I am an Argentinian-born, New York City–based artist trained as an architect, educator, and material researcher. My work unfolds at the intersection of art, biology, and consciousness, integrating fieldwork, drawing, sound, and installation.
My practice develops through engagement with place, communities, and research environments. Moving between the field and the studio/laboratory, I listen, collect, observe, and experiment. Working with soils, minerals, and microorganisms, I investigate transformation in natural and urban environments, drawing on biological processes to question conventional ideas of production and explore other ways of making.
Observation is both a scientific method and a creative practice. Walking, drawing, writing, sound recording, microscopy, and material experimentation allow each inquiry to raise new questions. Through sustained attention to processes and materials over time, knowledge emerges as situated and embodied.
Editorial practice is integral to my work. Books and publications are not only forms of documentation but also spaces where narratives take form to communicate the research beyond the studio I lab.
Education
2018-2019- Transart Institute for Creative Research, University of Plymouth, UK. MFA.
2014-2018- The Art Students League of New York. Sculpture & Painting.
1997-2006- National University of Cordoba, Argentina. M.Arch & Urban Design.
Publications
2025- Ooze- Made Land- Artist Book
2023- Body as Land- Artist Book
2022- Shape of Nature-China Humanities Publishing House
2020- Growth & Evolution-China Modern Publishing House
Guest Lecturer
2025- Columbia University GSAPP (M.S. AAD) — Art, Architecture, Ecology & Material Practice (2025)
Art Residencies
2025-26 BIB + GBS Incubator/ Genspace NYC. Brooklyn, New York.
2024- Swale House/ Urban Soil Institute. Governor’s Island, New York.
2023- New York Latin American Art Triennial. Governor’s Island, New York.
2021- Untethered Magic. Nairobi, Kenya.
2019- Field Kitchen Academy. Wüsten Buchholz, Germany.
2019- Transart, UferStudios. Berlin, Germany.
2019- Transart, Art in general. Brooklyn, New York.
2018- Transart, UferStudios. Berlin, Germany.
Group Exhibits
2026- Source materials/ GBS Bio art Installation. Flux Factory, Queens, New York
2026- Secado al Sol / Sundried, collective installation curated by Oscar M Caballero + Ensayos Urbanos. National Academy of Design, New York
2025- Inspiration Point: Contested Landscapes- Sound Activation, curated by Oscar M Caballero. New York Latin American Art Triennial. NYC
2025- Bronx Art Space: “BEYOND THE ARTIFACT: Do we call it architecture or a system of contingencies?”/ group exhibit, curated by Oscar M Caballero. New York Latin American Art Triennial. NYC
2024-“Ipaint flowers so they won’t die”/ wearable art/ group exhibit. Rome, Italy
2023-“Ooze”/ installation/ group exhibit. Governors Island, NYC
2023-“This jewelry is 100mrb”/wearable art/ group exhibit. Beijing, China.
2022- “I break”Venice experimental video and performing arts festival/Pallazo Bembo, Venice,Italy.
2021- “eternal flame” / video/ group exhibition / V Gallery, NYC
2020- “the heart cave” / sound piece/ online symposium/ transart reading room
2020- “Coil of life”/ wearable art/ group exhibit. Beijing design week. China.
2020- “This Happened”/ installation/ citadel + compagnie. Toronto, Canada.
2019- “Iron and Granite: IN Conversation”/ performance & installation/ Uferstudios, Berlin. Germany.
2019- “Particle lake”/ sculpture & sound installation- live stream/ New York-Cordoba, Argentina
2017- Elizabeth st. Garden Fundraising show/ poetry piece/ NY, NY
2017- “Red dot exhibition”- Sculpture- Phyllis Harriman Mason gallery, NY, NY
2016- “Red dot exhibition”- Sculpture- Phyllis Harriman Mason gallery, NY, NY
2015- “Red dot exhibition”- Sculpture- Phyllis Harriman Mason gallery, NY, NY
2010-“Nuage” - The Lab gallery/ installation / NY, NY
flabertorello@gmail.com
+1 646-852-7305