b.1999

Mary Lindstrom is an artist, naturalist and wildlife enthusiast currently based between South Florida and Southern California. Her practice is rooted in a deep reverence for the rhythms of the natural world, depicted through geometric abstractions exploring the underlying routes of energetic transmission of living things. Fluid interconnected structures echo the innate harmony of organic systems. An exploration of what is beyond the visible surface and the subtle relationships between nature and geometry, matter and spirit, and the individual and the universal. Defined by an organic motif of undulation, flow and dynamism. Drawing from orphism influences, retro-futurist nostalgia and biomorphic sensibilities. Compositions are guided by automatism and rely on sensory attunement with the environment.


Recent work is influenced by South Florida. A surreal fringe subtropic reality defined by an outlaw spirit. A paradise of precarious extremes. The citadel of the exotic pet trade and underworld currents. Observing nature is the closest experience one can have to experiencing and witnessing divinity - hence people’s desire to create exotic menagaries. The quiet ancient mystique of reptiles hypnotizingly captivates. Undulating curves of snakes sliver and sway, the glint of alligator eyes pierces the dead darkness of the nocturnal swamp, an arboreal baselisk winks as one treads the wetlands - these experiences form a visual language of tension, grace, and embodied stillness.  Themes of ecological conservation are a prominent part of Lindstrom’s new body of work.


Childhood immigration, constant travels and a nomadic lifestyle have molded a gypsy-like existence. A perpetual untethered feeling of unbelonging is quelled by always finding solace in nature. Moving between cultural environments piqued interest in universal forms of communication. Early years in Russia were seeped in mysticism, superstition and omens through a way of strongly upheld cultural traditions and folklore. Upbringing in a New Age household normalized an interest in esoteric theosophical texts. Lindstrom is aligned with such figures as traveling esoteric Helena Blavatsky, along with adventurer and wildlife photographer Osa Johnson. Other influences include the Transcendental Painting Group (TPG) of the 1940s, Thought-Forms by Theosophical Society members Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater, Nomad Codes and Technognosis by Erik Davis.

Lindstrom earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY