Meet Marta Beatriz (Tiss) Aguilar of Other

Today we’d like to introduce you to Marta Beatriz (Tiss) Aguilar.

Hi Tiss, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?

My story has never followed a straight line — and, in many ways, that is exactly what has shaped it.

I was born in Argentina, where words, images, music, and emotion are very much part of everyday life. As a teenager, I also lived in London with my parents, an experience that opened my world early on and strengthened my connection with languages and different cultures.

I later studied literature and became a language teacher, specializing in English and French. Languages have always been central to my life — not only as tools for communication, but as different ways of seeing and feeling the world.

For many years, my professional life in Argentina was rooted in communication. I ran my own advertising agency, working with ideas, images, words, and visual impact long before I ever imagined becoming a painter. Later, I also created and managed a postgraduate training company, continuing to work at the intersection of education, communication, and creativity.

Life eventually brought me to France, where I have now lived for almost fifteen years and where I taught languages at the university for ten years. Moving countries always changes something inside you. It asks you to reinvent yourself, to listen differently, and sometimes to discover parts of yourself that had been quietly waiting for the right moment.

Painting came into my life unexpectedly. After fracturing my leg, I was forced to stay immobilized for more than five months. Since I have never been very good at doing nothing, I decided — almost out of nowhere — to try painting. I had never touched a brush before. What began as a way to survive stillness became a true discovery. Painting opened a new language for me: color, movement, intuition, silence, and emotion.

From that moment on, painting became much more than an activity. It became a way of seeing. It taught me to observe the world differently, to trust instinct, and to understand how much can be expressed without words. That visual sensitivity later connected naturally with my writing, especially my children’s books, which I publish in English, French, and Spanish. My stories are built around imagination, tenderness, discovery, and transformation — themes that also live very close to my artistic world.

I am also the mother of three children, now scattered across the world — in California, Berlin, and Barcelona. Perhaps that has also shaped my way of creating: my life has always moved between countries, languages, cultures, and emotional landscapes. I have learned to feel at home in movement, even when the map looks slightly complicated.

More recently, I became deeply interested in generative AI, not as a replacement for creativity, but as a new artistic and visual tool. For me, AI only becomes meaningful when it is guided by human taste, emotion, intention, and artistic vision.

That same artistic perspective led me to create Art Global Contemporain, a curated platform dedicated to contemporary artists from around the world. As a painter myself, I know how vulnerable it can feel to show one’s work, and how important it is for artists to be presented with care, context, and respect. AGC was born from that understanding: the desire to create a refined space where artists are not only shown, but truly seen.

Although I have been living in France for many years, my work often travels much further than I do — sometimes even to interviews in places I never expected, like Atlanta. But perhaps that is the beauty of a creative journey: one unexpected event can open a door, one brushstroke can lead to a new life, and one project can connect you with people and places you could never have planned.

Where I am today is the result of many reinventions: communicator, language teacher, painter, writer, founder of a curated art platform and AI explorer. I do not see these paths as separate. For me, they are all part of the same story: the desire to create meaning, beauty, and connection through images and words.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has definitely not been a completely smooth road — although I am not sure the most interesting roads ever are.

One of the greatest challenges in my life has been the need to reinvent myself again and again. I have studied, worked, created projects, built professional paths, and then, more than once, found myself starting over almost from zero. At different moments in my life, people called me a phoenix, because whenever circumstances seemed to bring me down, I somehow found a way to rise again — not always quickly, and not always easily, but with a new project, a new direction, or a new version of myself.

That kind of reinvention can sound romantic from the outside, but in reality it often requires discipline, humility, and courage. It means accepting that what worked before may no longer work, learning new skills, entering unfamiliar fields, and beginning again without the certainty of success.

Moving from Argentina to Europe and building a life in France was part of that journey. It meant adapting to new cultural and professional environments, and learning to rebuild my identity in another language and another country. Later, painting came into my life through another difficult moment: after fracturing my leg, I was immobilized for more than five months. I have never been someone who can simply wait passively. So I began painting, without any previous experience, almost as an instinctive response to that moment. What started as a challenge became one of the most important discoveries of my life.

As an independent artist and author, I have also had to learn how to bring creative projects into the world without waiting for perfect conditions. Creating is only one part of the work. You also have to publish, promote, organize, communicate, adapt, and keep going even when the results are slow or uncertain.

