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Iconic Fishes
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A global arts movement inviting everyone, everywhere to celebrate our iconic fishes: seahorses, pipefish, seadragons & their quirky cousins. Join us! www.iconicfishes.art
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Our Ringing in 2026 with #IconicFishes art call brought together artists & makers around the world, each sharing their unique way of celebrating our magical fishes. From all the incredible submissions, we’re delighted to announce our Top 3 entries. www.iconicfishes.art/updates/ring...
Top 3 Entries - Ringing in 2026 with #IconicFishes Art Call — Inspired by Iconic Fishes
🎨 Thank you for the creativity, care, and inspiration. Our Ringing in 2026 with #Iconic Fishes art call brought together artists and makers from around the world, each sharing their unique way of cel...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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📣Call for entries 📣 Inviting dreamers, artists & makers of all ages around the world to submit art celebrating our #IconicFishes. We love all art forms, so go wild!

🎨 Theme: Ringing in 2026 with Iconic Fishes
🌊Submissions appreciated by 4th Jan 2026

🔗 Dive in: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/call...
📣Call for entries 📣 — Inspired by Iconic Fishes
We’re inviting dreamers, artists and makers of all ages around the world to submit art celebrating seahorses, pipefishes, seadragons, and their iconic relatives. We love all art forms, so go wild!...
www.iconicfishes.art
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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🌊✨Introducing art & artist of the month, Ambassador by Olivier Leger. This intricate painting shows a #seahorse carrying the seagrass meadow - revealing the hidden treasures of this vital habitat.

🔗 Explore the #art & story: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/ambassadorbyOlivier

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December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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🌊✨Introducing art & artist of the month, Ambassador by Olivier Leger. This intricate painting shows a #seahorse carrying the seagrass meadow - revealing the hidden treasures of this vital habitat.

🔗 Explore the #art & story here: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/ambassadorbyolivier

#IconicFishes
Featured art and artist of the month: “Ambassador” by Olivier Leger — Inspired by Iconic Fishes
As we continue to highlight creativity Inspired by #IconicFishes, we are delighted to feature Ambassador by ocean wildlife artist Olivier Leger . In this beautifully intricate artwork, a seahorse car...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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🎨 Excited to share this beautiful collaboration inspired by #IconicFishes from the Philippines! 🇵🇭

Artist Kathleen created this stunning work, now being used by at the Philippine Seahorse Program to support seahorse conservation efforts.

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Seahorses of the Philippines by @DearToOurHearts — Inspired by Iconic Fishes
🎨 We’re so excited to share this beautiful collaboration inspired by our #IconicFishes from the Philippines! 🇵🇭💛 Kathleen ( @DearToOurHearts) , a local artist, partnered with our colleagues at the Ph...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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This is so special. Making art about bottom trawling and #IconicFishes. Watch and enjoy.
iconicfishes.bsky.social Iconic Fishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social · Nov 19
🎥 Watch The Making of "Ratapan Lautan" (Lament of the Ocean) by Pangrok Sulap & the fishing community in Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. This powerful artwork shows that #art & #conservation can interact beautifully, inspired by #IconicFishes 💙🌊

Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/pres...
Ratapan lautan (Short Docu)
This video documents the journey of “Ratapan Lautan”, (Lament of the Ocean) a collective artwork created together with the fishing community in Kudat, Sabah. Through woodcut printmaking, the work ...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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🎥 Watch The Making of "Ratapan Lautan" (Lament of the Ocean) by Pangrok Sulap & the fishing community in Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. This powerful artwork shows that #art & #conservation can interact beautifully, inspired by #IconicFishes 💙🌊

Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/pres...
Ratapan lautan (Short Docu)
This video documents the journey of “Ratapan Lautan”, (Lament of the Ocean) a collective artwork created together with the fishing community in Kudat, Sabah. Through woodcut printmaking, the work ...
makertube.net
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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How cool are these stickers inspired by #IconicFishes! We’re so grateful for artists like divermonart.com who help spark wonder & awe for these magical species!

Feeling inspired? 🎨Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate

💪🌊Together, let's give these fishes the spotlight they deserve! 🌊💪
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Showcasing "Ratapan Lautan" in our Inspired by Iconic Fishes movement - a striking woodcut by Pangrok Sulap and the Kampung Tajau Laut fishing community in Malaysia. Explore the artist statement and watch the 4-min making-of documentary
🎥👉 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/pres...

