37 Incredible Underwater Sculptures That’ll Have You Holding Your Breath

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I’ve always loved sculpture. There’s something about taking a solid material and turning it into something expressive that really sticks with me. But there’s a whole other level to it when those pieces are placed somewhere unexpected.

Underwater sculptures have this quiet, almost surreal quality to them. They’re hidden beneath the surface, slowly becoming part of their environment, changing over time in ways you don’t usually see with traditional art.

These pieces from around the world are incredible, and there’s something about them that makes you stop and just take it all in.

1. Eye

2. The Nest, Gili Islands, Indonesia

3. Silent Evolution, Musa, Mexico

4. Part Of The New Generation Restoration Coral Series

5. A World Adrift, Carriacou, Grenada

6. The Listener

7. Jayme Marshall Wulgurukaba And Yunbenen Woman

8. The Bankers, Musa, Mexico

9. The Lost Correspondent, Grenada

10. The Masks Of Île Sainte-Marguerite

11. One Day We Will All Return To The Sea

12. Human Gyre, Museo Atlántico, Lanzarote, Spain

13. Inheritance, Punta Nizuc, Mexico

14. The Coral Gardener

15. Slowly Growing

16. Faceless Selfies, Crossing The Rubicon, Lanzarote

17. The Raft Of Lampedusa, Museo Atlántico, Lanzarote, Spain

18. Walking Man 2017

19. The Speaker, Musa, Mexico

20. Hiding In The Forest

21. Studio Copy Of Plasticide For The Green Peace Ocean Plastics Campaign In 2018

22. Immortal, Museo Atlántico, Lanzarote, Spain

23. Blue

24. Professor Peter Harrison

25. Reclamation, Musa, Mexico

26. Gardener, Musa, Mexico

27. Just Breathe… Silent Evolution, Cancun, Mexico

28. Nexus, Oslo Fjord, Norway

29. Details Of The Nest, Gili Islands, Bali

30. Vicissitudes, Grenada

31. Silent Evolution, Musa, Mexico

32. Alluvia, Canterbury, England

33. Inertia, Musa, Mexico

34. Underwater Forest

35. Ocean Atlas In Nassau, Bahamas

36. Human Gyre, Museo Atlántico, Lanzarote, Spain

37. Crossing The Rubicon, Located Off The Coast Of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

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Mike Primavera is a Chicago-based comedy writer even though he doesn't HAVE to work. He lives comfortably off of his family's pasta fortune. Follow him on all social media at @primawesome

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