Yéanzi, born in 1988, is a contemporary artist from the Ivory Coast.

After years as a traditional portraitist, Yéanzi redefined his relationship with the portrait. Breaking from conventional art practices, he now explores unique techniques consisting of melting wasted plastic materials – collected from the streets of Abidjan – on paper or canvas.

He reveals the beauty and aestheticism of the individual through the ashes of wasted trash, while at the same time questioning the vast amounts of waste suffocating society.