​PILAR DE ARIÑO WAS BORN IN MEXICO CITY IN 1992. SHE STUDIED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AT THE UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA. IN 2014, SHE JOINED THE KÖLN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DESIGN IN COLOGNE, GERMANY. AT THE END OF HER STUDIES, SHE WORKED AT BREUER STUDIO IN MEXICO CITY. IN 2016 SHE CO-FOUNDED COTA STUDIO. IN 2017, SHE JOINED EWE STUDIO TO WORK IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF LIMITED EDITION SCULPTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL PIECES. IN LATE 2020 SHE LEFT EWE STUDIO TO DEDICATE 100% OF HER TIME TO HER ARTISTIC PRACTICE.