Dr Kasia Sterriker

Born in Poland (1982). She is a renowned British/Polish Environmental Artist, Biophilic Designer and Property Developer. She is known for her ability to blur the lines between art and science. 

Her engagement with art and science in general dates back to her childhood years. There were two main people who influence her style and inspired her carrier path. Her father, an International Bonsai Master and Instructor and her grandfather, a university lecturer and distinguished Engineer, who was responsible for many landmarks civil projects in Central and Eastern Europe.

Having been unable to choose between Science and Art she decided to embrace both and subsequently completed two PhDs; one in Environmental Engineering and another in Landscape Architecture.After a spell in academia, she transitioned into the world of design, property development and range of artistic installations across London, Paris, Geneva and Brussels for institutions, high net worth individual and some very interesting world-famous personalities.

She came back to Environmental Art in 2019, often collaborating with her father, Wlodek Pietraszko, the International recognised Bonsai Master.

Her work transcends the binaries between Western and Eastern cultures and the pure disciplines of Bonsai. She is not tied to any of them. Whilst her artistic practice is rooted in the rich far eastern art of landscape miniaturization, she uses its techniques but does not consider it as an artform to be strictly adhered to. 

Her artistic forms are constantly evolving, reflecting the development of her personal (Western) artistic sensitivities and architectural psychologies.  She has always worked on ideas that could optimize organic materials to produce art that pay tribute to nature, ultimately creating an optimized aesthetic that improves the physical and mental health of those who dwell within it.