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I am a Swiss-based traveling artist working across illustration, painting, photography, video and mural art. I collaborate with NGOs in India and Madagascar through ROOTS Association to advance women’s empowerment and community development. In parallel I co-create a slow, socially engaged fashion brand with handmade pieces produced in India through women’s empowerment initiatives, and I co-direct a documentary on women’s rights, including a cycling journey from Sion to Istanbul.…I am a Swiss-based traveling artist working across illustration, painting, photography, video and mural art. I collaborate with NGOs in India and Madagascar through ROOTS Association to advance women’s empowerment and community development. In parallel I co-create a slow, socially engaged fashion brand with handmade pieces produced in India through women’s empowerment initiatives, and I co-direct a documentary on women’s rights, including a cycling journey from Sion to Istanbul.

Celia Follonier

Illustrator, Photographer, Video Editor, +2

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I am a Swiss-based traveling artist working across illustration, painting, photography, video and mural art. I collaborate with NGOs in India and Madagascar through ROOTS Association to advance women’s empowerment and community development. In parallel I co-create a slow, socially engaged fashion brand with handmade pieces produced in India through women’s empowerment initiatives, and I co-direct a documentary on women’s rights, including a cycling journey from Sion to Istanbul.…I am a Swiss-based traveling artist working across illustration, painting, photography, video and mural art. I collaborate with NGOs in India and Madagascar through ROOTS Association to advance women’s empowerment and community development. In parallel I co-create a slow, socially engaged fashion brand with handmade pieces produced in India through women’s empowerment initiatives, and I co-direct a documentary on women’s rights, including a cycling journey from Sion to Istanbul.

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I am a Swiss-based traveling artist working across illustration, painting, photography, video and mural art. I collaborate with NGOs in India and Madagascar through ROOTS Association to advance women’s empowerment and community development.

In parallel I co-create a slow, socially engaged fashion brand with handmade pieces produced in India through women’s empowerment initiatives, and I co-direct a documentary on women’s rights, including a cycling journey from Sion to Istanbul.

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Work Experience

Founder & President at ROOTS Association

January 1, 2022 - Present

Founding and leading an independent association collaborating with NGOs in India and Madagascar to support women’s empowerment and community development; coordinating cross-disciplinary projects across illustration, mural art and documentary initiatives.

Documentary Co-Realisator / Co-Producer at Voie /x de Femmes - de Sion à Istanbul

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023

Co-created and co-produced a documentary on women’s rights during a cycling journey from Sion to Istanbul, in collaboration with women’s rights activists.

Tattoo Artist at Atelier Vacarme Lausanne

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023

Self-employed tattoo artist contributing to local art culture, while engaging in mural and design projects and collaborating with photographers and other artists.