Her work is featured on 24 Brazilian stamps and 16 phone cards. It also appears in advertising campaigns, art books and magazines. Over a 20-year carrer, Maristela presented seven solo exhibitions – six in Brazil and one in Portugal – and has artworks in the collections of MAM (Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo) and Fnac. She has seven published books: Ilhabela, Submarine Brazil, Antarctica – a world made of Ice, Pacific Crossing, The Northern Route – Expedition to the Arctic Circle, SUB – Voyage to the Brazilian UW world and The boys of Congada. She runs Grão Editora, a publishing house that publishes photography books by Brazilian artists.