction from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art & Design (DK)
•Visiting fashion illustration teacher at Shanghai Institute of Visual Art at DeTao Masters Academy (CN)
•Group exhibition CLASH-Resistance in Fashion at HEART - Herning Contemporary Museum of Art (DK)
•Group exhibition at Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center - Nikolaj Kunsthal (DK)
•Group exhibition at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art & Design (DK)
•Costume designer for the show "CUBE" by battleROYAL for Hapag-Lloyd 5 star cruise MS Europa (DE)
•Costume designer for the show "DOVE" by battleROYAL for Hapag-Lloyd 5 star cruise MS Europa (DE)
2013
•Costume designer for artist performance at SCHUNCK Museum of Contemporary Art (NL)
•Regular writer for www.forstyrrelser.dk a platform questioning consumer society (DK)
•Costume designer for 'Me and the Power' at NUART (DK)
•'Desert Sirens' Film collaboration with dancer Christopher Robins and artist Andreas Emenius
exhibited at Schunck Museum of Contemporary Art (NL)
2012
•Costume designer for the film 'Collapsing in parts' by artist Cally Spooner (UK)
•Produced two large patchworks for artists Hesselholdt & Mejlvang for The Art Society Gl. Strand (DK)
•Costume designer for part of Læderhalsene´s 20 year anniversary show (DK)
•Costume designer for 'MONO' at Gawenda (DK)
•Costume designer for 'Oliver Twist' at Theater Galaksen (DK)
•Costume designer for singer Jenny Wilson at art event 'Zittern Pferd' (DK)
•Costume, props and set designer for ‘The End Show’ at NUART (DK)
•Received The Danish Arts Council working grant
2011
•Costume designer for theater Gawenda (DK)
•Founder and organizer of Short Films Event SHORT+KORT- For national/international art film (DK)
•Costume designer for theater TeaterMejeriet (DK)
•Spend 3 months in Singapore
2010
•Costume designer for theater Gawenda (DK)
•Group exhibition at Copenhagen Fashion Week (DK)
•Costume designer for Theater Galaksen in collaboration with tailor Karina Mott (DK)
•Designs showen at Oxford Fashion week (UK)
2009
•Fulltime Fashion design assistant at Susanne Deeken ltd. (UK)
•Costume designer for performance artist Dulcie Joslyn for Becoming Barbara (UK)
2008
•Freelance designer for Mrs. Megan Mittal (UK)
•Freelance designer for Robe di Kappa China at The Design Laboratory of London (UK)
•Group exhibition at Fashion Fair +46 in Stockholm (SE)
•Selected to show graduation collection at Central Saint Martins Press Show (UK)
INTERNSHIPS
•Internship at John Galliano in Paris (FR)
•Studio Manager at Richard Nicoll (UK)
•Internship with designer Charlotte Weiss (DK)
•Internship at film costume designer Manon Rasmussen - Zentropa (DK)
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