# Home - Link: https://asteiner.site/ - Published: 2026-10-24T18:20:31+00:00 - Author: el.serumaga [Alexandra Steiner](https://asteiner.site/#hero) * [About](https://asteiner.site/#about) * [Practice](https://asteiner.site/#practice) * [Film](https://asteiner.site/#film) * [Series](https://asteiner.site/#series) * [Science](https://asteiner.site/#science) * [Exhibitions](https://asteiner.site/#exhibitions) * [Publications](https://asteiner.site/#publications) * [Contact](https://asteiner.site/#contact) Artist · Biologist · Researcher · Vienna & Danube, Austria # Alexandra Steiner "Making the invisible visible — an artist on the cusp of the visible and invisible world." Explore Profile ## Artist, Biologist &⏎ Cosmic Explorer Alexandra Steiner is a multi-talented artist, biologist, near-death experiencer, and researcher of the interdimensional shamanic dimensions and fabrics of the cosmos. Born 1970 in Lower Austria, her practice weaves together decades of scientific fieldwork, sacred site visits across the globe, and a unique handprinting technique rooted in paleolithic cave art. During her years as university assistant in ethnobotany, ethnomycology and pharmacognosy, microscopic work played a central role — fascination with the micro world that would become the seed of her artistic method. It was her then three-year-old daughter who first inspired Alexandra to experiment with materials including red ochre collected from sacred sites worldwide. > "An artist dives deep into worlds unknown and unfamiliar to people, and it is > an artist's job to translate these worlds, to make people acquainted with the > unknown." Education & Formation 1990–97: Studies of Biology (Ethnobotany) and Visual Art in Mexico (Universidad de Mexico, S.C.d.l.C.), Guatemala (Universidad del Valle), and Vienna (Universität Wien). 1997: Master of Sciences, University of Vienna. Study trips spanning Latin America, Asia, and Europe since 1994. Training as Family Constellation Facilitator (2007/08) and Painting Room Facilitator with Arno Stern in Vienna and Paris (2009/10). 2021: Co-founder of artist collective **Sirius A&B** (with Brooke Lizotte). 2021– 2024: Internationally touring exhibition and performance _THE WATERS. Sound:Images_. ![Alexandra Steiner](https://asteiner.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/alexandra- steiner-portrait.jpg) Alexandra Steiner · Vienna Artistic Practice ## Cosmic Mycelium —⏎ Handprints of the Ancients Over 15 years, Alexandra has perfected a technique connecting paleolithic handprint cave art with the present — intuitively following ancient ancestral echoes through space and time. Her work explores the mycelial interface of the visible and invisible realms: visible form dissolving into filaments of invisible energy, on both micro- and macroscopic levels. ⌊Handprints⌉ 🖐 ### The Handprint as Cosmic Seed The primal handprint — one of humanity's oldest artistic gestures — is the starting point. In Steiner's work it is not a signature of existence but a seed for infinite expansion: like a mycelium spore, branching into fractal networks mirroring the hidden structures of life, neural pathways, and the cosmic web of galaxies. ⌊Mycelium textures⌉ 🍄 ### Mycelium: The Language of Consciousness Fungi are the great connectors of the cosmos. Steiner perceives dark matter and dark energy as a gigantic invisible mycelium — a spider web connecting everything in the universe. She cultivates it, studies its growth, and translates its organic logic into paint, creating hybrids of biology and myth. ⌊Art as living archive⌉ ✦ ### Art as a Living Archive Working in layers of self-collected sacred red ochre, earth pigments, organic binders, and mycelial cultures, each piece is a living dialogue between artist, materials, and viewer. The paintings invite the viewer to step into the mycelial network — star portals, meditations, and invitations to perceive the world as a single, interconnected web of life. ![Alexandra Steiner in her studio](https://asteiner.