Sandra Köstler is a visual artist working at the intersection of photography, sculpture and installation.
After having started as a documentary photographer who published books and serial works, Sandra is now engaged in artistic processes that expand the medium of photography towards installation, sculpture and layered forms. By colliding, layering and transforming photographic images, she creates fictional sceneries and speculative arrangements. In her research-based practice, Sandra addresses ecological issues and human-nature relations. Recent works mainly explore alternatives to anthropocentric views on ecosystems, plants and landscapes.
Sandra is a science dropout with a PhD in media sociology. Parallel to her studio practice, she is involved in interdisciplinary activities that combine artistic practice with research and education. She has been a lecturer for art in social context, conducts image-based research, and runs the educational project The Space Lab.
