Siana Serres
Siana is a multimedia artist whose work stems from the desire to investigate belief systems and their effects on identity, time, and ecology.
Bathypalegic zones, vampire squids, and chimeras are central to my work.
They speak for a speculation of non-human dynamics, where structures such as time, gender, and language are questioned. The deep oceans allow for fiction and reality to meet, in worlds of chaos and tranquility, where evolution can take strange forms.
Familiar and alien, these depths embrace me in their stories, offering new perspectives of how we perceive each other and how we approach ecology.
Through my work, I hope to bring shape to those ephemeral and gelatinous relationships that seep through the cracks of the earth, dismantling rigid thinking with their fluidity.
I aim to move beyond linear narratives, opening a conversation on ecological thinking that transcends traditional and anthropocentric concepts of time and rationality.
They blur, distort, and change constantly.
SHOWS & EVENTS
2024
> On Queerness and Ecology, Safehouse 2, London, show curated by Paulo Madureira [September]
> Sonic Sculpture 3: Playground of Sound, Primary, Nottingham, curated by Ryan Boultbee
> Primetimespinal, 398, Bristol, performances curated by Alexis Milne [May]
> Meta Cipher, D Unit Studios, Bristol, show curated by Alexis Milne [April]
2023
> The Ruins of Fiction, Royal College of Art, London, degree show [June-July]
> Fleshy Wisdoms, The Steamships, London, performances curated by Layan Lerman [June]
> Glimpse 1, Staffordshire St, London, performances curated by the Glimpse team [April]
> Beyond the Surface, Montez Press Radio [March]
> Exquisite Egg, Tate Modern, Tate Late workshop, London [March]
2022
> The Passage of Traitors, Chelsea College of Art, London, degree show in collaboration with Marion Legeais [June]
> Into the Crowd, group show, Monochrome Studio, London, curated by I am Jo Collective [April]
> Sous les pavés, la plage, group show, Chelsea College of Art, [March]
PUBLICATIONS
> Glimpse, student-led and student-funded RCA group publication
> 99 Future Blue Chip Artists 2024, published and curated by Artsted
> The Uncanny, published and curated by Now & Again
EDUCATION
> MA Contemporary Art Practice, Royal College of Art [2022-2023]
> BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art [2019-2022]
> Foundation Year Art & Design, Atelier de Sèvres [2018-2019]
Helping Artists Keep Going
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