Arianna Yotti Diaz is a Spanish artist, currently based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She graduated from the European Business Program of Bordeaux before becoming an expat living in Ghana, South Africa, Morocco, Dubai, Belgium, Jordan and Ivory Coast. Every country brought its own unique colors, textures, tastes, and smells, providing inspiration to fuel her passion for art and interior design.

 

Arianna started painting as a child but her journey as an artist really began about 18 years ago in Dubai, when inspired by artists around her to lean into this passion. In Belgium, the hobby turned into something more as she worked on a dozen commissioned pieces of abstract art, where the clients would bring in their own pictures as inspiration.

 

In Jordan, her career as an artist really kicked off, as she started working every day on her next piece, inspired by the countries amazing and diverse scenery. She participated in exhibits in Dar Al Anda, Wadi Finan and MMAG Foundation, and held a solo exhibition at Al Manara, a Marriott Luxury Collection Hotel in Aqaba.

 

Self-taught, Arianna's medium of choice is acrylic, which she enjoys mixing with all sorts of different materials collected around the world. This gives her paintings evocative effects and textures, but often ties them to the very place which inspired their creation. The materials incorporated range from different inks and resins to beach or desert sand, eggshells, silver leaf, mica, and many others in between.