Basic information
Name: Avantia Damberg, 1977
Place of birth: Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Based in: Curaçao
Discipline: Multidisciplinary visual art; ceramics, collage, installation art, land art, public art, video and animation

EDUCATION

2007 Bachelor of Arts in Audiovisual Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

BIOGRAPHY

Avantia Damberg (1977) is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Curaçao. She began her career as a visual artist in 2008 and relocated to Curaçao in 2012. Her practice has developed from video and animation into ceramics, collage, installation art, land art and art in public space. Inspired by soundscapes, graphic design, typography, and the history and natural environment of Curaçao, she explores Curaçaoan and Caribbean identity through contemporary art. Damberg founded SKOR Kórsou, a foundation promoting art in Curaçao’s public and open spaces. Her best-known works include Map of Curaçao II at Kranshi, the Otrobanda Colourful Steps, and Curaçao Layers at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026 Group exhibition, Despensa i Pordon, Curaçao Museum, Curaçao
2023 Between Borders: Migration, Power and Boundless Imagination, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, the Netherlands
2022 Solo exhibition, De Aprilmoorden, Curaçaosch Museum, Curaçao
2021 Artist in residence and exhibition, Open Stal, Oldeberkoop, the Netherlands
2020 Solo exhibition, Hexagon Gallery Alma Blou, Curaçao
2017 Solo exhibition, Café Wandu, Punda, Curaçao
2016 Artist in residence, Ateliers ’89, Aruba
2007 1 Zone, selected for the Netherlands Film Festival, the Netherlands
Additional exhibitions have taken place in Amsterdam, Paris, Tallinn, Madrid, Mexico City, Berlin and Miami

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands — Curaçao Layers
National Archives, The Hague, the Netherlands — Map of Curaçao
Kranshi (Public Registry), Curaçao — Map of Curaçao II