Stefanie Osofsky

Stefanie Osofsky is a Florida-based ephemeral earth artist, eco-mythological storyteller, and end-of-life practitioner whose work explores the relationships between beauty, grief, ritual, and the living landscapes that shape human experience.

Working primarily with natural and found materials, she creates temporary earth-based altars and installations that contemplate cycles of life, death, decay, and renewal. Rooted in Florida’s subtropical ecosystems, her practice invites reflection on humanity’s place within the wider web of life and the ancient human impulse to create meaning through ritual and story.

Alongside her artistic practice, Osofsky has spent years working closely with individuals and families at the thresholds of illness, dying, and loss. This work deeply informs her creative approach, shaping an art practice that treats beauty, presence, and communal ritual as meaningful ways of tending grief and honoring life.

In addition to her ephemeral earthworks, she maintains personal studio practices of drawing and painting as forms of visual contemplation and inquiry. She has also worked with beads since childhood, creating hand-knotted mala-style pieces that reflect her interest in devotion, rhythm, and the meditative qualities of repetitive craft.

Across mediums, her work explores how art can function as a form of ritual—creating spaces where people can pause, remember, and reconnect with one another and the living world.