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Cécile Fouillade is a professional ceramic artist who works under the name Siqou Porcelain. Based in the Vexin, near Paris, she has developed a sculptural world inspired by the polar regions, in which porcelain becomes skin and animal presence. Her delicate yet powerful works draw on the landscapes and wildlife of the Far North.

Her expeditions and maritime artist residencies in Greenland, Norway and Iceland between 2019 and 2023 marked a turning point in her career. Drawing on her observations, her encounters with Inuit communities in Greenland and with polar wildlife, and the sensations these landscapes evoked, she began exploring organic textures—fur, plumage, scales—which she recreates through meticulous porcelain assembly and pastillage.

In 2023, she was selected by the Tara Ocean Foundation for an artist residency aboard the scientific schooner Tara in the North Sea, during the Tara Europa mission. Sharing the daily life of the scientists and discovering their research in the marine environment marked the beginning of a reflection at the crossroads of art and science that continues to enrich her practice.

At the boundary between sculpture and material, her work explores the links between living beings, the animal world and the polar regions. Her work has received several awards, including the Prix Jeune Création Métiers d’Art from Ateliers d’Art de France in 2022 and the “Métamorphose” Prize at Ceramic Art Fair + Glass 2026.