Nara Guichon

1955, Santa Maria, Brasil

Nara Guichon works directly to care for and repair the environment by reusing discarded fishing nets that accumulate in the seas. Known as 'ghost nets', the discarded material destroys marine diversity and threatens the well-being of nature. The artist combines her environmental work, which she has been doing with nets since the late 1990s, with her rigorous manual practices with yarn, such as knitting, crochet, embroidery and loom work. Her work stems from her direct relationship with environmental protection and is completed by taking the precious material of discarded fishing nets and giving them new meaning through art.

With a continuous and recognized career as a weaver, Nara Guichon conceived and developed, between 1975 and 2015, a vigorous work in the areas of sustainable design and fashion, which earned her several national and international awards. Since 2017, she has focused exclusively and quietly on artistic production.

The artist has been working since 1983 in Florianópolis, the capital of the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.