indigo design | KVK 20165659 Breda - NL
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Visual designer and artist by hobby, the richness of her visual representations comes from the color, surrealism and syncretism of his native Mexico, where she lived until he settled in Holland in 2005. However her fascination for the Mexican culture, her world is not defined by lines, colours or shapes based on the strength of her origin. Pilar can be contemporary and universal; chameleonic if necessary.
Her power of observation and listening allows to capture the essence of an idea to express sensitivity, just in a feature or a complete concept with images rich in meaning and significance.
In parallel, Pilar cultivates a personal project for more than a decade: her work with paper, fantastic creatures inspired by the mythology of Mexican ethnic groups, and their hearts that sometimes have wings, other legs, eyes almost always. "We must see through the heart to see the reality," says Pilar, who assumes these creations of deep expressivity as part of an intimate and imaginative process: "everything goes through the heart."
Actually studies Experimental Art in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerpen
Loves Yoga, travel & cooking - eventually giving Mexican cooking workshops inspired in on her mom's receipts and the local tastes of Mexico.
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Diseñadora visual, artista por afición, la riqueza de sus representaciones visuales proviene en gran parte del color, el surrealismo y el sincretismo de su México natal, país donde vivió hasta que se instaló en Holanda en 2005. No obstante su fascinación por la cultura mexicana, su trabajo no está definido por líneas, colores o figuras que remitan a la fuerza identitaria de su origen. Pilar puede ser contemporánea y universal; camaleónica si es necesario.
Su capacidad de observación y escucha le permiten captar lo esencial de una idea para expresarla con sensibilidad, sea en un rasgo o un concepto completo; en imagenes ricas en sentido y significado y, cuando lo amerita, con el sentido de humor caricatural que la distingue.
En paralelo, Pilar cultiva un proyecto personal desde hace más de una década: sus trabajos en papel, seres fantásticos inspirados en la mitología de etnias mexicanas, y sus corazones que a veces tienen alas, otras patas, casi siempre ojos. “Hay que ver a través del corazón para poder ver la realidad”, dice Pilar, quien asume estas creaciones de profunda expresividad como parte de un proceso íntimo e imaginativo: “todo pasa por el corazón”.
Actualmente estudia Arte Experimental en la Real Academia de las Artes en Amberes
Worked for:
Atelier 28 | Arts Centre, The Netherlands
British Council - International Organization | Mexico City
Circe Henestrosa - Mode Curator | Singapour
DAFdf Architects México | Mexico City
DAF Architects Rotterdam | The Netherlands
DCM Architecture & Engineering | New Jersey, USA
El Naranjo Restaurant | Austin, Texas, USA
Eva Muñoz-Ledo - Journalist | Mexico
Fabrilmalla de México - Cloth Factory | Mexico City
Fundación Apoya y Punto | Culture Foundation for Children | Mexico City
Fundación Rayuela para la Cultura | Culture Foundation for Children | Cuernavaca, Mexico
Fundación Las Alas del Pez | Culture Foundation for Children | Mexico City
iT Strategic Consulting | Mexico City
Kees van Rooij - KVR Landscape Architect | Mexico City
Keller Estate Vineyards | San Francisco, California, USA
Mexican Culinary Traditions | Chef Iliana de la Vega - Austin, Texas, USA
Rotterdam Community Solutions - Aad Nales | Rotterdam, The Netherlands
RS&HGM Abogados - Lawyer Firm | Mexico City
SCL Solución de Conflictos Legales - Lawyer Firm | Mexico City
TAX Taller de Arquitectura X - Alberto Kalach | Mexico City
Televisa - Mass Media Company | Mexico City
Tres Bon - Pastry Chef | Mexico City
Urbanae - Event Designers | Mexico City
Veneno Productions - TV & Film Producer | Mexico City
Villa La Maya 525 - Real Estate - Priscilla Bartels | The Netherlands
Paper Work exhibitions:
Criaturas Imaginarias - Museo Soumaya - Mexico City - 1999
Seres del Caos - Teatro Metropolitan - Mexico City - 2000
Materializando Quimeras - Secretaría del Medio Ambiente - Mexico City - 2001
Painting exhibitions:
MORE IS MORE | Thomas More Campus National – Antwerpen, Belgium - 2018
LUZ DE VIENTO | Casa Migrante –Amsterdam - 2018
Other Collaborations:
Invited by the British Council to participate as part of the jury for a hat design competition - Mexico City 2002