Céline Siani Djiakoua - Multidisciplinary artist

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Céline Siani Djiakoua - Multidisciplinary artist

Céline Siani Djiakoua uses drawing, photography and installation to investigate universal human exp

25/05/2026

I haven't been sharing much about my work, lately ... because I haven't been making much. It's been a while now that I am going through the "crossing of a desert".

As I reflected on this, I realised that a lot of the motivations that were pushing me to produce art are not there anymore, and maybe for the best ....

But I had lost the pleasure of making ...

So this year, my goal is to find it again, in small or bigger things ....

Here is the protector of my house, sleeping on my kitchen wall : Mélusine, Mamy Wata, Yemanja .... sometimes snake-woman or fish-woman, with or without wings. She is to be found all around the world, through the most ancient times, like the archetype that she is 🙂

13/03/2026

New project - research - 03.2026

28/09/2025

Kissing
2015
20x20cm
Ink drawings
20 pages

22/09/2025

"Crocodiles"
2024
A5 concertina book made by recycling a large life drawing (soft pastel). Crocodiles were drawn with colour pencils afterwards.

21/09/2025

"Journal intime"
Around 2009
15x15 cm
Paper & tissue paper.

Continuing sharing some books I have been making through the years and decades

20/09/2025

Artist's book
10x10 cm
Paper bags, various collected packagins, water colour drawings
2022

Made as I was staying in Athens for an international art fair I was taking part in.

1- chocolate wrapping
2- bakery bag
3- writings
4- some more chocolate wrapping (my favourite !)
5- watercolour drawing while on a ferry to a nearby island
6- watercolour drawing, ferry seats

23/08/2025

This summer I really enjoyed drawing with acrylic neon pens while travelling.
This is a "rose laurel and shadows, drawn on Noirmoutier island and has just been bought 😊

(10x13 cm)

05/08/2025

Some more neon drawings.

01/08/2025

Train drawings between Bordeaux and Nantes.

I am always amazed to see how a few lines can get our brain to work out what it represents (or something else ! 😀).

My seat neighbour was trying to sleep on the small tablet ....

I wanted to try these "paint felt tip pens" as I wanted to cover the paper with opac layers of colours. This is a brand new type of pens ( ) I found in an art shop in Bordeaux at . It works for the dark green but not so much for the lighter colours as you see the colouring marks. Maybe I should have bought the larger size too.

02/07/2025

Last May, I responded to a call for a small collaborative project with Tom Harris () : we would receive an object through the post and create something in response. The object was a rosary.

I don’t have a religion but I am spiritual and also close to the natural world. Christianity brought the idea of duality: minds and body are separated; we are separated from the natural world and man rules over it (and exploits it). As I am working with plants, I decided to research which plants would be mentioned in the bible and what were their symbolism and/or usage before the bible was written. Having such a short time was difficult. I couldn’t afford to do long research, so I felt a bit frustrated while having to select some texts.

I selected 4 plants which were mentioned in the bible. I selected some information about their use before Christ. I and made ecoprints or inks with them. For the presentation, I took inspiration and model (for the diagonal pocket) from The art of fold by Hedi Kyle and Ulla Warchol (excellent explanation for innovative books and paper structures !).

I hadn’t expected to be exhibiting within Backlit’s beautiful exhibition space for the evening, so it was a nice surprise !
I and really enjoyed everyone’s presentation of their work, the diversity in media and interpretation of the task and the group conversation, lead by Tom that we had at the end. Such a very professional, very organised and very empathic short term project, I was thrilled and very impressed ! 😊

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