Pilar de Ariño was born in Mexico City in 1992. She studied Industrial Design at Universidad Iberoamericana, graduating in 2015. As part of her academic formation, she spent a year at the Köln International School of Design in Cologne, Germany.

 

After graduating, she focused on design for museography while working at GN Studio, followed by experience in furniture and interior design at Breuer Studio, and later in collectible sculptural design at EWE Studio.

In parallel, in 2016, she co-founded Cota Studio an independent design studio dedicated to the creation of furniture and objects.

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In late 2020, she launched her solo practice, establishing a personal language that merges her design background with her artistic exploration. Her work is rooted in ongoing experimentation with materials, techniques, and artisanal processes drawn from both design and art. She explores the expressive potential of matter as a vehicle for symbolism and narrative. Through various series, she has explored themes such as memory, perception, territory, identity, and the act of inhabiting a place; and the interplay between form and composition.

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EXHIBITIONS

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2025
The Container and what it contains - Casa Atrio, curated and photographed by Alejandro Ramirez
Feria Territorio - Espacio cdmx
Aurea - Difane + Estudio Actual
 

2024
Sobremesa - Penumbra Gallery
Cuando crecer espina - BADA mural
Design House - Estudio Actual + Estudio Gomez tagle y harmos
 

2023

FAMA - Monterrey, Mexico

FORMA - Monterrey, Mexico

Design House - Design week mexico, CDMX, Mexico

Arte + Mead - Public Art Projects + Colonia, CDMX, Mexico

Pop Up art nights - Fortvna, CDMX, Mexico

TDM Collection - The DM design studio,CDMX, Mexico

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2022

Chica Chidas by Lei - Leon Cobalto, CDMX, Mexico

Arte en Ciel - León, Mexico

Fem Fem - Circle Lab, CDMX, Mexico

2021
Opening - Squash 73, CDMX, Mexico
Pilar de Ariño - Carni Galería, CDMX, Mexico

 

2019
Colectivo 02 - Fundación Casa Wabi, CDMX, Mexico

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2017

Franz Mayer Museum - Abierto Mexicano de Diseño, CDMX, Mexico

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2016

Franz Mayer Museum - Abierto Mexicano de Diseño, CDMX, Mexico

2015
Die Metamorphoses des lagerfeuer-Villa Zanders kunstmuseum, Germany

Imm Cologne Fair-  Cologne, Germany

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2014 

Salone Satellite Milan / Salone del mobile- Milan, Italy 

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ART RESIDENCIES

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2024

Arts Itoya - Japan

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2022
Ohla Studio -San Miguel de Allende, Mexico