about ostra.

hello, i’m mindy.

i’m a multi-disciplinary artist based in new york, by way of northern california and colorado.

my professional mediums span photography, interiors and ux/ui design, and i paint, draw, and use anything else i can make with my hands in my spare time.

i get the most fulfillment out of work that feels like it’s breaking rules. asymmetry, dramatic negative space, unusual compositions, expired film, modernizing an object from another time.

at my creative studio, Ostra, i work with sustainable materials, found objects, and brands who care as much about how things are made as what they look like.

currents

currently reading the Tibetan Book of Living & Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche and La Chambre de Giovanni par James Baldwin

currently learning all the ways to use my sourdough starter. i’m late to bread-making

currently creating i’m adding to a large-scale piece of artwork on a daily basis; also developing a multi-disciplinary artist retreat

currently listening to Soulection Radio

currently inspired by the reflections that pour out at year’s end

currently on my mind the way language shapes a culture. as i reunite with the French language, i’m in love with the use of foods and animals and nature to describe everyday things