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/ 10/alexandra-steiner-studio.jpg) In the Studio > "Making the invisible visible — an artist on the cusp of two worlds." Alexandra's practice unfolds at the intersection of mycology, cosmology, and ancient handprint traditions — a living laboratory where science and sacred art converge. THE WATERS · Sound:Images · 2021–2024 "These works are not just paintings — they are _star portals_, meditations, and invitations to step into a single, interconnected web of life." Works ## Series & Projects ![micro:macro cosmos](https://asteiner.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/alexandra- steiner-micro-macro-cosmos.jpg) 2016 – 2022 ### micro:macro · cosmos The most recent series exploring the mycelial interface of the visible and invisible realms. Many layers of earth pigments and oil applied in the old tradition of cave art create a multidimension into which the viewer is immediately drawn and interwoven. Visible form dissolves into filaments of invisible energy, both on the micro- and macroscopic level. ![water series](https://asteiner.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/alexandra-steiner- water-series.jpg) 2006 – 2009 ### water A series focusing on the fascinating element of water — source for all life — by incorporating water from different places on this planet: sea water from the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, sweet water from rivers including the Danube and Ganges, and from special springs such as Chalice Well, Glastonbury, UK. ![earth series](https://asteiner.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/alexandra-steiner- earth-series.jpg) Ongoing ### earth · moon flowers Works rooted in earth's pigments and natural cycles — paintings that trace the relationship between terrestrial and lunar energies. Self-collected ochre and materials from sacred sites around the world are transformed into luminous, layered compositions that bridge the material and the celestial. ![THE WATERS Sound Images](https://asteiner.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/alexandra- steiner-the-waters-sound-images.jpg) 2021 – 2024 ### THE WATERS · Sound:Images An internationally touring immersive exhibition and performance expanding visual art into the 4th dimension by adding music and sound to projections of paintings. The mythological and cosmic stories of water and funga are narrated, sung and musically performed — creating a trance-like and psychedelic dimension for the audience. Performed in Austria, Seattle, Hawai'i, and Vienna's Bösendorfer Salon. ![MYCELIA artwork](https://asteiner.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/alexandra-steiner- mycelia-artwork.jpg) Forthcoming ### MYCELIA · Nature's Cosmic Architects The next immersive concept, continuing the exploration of fungal networks as cosmic metaphor — an audiovisual journey into the primordial architecture of consciousness, life, and matter. Background ## Scientific Depth Alexandra's art practice is inseparable from decades of scientific work — fieldwork, research, and advising that span mycology, ethnobotany, ecology, and environmental science. ### Mayan Ethnobotany 2 years of field studies in Central America, interviewing Mayan communities in Guatemala and Mexico on the use and cultivation of medicinal plants. Published as a university thesis (University of Vienna). Deeply connected her to Mayan cosmology and shamanic traditions. ### European Folk Medicine 3-year unpublished PhD study on Traditional European Medicine, focusing on sundew( Drosera sp.) — its use, cultivation, and effects. Fieldwork across Finland, UK, Ireland, Austria, and Germany opened the world of European folk mythology and cosmologies. ### Plant Microscopy & Pharmacognosy 4 years as university assistant and tutor in pharmacognosy and plant microscopy, providing in-depth experience of plant anatomy and microscopic work — the direct foundation of her visual art technique. ### Ecology & Environmental Protection 6 years in the Austrian OEPUL environmental protection program; 2 years as botanical supervisor in the Natura 2000 program. 