| Paul Sika | |
| Birth Date: | 1985 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
| Nationality: | Ivorian |
| Known For: | Photography |
| Training: | Software engineering at University of Westminster |
Paul Sika is an Ivorian fashion and advertising photographer/creative director/artist, who was born on 7 January 1985, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
He studied software engineering at University of Westminster, United Kingdom between 2003 and 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