In commemoration of World Oceans Day,
Guille Pistache is exhibiting her illustrations
inspired by the marine life of the Atlantic Ocean.
In commemoration of
World Oceans Day,
Guille Pistache is exhibiting
her illustrations
inspired by the marine life
of the Atlantic Ocean.
The oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s surface, making them the world’s largest ecosystem, home to nearly one million known species. More than 80% of the Earth’s oceans remain unmapped, unobserved and unexplored. Yet human activities have led to an alarming level of degradation. One could say that we know more about the lunar surface than we do about what lies beneath the waves.
In beneath the waves, Guille Pistache uses the ocean as a metaphor of connection between the past and the future, between the places we left and the places we will see.
As a migrant, she sees the ocean as the connection between two homes, the first one with her family in Mexico and the second one with her new family in the Netherlands.
The marine species shown in this exhibition can be found in the Atlantic Ocean and the seas between the Americas and Europe.
Guille Pistache
She is a graphic designer and illustrator from Mexico City. She started her journey as a naturalist illustrator in 2017. This voyage allowed her to exhibit her work in important venues of Mexico City like the Natural History Museum and Environmental Culture in 2019, the Palace of Mining in 2018 and the Botanical Garden of the Biology Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2017.
Her illustrations are inspired by 18th and 19th century natural history prints, such as those of the Challenger Expedition, and the work of entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian.
To create her illustrations, Guille Pistache mainly uses analog techniques, such as graphite and watercolor.
The main objective of her work is to represent native or endangered species in order to raise awareness about environmental problems and climate change that have caused the extinction and threat of several species around the world.
