Hocine Ziani (born in Sidi Daoud on 3 May 1953) is an Algerian painter and artist in plastic arts.

Ziani produced paintings in which he used a rich plastic vocabulary, where realism, hyperrealism, impressionism and semi-abstraction interact. Through a game of contrast between foreground and background, its the burst of light that particularly characterizes his works.

In his works, he explores all the games of shadows and reflections, of contrasts and gradients. As a figurative painter, he creates paintings from the real world while drawing his artistic effects from the resources of the imagination.Many of his works belong to collections of governmental and presidential institutions in Algeria, France, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Cuba, Argentina, the royal family of Saudi Arabia, and are also present in private collections throughout the world.

Awards
Diploma of Honor, awarded by Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid, Algiers, 1987.
Charles Ernest Beulé Prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1997.
Several times medalist at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1997–1999.
Gold medal, Salon International, Vittel, 1998.
First Grand Prix, Salon des Seigneurs de lArt, Arles, 1998.
First Grand Prix, Grand Gala National, Nantes, 1999.
First Grand Prix, gold medal, Salon International, La Grande-Motte, 2000.
Prize awarded by the Arts-Sciences-Lettres Academic Society, Paris.
Medal of the City of Paris, 2019.


La  Reine de Saba chez Salomon, by Ziani, oil on canvas, 2015


Aqua Alta, by Ziani, oil on canvas, 120x160 cm, 2012, private collection, France


La Nuit de la Fuite en Égypte, by Ziani, oil on linen canvas, 2015, Dürr Foundation collection, Germany


La Reine Tin Hinan, by Ziani, oil on canvas, 2007



Le cavalier numide, par Ziani, peinture à lhuile sur toile, 1990, private collection, Algiers