10+ years as Effective Microorganisms (EM) adviser with deep expertise in the world of microorganisms. ### Organic Herbs & Global Fieldwork 5 years as scientific adviser for the Organic Herb Trading Company, UK — field trips to herb producers in Mexico, Guatemala, India, Egypt, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Czechia, and France. ### Garden for Generations Established a biological sanctuary / station in her own garden — agricultural land transformed over 50 years into a living study of nature's power to self-heal and regenerate, including cultivation and soil mycoremediation with different fungi. Adviser for Greenacre, UK on biodiversity-rich forest gardens. Record ## Exhibition History 1994–97 La Galeria, _Antigua Guatemala_ · Galerie Celeste & CAfe, _Vienna_ · Punta Bete, _Belize_ 1998–99 Rathausgalerie Amstetten · Kunststation Kollmitzberg 2001–02 "be/greife die erde grenzenlos" — Waldviertel Festival · Kunstpavillion Stift Zwettl· Kunsthaus Horn · OÖ Landesausstellung Waldhausen · Kunstfestival Bhang Kao, _Koh Samui, Thailand_ 2003–05 "healing temple" landscape installation — Mostviertel Festival · Art Spirit, _San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico_ · Galerie ST.A.LL Amstetten · Galerie im Mauthaus, St. Nikola · Café Arte, _La Graciosa, Spain_ · Kunststation Maringer 2007–10 Art Spirit, _Mexico_ · Ars Femina Amstetten · Schloß Ulmerfeld · A Moving Exhibition, _London_ · Kulturwochen Amstetten 2011–12 "earthTrance" Performance — Persona Festival, _London_ · "blood roses" Galerie ST. A.LL, Amstetten 2014–15 SoG 2.0 Schloßmuseum Steyr · FrauenAnSichten Schloß Ulmerfeld · The Muse, _Wales, UK_ 2018–20 Kulturgut St. Valentin · mitanand KIAM Galerie Amstetten 2021 Galerie Daliko, _Krems_ · "Im Fluss" — BDS Colour&Sound Art Project, _Grein_ · " nature's mysterious networks" — Groundwork Gallery, _King's Lynn, UK_ 2022 "beziehungsweise:grenzverschiebung" — KIAM Galerie, Amstetten · "Blue Danube Rendez- Vous" — Galerie LICHTRAUM eins, _Vienna_ · THE WATERS — Colour&Sound Art Project, _Grein_ 2023 THE WATERS — _Seattle, USA_ · THE WATERS — _Hawai'i, USA_ · "Lay The Weapons Down"— Rathausgalerie Steyr 2024 THE WATERS — _Bösendorfer Salon, Vienna_ Words ## Publications & Media Academic * "Cultivation and use of 4 Mayan medicinal plants" — University of Vienna Publishing Co-authored Books * "The Beings" * "Different Paths to Source" * "El&Al's Adventures" * "El&Al's Abenteuer" Documentary Experiencer and Scientific Adviser in the docu-series **INTERDIMENSIONAL**. [interdimensionaldoc.com](http://www.interdimensionaldoc.com) Books in Progress * "W.O.W. – Worlds of Wonder" * "The Golden Book – Everything A Psychonaut Needs To Know About The Cosmos" * "Wotsch" * "Mrs Moon and Mr Sun" Manifesto ![Artwork](https://asteiner.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/alexandra-steiner-artwork. jpg) ## The Ur-Pattern At the heart of my practice is the **ur-pattern**: the fractal repetition of the handprint-mycelium motif throughout the micro- and macrocosmos — a design that repeats itself across scales, cultures, and dimensions. This pattern is ancient, biological, organic, cosmic and psychedelic. By merging these archetypal symbols with scientific inquiry and contemporary art, I seek to reclaim the handprint as a **universal language** — one that speaks to our shared humanity, our collective subconscious, our connection to the earth, and our place in the cosmos. My work is an offering — a way to reawaken the ancient knowing that we are not separate from nature, but threads in its vast, mycelial tapestry. It is an invitation to see the world through the fractal eyes of funga and formless, shapeless consciousness: to recognize the handprint in the galaxy, the mycelium in body, mind and spirit, and the cosmos in the darkness of the cave. Alexandra AL Steiner, ALI.S (sign.) · Vienna & Ardagger/Danube, Austria Connect ## Contact Email [steiner.alexandra@gmx.at](https://asteiner.site/steiner.alexandra@gmx.at) Website [alexandra-steiner.webnode.at](https://alexandra-steiner.webnode.at) Location Vienna, AT · Ardagger/Danube, AT Documentary [interdimensionaldoc.com](http://www.interdimensionaldoc.com) "These works are not just paintings; they are star portals, meditations, and invitations— to shift one's perspective from perceiving the world as a collection of separate things into seeing it as a single, interconnected web of life." © Alexandra Steiner · ALI.S · All rights reserved Vienna & Ardagger/Danube, Austria