@iconicfishes.bsky.social
A global arts movement inviting everyone, everywhere to celebrate our iconic fishes: seahorses, pipefish, seadragons & their quirky cousins. Join us! www.iconicfishes.art
Our team member reimagined the traditional #LunarNewYear blessing, “May you have abundance year after year,” with our #IconicFishes.
Fun fact: The word for abundance (yú) also sounds like the word for fish.
Share this with someone you’re wishing abundance to this year. 🐟🧧
#YearofTheSeaHorse
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...
13.01.2026 17:53 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📣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...
🌊✨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
#IconicFishes
🌊✨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
🎨 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.
🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/seah...
This is so special. Making art about bottom trawling and #IconicFishes. Watch and enjoy.
25.11.2025 02:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎥 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...
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! 🌊💪
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
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.
27.10.2025 22:05 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎃 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👻.
Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art/updates/what...
#InspiredbyIconicFishes #Art #Artists #OceanArt
🌊 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
Hey, some #iconicfishes from Malaysia. Where have you spotted our wondrous fishes? www.iconicfishes.art
22.10.2025 04:52 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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.
Passing through the shop
@beatymuseum.bsky.social
and spotted one of our #IconicFishes on a tea cloth/dish towel. Hooray for the wondrous seadragons. @iconicfishes.bsky.social Visit www.iconicfishes.art
Three yellow and green seahorses clinging to pink, orange and red coral.
"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. 💪💙
Drawing of three bright yellow trumpetfish.
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
🌊 “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
#IconicFishes
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.
14.10.2025 18:46 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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.
14.10.2025 15:24 — 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
#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
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
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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🌊 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.
Ever seen #seahorses, #pipefishes, #seadragons & their quirky cousins take centre stage in an arts movement? Now you have. 👉 Scroll through to discover what Inspired by Iconic Fishes is all about! 🔗Learn more www.iconicfishes.art
03.10.2025 23:28 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
🌊 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
🌊 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
👉 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/intr...
✨Meet the showstopper of our #IconicFishes lineup, the #seadragon: enchanting and full of flair 🪩.
💡There are three species of seadragons, all from the same family as seahorses & pipefishes.
🎨Stay tuned as these iconic fishes take centre stage in our upcoming arts movement #InspiredByIconicFishes
