Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez

Writer, curator, researcher on art and ecology

Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez is the founder and director of the Green Art Lab Alliance (established in 2012); a network comprising sixty art organizations across Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. The mission of the alliance is to foster relationships that contribute to social and environmental justice, akin to the interconnected nature of mycelium.

She founded and directed the Nature Research Department at the Jan van Eyck Academie (Netherlands, 2017), the Van Eyck Food Lab (2018), and the Future Materials Bank (2020); a crowd-sourced database of sustainable materials for artists, designers and architects. She organised countless Reading Groups, Food Art Film Festivals and has been curator-in-residence, as well as writer-in-residence, in many art institutions worldwide. She is a self-proclaimed "mycophile", interested in exploring the application of a mycological lens in defining fair models of collaboration and (self) organization. Her debut book, "Let's Become Fungal! Mycelium Teachings and the Arts," shares twelve teachings of the world of fungi. It was published by Valiz and is being translated into various languages. It was selected as one of the Best Dutch Book Designs 2023 and nominated for the Best Book Design Globally 2023.

Interviews (selection)

ArtConnect. Art Initiatives Working Towards Sustainability.

Vrij Nederland. MENS (Dutch).

It’s Nice That. What Can We Learn From Fungi?

Re-Story. Schimmels kunnen ons helpen het individualisme te herzien (Dutch).

FORUM +. The Art of Mycelium Teachings (review)

Commissions

For workshops, consultancy, speaking and writing commissions:

yasmine@greenartlaballiance.com

Portrait by Araceli Paz