Iustina Istrati

I have been fractaling since 2007 — a living meditation and healing practice. Through it, I explore the infinite mathematical universe and discover expressions of everyday life within it.

Everything around me — nature, music, poetry, personal memory, mythology, my mother’s garden, the depths of the ocean, my son, and the vastness of space — finds its way into fractal form. It is humbling, sometimes overwhelming, to see our daily experiences reflected back at us as if in a mirror, modeled by simple pixels and algorithms.

Each piece becomes a quiet dialogue between the outer world and my inner landscape — carrying love and pain, awe and the mundane, hope, longing, and the sacred energy of being alive.

I create using fractal generators only. Unless otherwise noted, I use no post-processing tools.

I am deeply honored that my work received the Luxembourg Art Prize Certificate in 2024 and that artworks were selected for the Rare Evo Art Gallery 2026 at ARIA in Las Vegas, curated by John Knopf.

Self-educated and proud of it.

A lifelong student of the fractal universe — with deepest gratitude to Benoit Mandelbrot for opening the door, and to Stephen C. Ferguson for the tools that allowed me to walk through it.

Rare Evo Art Gallery 2026 at ARIA in Las Vegas, curated by John Knopf.
Luxembourg Art Prize Certificate in 2024