Abi Castillo’s practice encompasses painting, illustration, and ceramic sculpture. Discovering ceramics introduced her to a world off aesthetic and creative possibilities that allow her to give shape to her creatures and characters. Each of her works preserve the essence of her  own self-portrait in which she is represented as a sweet, animated natural being, surrounded by elements that wrap themselves around her for protection. This ambivalence between mysticism and drama, between monstrosity and beauty, is all very present in her work. Every element that surrounds each being is part of a shell protecting a fleshy, juicy and soft inside. Castillo works in a small workshop in a small rural town in Galicia.