Lorena Ostia

Lorena is a multi-disciplinary artist based in NY. Her artistic endeavors have been exhibited in New York since 2012 and has been awarded for her Documentary Series on Fashion Week.

Professionally Lorena has held roles as a Producer and Director of Photography. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, among many others.

For the past few years her practice included Biomaterials, living materials and recycled objects. Her passion lies in the intersection of sustainability in art practice, education and equality. Currently she is leading workshops about BioArt across NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering and Tisch School of Arts while conducting research for her upcoming project at Genspace, a community Biology laboratory.

Her class title “Artists in Laboratories” was showcased at the Global Community Bio Summit 2023 under the BioArt section.

In 2023 she was commissioned by the NYU’s office of sustainability to curate an exhibition in partnership with the 11 schools that conformed NYU to celebrate the NYU’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality in 2040.