Amber Vandenhoeck is a Belgian set designer based in Antwerp. She studied In Situ Arts and Scenography at the Royal Academy of Antwerp and began her professional career in 2009 through a long-term collaboration with the dance company Peeping Tom, where she developed the scenographic language for productions including A Louer, Vader, Moeder, La Visita and their new work Chroniques.
She has worked with Kor’sia Dance company since 2020, creating with them Giselle, Mont Ventoux, Simulacro, Kafka (Wiesbaden) and Bronia (Monaco).
Her recent opera and theatre work includes Maria Stuarda (Staatsoper Hamburg, 2025), Griselda (Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, 2025), Melancholy of Resistance (David Marton, Staatsoper Berlin 2024), Aus dem Leben (Schauspielhaus Hamburg), BOY (Opera Ballet Vlaanderen), L’elisir d’amore and Goud! (Opera Zuid and De Nationale Opera), La voix humaine / L’heure espagnole (Opera Zuid), A Tale of Two Cities (Lost Dog Dance), On the Road (Münchner Kammerspiele / David Marton).
Vandenhoeck works with hand-drawn sketches, architectural models and digital tools such as SketchUp and Photoshop. Her practice often includes graphic techniques – collage, stencilling and screen printing – as both working method and stage material. Her visual language blends realistic elements with a dreamlike, associative imagery rooted in a strong visual and conceptual foundation.