#IconicFishes #Art
Presenting Ratapan Lautan (Lament of the ocean) by Pangrok Sulap — Inspired by Iconic Fishes
As we seek new ways to highlight our iconic fishes, we are delighted to showcase Ratapan Lautan ( Lament of the Ocean ) , a striking woodcut by Pangrok Sulap . Pangrok Sulap is a Malaysian collec...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Help @projectseahorse.bsky.social and @iucnseahorse.bsky.social get the world passionately excited about our #iconicfishes. Create and make... and tell us about others who create and make.
iconicfishes.bsky.social Iconic Fishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social · Oct 25
🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Legos 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes
Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃 With their eerie appearances, sneaky camouflage tricks, and names like Harlequin #GhostPipefish, these #IconicFishes are the perfect muse for your art this spooky season👻.

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#InspiredbyIconicFishes #Art #Artists #OceanArt
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Legos 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes
Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art/participate
October 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Hey, some #iconicfishes from Malaysia. Where have you spotted our wondrous fishes? www.iconicfishes.art
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Spotted more of our #IconicFishes today. Would love to see some handknitted clothing with #seahorses! Read all about our arts movement for conservation... and consider what you might contribute, as a crafter, artist, musician, dancer, baker or
maker! www.iconicfishes.art.
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Passing through the shop
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and spotted one of our #IconicFishes on a tea cloth/dish towel. Hooray for the wondrous seadragons. @iconicfishes.bsky.social Visit www.iconicfishes.art
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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"Seahorses among coral" in batik by Deborah League Fine Art! The artist was certainly inspired by #IconicFishes. We love seeing creativity that celebrates our quirky fishes.
Feeling inspired, too? Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
💙💪 Together, let’s give these fishes the spotlight they deserve. 💪💙
Three yellow and green seahorses clinging to pink, orange and red coral.
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Sharing #trumpetfish art inspired by #IconicFishes. This super cute Pacific trumpetfish was illustrated by Yuri Katayama. Feeling inspired, too? 🎨 Visit www.iconicfishes.art

💙💪 Together, let’s give these fishes the spotlight they deserve. 💪💙

#OceanArt #ArtforNature #ConservationArt
Drawing of three bright yellow trumpetfish.
October 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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🌊 “Lament of the ocean – Ratapan Launtan”, reveal! This work portrays the ocean as a wounded soul - beautiful, yet burdened by pollution, overfishing, and industrial-scale bottom trawling.” – Pangrok Sulap.
🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/full-reveal-lament-of-the-ocean-ratapan-lautan
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Full reveal “Lament of the ocean - Ratapan Lautan” — Inspired by Iconic Fishes
Full reveal of “Lament of the ocean – Ratapan Launtan” a woodcut print on fabric inspired by #IconicFishes.   The artwork was created by Malaysia’s leading art collective Pangrok Sulap and the ...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Hey look at the playground art at the #BCFerries terminal at Swartz Bay, British Columbia. Inspired by #IconicFishes @iconicfishes.bsky.social Love that kids waiting for the ferry are encountering seahorses.
October 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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So many seahorses around Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - a place dear to my heart after spending a year near there living on board #bottomtrawlers for my PhD research. Perhaps our #iconicfishes can inspire a transition toward more sustainable fishing methods in the Gulf of California.
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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#ICYMI: 🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Lego 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes

Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art
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Calling on artists, makers, and dreamers to join a global arts movement that celebrates the wondrous lives of truly iconic fishes: seahorses, pipefish, seadragons, and their quirky cousins like ghost ...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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A glimpse of “Lament of the Ocean” inspired by #IconicFishes, created by #artists at Pangrok Sulap & a fishing community in Malaysia. 👀How many of our iconic fishes can you spot in this woodcut print?
✨Stay tuned for the full reveal.
🎨 Feeling inspired to create? Start here 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Two weedy #seadragons spotted on a rock at Shelly Beach, Australia — a striking tribute to these magical fishes and close cousins of the seahorse. The artist certainly was inspired by our #IconicFishes 😉.
Feeling inspired? Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art
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October 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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🌊 Iconic fishes spotted in hand-painted Indonesian #batik! Scroll to see which of our quirky fishes make an appearance 👀
The artist certainly was inspired by our #IconicFishes 😉.
Feeling inspired, too? Take part 👉 www.iconicfishes.art

📸 Special thanks to our supporter for sharing this sighting.
October 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM