Paul Sika
Encyclopedia
Paul Sika is an Ivorian
fashion and advertising photographer/creative director
/artist
, who was born in 07.13.1985, in Abidjan
, Ivory Coast.
He studied software engineering at University of Westminster
, United Kingdom between 2003–2007 and became a freelance photographer in 2008. In 2009 he was awarded a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship. http://achebecenter.bard.edu/
His works consist of the vibrant views of Africa
in Technicolor
- saturation, they are in general oversaturated color shots. In his works; he creates carefully staged environments using actors.
When he discovered American artist Andy Warhol
; he referred to himself as Warhol’s grandson. He said "“When I saw LaChapelle’s work, I thought, this is amazing. How can someone have such imagination? And when you go back in history, David LaChappelle was mentored by Andy Warhol. So it was more of the artistic-father thing, that’s why I referred to myself as Andy Warhol’s grandson.” http://www.theafricareport.com/archives2/society-a-culture/3286501-creativity-knows-no-limits-.html
As CNN World wrote; "Ivorian artist Paul Sika is no ordinary photographer. His "one-frame films" are eye-catching explosions of color, falling somewhere between cinema and photography.
The influence of the big screen is obvious in Sika's photographs, which resemble stills from an ultra-stylish, slightly surreal movie shot in glorious Technicolor." http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-10/world/paul.sika.images_1_cnn-images-photography?_s=PM:WORLD
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
fashion and advertising photographer/creative director
Creative Director
A creative director is a position often found within the graphic design, film, music, fashion, advertising, media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well....
/artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, who was born in 07.13.1985, in Abidjan
Abidjan
Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal...
, Ivory Coast.
He studied software engineering at University of Westminster
University of Westminster
The University of Westminster is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its origins go back to the foundation of the Royal Polytechnic Institution in 1838, and it was awarded university status in 1992.The university's headquarters and original campus are based on Regent...
, United Kingdom between 2003–2007 and became a freelance photographer in 2008. In 2009 he was awarded a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship. http://achebecenter.bard.edu/
His works consist of the vibrant views of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
in Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
- saturation, they are in general oversaturated color shots. In his works; he creates carefully staged environments using actors.
When he discovered American artist Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
; he referred to himself as Warhol’s grandson. He said "“When I saw LaChapelle’s work, I thought, this is amazing. How can someone have such imagination? And when you go back in history, David LaChappelle was mentored by Andy Warhol. So it was more of the artistic-father thing, that’s why I referred to myself as Andy Warhol’s grandson.” http://www.theafricareport.com/archives2/society-a-culture/3286501-creativity-knows-no-limits-.html
As CNN World wrote; "Ivorian artist Paul Sika is no ordinary photographer. His "one-frame films" are eye-catching explosions of color, falling somewhere between cinema and photography.
The influence of the big screen is obvious in Sika's photographs, which resemble stills from an ultra-stylish, slightly surreal movie shot in glorious Technicolor." http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-10/world/paul.sika.images_1_cnn-images-photography?_s=PM:WORLD
Exhibitions
- November 2008 Galerie Le Lab, Abidjan
- October 2009 Chinua AchebeChinua AchebeAlbert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe popularly known as Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic...
Center, New York http://achebecenter.bard.edu/
External links
- Official homepage of Paul Sika
- "Ivorian artist Paul Sika's glorious Technicolor world " on CNN, written by Mark Tutton on May 10, 2010
- "Paul Sika Photography" on Cool Hunting
- An interview with Paul Sika
- "Creativity knows no limits" article by Belinda Otas dated February 01,2010 on The Africa Report
- An audio interview with Paul Sika on BBC