More recently, working with generative AI and creating Art Global Contemporain have brought new challenges. The creative field is changing quickly, and it can be intimidating to enter new technological and editorial spaces. But I have always preferred curiosity to paralysis.

So no, the road has not always been smooth. But many of the most important turns in my life came from obstacles. Starting again taught me resilience. A broken leg led me to painting. Change pushed me toward new languages, new tools, and new creative forms. And each challenge, in some way, became part of the path I am still building today.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
Artist / Creative

My creative work moves between painting, storytelling, visual communication, and education.

Painting is one of the most important parts of my artistic life. It came to me unexpectedly, but it completely changed the way I see and create. I am especially drawn to color, movement, texture, and emotional atmosphere. Painting taught me to trust intuition, to accept imperfection, and to express what cannot always be explained through words.

Alongside painting, I am also a children’s book author. I write and publish stories in English, French, and Spanish, creating magical worlds where young readers encounter wonder, gentle challenges, and moments of discovery and growth. For me, children’s literature is not about simplifying emotions, but about offering young readers beauty, imagination, and meaningful little journeys.

This vision led me to develop Magic Kids Library, a creative project dedicated to children’s books, imagination, and artistic resources for families and young readers. It brings together several parts of who I am: my love of languages, storytelling, illustration, education, and magical visual worlds.

Another project very close to me is Art Global Contemporain. I originally created AGC in February 2021 as a personal space to share and discover contemporary art. For a long time, it was more of a passion project than a structured platform. More recently, I began shaping AGC into a broader editorial project, expanding beyond social media to include curated features, artist profiles, exhibitions, and selected cultural events.

That evolution came naturally from my own experience as a painter. I know how vulnerable it can feel to show one’s work, and I believe artists deserve to be presented with respect, atmosphere, and a refined visual identity.

In the last couple of years, I have also explored generative AI as a creative tool, and I recently completed a master’s program in this field. I see AI as one more instrument in the creative process — fascinating, useful, and full of possibilities, but always guided by human sensitivity, taste, and intention.

What I am most proud of is not one single project, but the way all these paths have slowly connected. Painting, writing, teaching, communication, children’s literature, and artist presentation may seem like different worlds, but for me they are part of the same creative impulse.

What sets me apart is probably that combination: I move between words and images, intuition and structure, traditional creative practices and new technologies.. Whether I am painting, writing a children’s story, developing Magic Kids Library, or building Art Global Contemporain, I am always looking for the same thing: a moment of beauty, meaning, and emotional connection.

What’s next?
At this stage, my plans for the future are not about starting completely new projects, but about consolidating and giving more strength to what I have already created.

As a painter, I would like to continue developing my artistic work with more focus and visibility. Painting remains one of the most personal and essential parts of my life, and I want to give it more space through exhibitions, collaborations, and new opportunities to share my work with a wider audience.

I also want to continue growing Magic Kids Library, my project dedicated to children’s books, imagination, and creative resources for young readers and families. I see it as a world that can keep expanding through stories, illustrations, printable activities, multilingual content, and eventually more interactive experiences for children.

With Art Global Contemporain, my goal is to keep developing the platform with more structure and consistency. What began as a personal passion project in 2021 has recently started to become a more intentional editorial space for contemporary artists. I would like to continue building it carefully, presenting artists with visual quality, sensitivity, and respect.

I have also developed other projects related to branding, communication, and artificial intelligence, but for now I prefer to keep my energy focused. I have learned that creating too many paths at once can sometimes dilute the work. My priority now is to consolidate the projects that feel most aligned with who I am: painting, children’s literature, visual storytelling, and the presentation of artists.

I recently completed a master’s program in generative AI, and I will continue using technology as a creative support when it makes sense. But I see it as a tool, not as the center of my work. The essence remains human: imagination, emotion, taste, and connection.

So my future plans are not about becoming someone entirely different. They are about giving more shape, visibility, and continuity to what I have already been building. I look forward to creating with more focus, collaborating with other artists, and continuing to open meaningful spaces between art, storytelling, and human connection.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://tissapeintures.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tissa.artiste.peintre/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tissa.artiste.peintre/
• Other: https://magickidslibrary.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/magickidslibrary/ | https://www.instagram.com/artglobalcontemporain/