ABOUT ME

Hi, I’m Astrid Carolina Mendieta, a mural artist, quantum healer, and creative facilitator, originally from Nicaragua & Honduras, now based in Lake Tahoe, California.

My path into art wasn’t linear, it was shaped by loss, uncertainty, and a deep search for meaning.

In 2015, I opened a juice bar with my brother, believing I had found my purpose. A year later, we closed it, and I fell into a deep depression. I tried everything,therapy, yoga, meditation, but nothing filled the void.Until I found art.

What started as a simple practice became a way back to myself. With every brushstroke, something shifted. I began to feel lighter, more connected and more alive, but there was still something missing.

I was working different jobs, moving through life without a clear sense of direction. I wanted to understand why I was here and to find a deeper purpose.

It wasn’t until I traveled to Honduras and attended a spiritual ceremony that everything changed. In that moment, I had a clear vision of my future.

I saw myself traveling, teaching, and sharing my art with the world. For the first time in my life, I knew exactly why I was here. Art wasn’t just something I loved, it became my path.

I returned to Nicaragua and began building my art business, but in 2018, political conflict forced me to leave everything behind.

I arrived in California and set art aside, working as a waitress, a farmer, and a house cleaner, until I began to feel that same emptiness again. Art kept calling me back and I knew that returning to it meant returning to myself.

So I immersed myself in an intensive art program, and within a few months, I was creating and selling my work again. Since then, I’ve taught hundreds of students across multiple countries and sold my work to collectors around the world.

Today, my work lives at the intersection of art, energy, and transformation. Through murals, workshops, and creative experiences, I create spaces and moments that invite people to reconnect with themselves through creativity, presence, and something deeper.

Because art, for me, has never been just visual. It’s a way back to yourself, to your essence, and to the Source.

Thanks for being here,

Astrid Carolina

What Clients Say

“When I first saw Astrid's artwork, I was instantly captivated by her painting "Connecting Through". During this time, I had completely lost my sense of self worth and identity; and I was currently working on finding myself and healing what was broken. All the way across the art gallery, I instantly connected with this piece and that piece alone. It made me feel as though someone put onto a canvas what seemed to be a complete understanding of me, my struggles and my surrender to the universe. It was as though with that surrender, it connected me to all that is divine and all that is in this world and it was perfectly captured onto a canvas. I have never felt so much emotion for artwork in my life, but this painting saved me. It was as though I was not alone. It serves as a reminder every single day that I connect, I am connected and I am divine. I am grateful every morning I wake up and view it, Astrid's work touches the heart and soul. Her positive energy transends her physical being""

Katrina Kong