​Artistic exploration

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In her artwork, Miriam Ferstl explores the elusive nature of identity and the impossibility of fully knowing oneself. Her work begins with the understanding that the self is not a fixed or autonomous entity but a permeable ecosystem in constant exchange with its biological, psychological and social environment.

She is interested in how identity continuously emerges, shifts and is reconstructed.

Working across photography, glass, textiles, drawing and installation, Ferstl investigates the tension between inner experience and external perception. Photography occupies a central role because of its ambiguous nature, oscillating between document and construction, revealing as much as it conceals. Glass, textiles and installations create spaces in which the boundaries between body, object and environment become fluid. Textile sculptures can function as protective shells or second skins, while glass objects evoke both fragility and permeability. Together they give physical form to the complexity of inner experience. Rather than representing psychological states, Ferstl creates experiential environments that invite moments of uncertainty and reflection. Her works slow perception and encourage viewers to experience identity not as something fixed, but as a process of becoming, shaped by complexity, interdependence and continuous transformation.

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