Born in Stockholm and raised in New York, with summers spent in New England, Sondra was immersed in the arts from an early age. Her mother, the classically trained artist Millie Wiskari, was her first teacher, introducing her to the fundamental principles of composition and form.

Sondra studied fine and studio arts at CUNY, earning a BFA with a minor in art history. Among her professors were Harry Kramer and Rosemary Beck, with whom she pursued intensive studies in both abstract and figurative painting. After college, she worked with designers Perry Ellis and Marc Jacobs, where she discovered a passion for fiber arts that led to a freelance business creating one-of-a-kind artwear from hand-twisted and knitted cashmere for private clients.

Following her years on Seventh Avenue, Sondra became Senior Designer for the Merchandising Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Working closely with curatorial departments to develop exhibition-related products, she found endless inspiration in the museum’s behind-the-scenes storerooms, where she could study extraordinary works of art up close. Today, as a freelance designer, she continues to collaborate with museums on exhibition merchandise while also creating her own line of hand-finished silk scarves.

Now living in a wooded lakeside setting in New England, Sondra draws inspiration from the natural world around her. Her restless eye finds beauty and infinite subject matter throughout the rural landscape. Rooted in a lifelong love of art history, her work reflects influences ranging from color theory and Japanese calligraphy to pointillism. In her ongoing series in ink and watercolor, she blends these disciplines into fluid abstract compositions. More recently, digital techniques have allowed her to expand her practice, combining photography, painting, and drawing into richly constructed, multi-layered works ultimately resulting in limited-edition prints on natural fiber textiles and archival papers.