NIRVEDA ALLECK
Born in Mauritius, 1975
Lives in Mauritius
ART EDUCATION
2001 Master of Fine Art (MFA), Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
1997 Bachelor of Art in Fine Arts (Hons.), First Class, University of Cape Town, SA Placed on the Dean’s Merit List
SPECIAL MENTIONS
2016
Honored to be listed among the 100 most Influencial women of Mauritius
President of Jury for Prix Celimene, Department of Sports and Culture, Reunion Island.
2012-2015
Chair of Arterial Network Mauritius Chapter
2012
Cultural Leadership Training, at the African Arts Institute of South Africa, EU/AFAI funded.
Recipient of Emma Award by Bank One, for Arts and Culture, Mauritius.
2011
Nominated for FNB Art Prize at Joburg Art Fair
Nominated For One Minutes Africa 2011, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
Francis J Greenburger Fellowship at Omi International Arts Centre, USA
Recipient of International Grant for Artist Scheme, Ministry of Arts and Culture Mauritius
2010
Laureate at Dakar Biennale 2010, Soleil d’Afrique Prize
2008
Sponsored by HIVOS to take part in Tulipamwe International Artists Workshop and Exhibition Namibia
2004
Selected for ‘ 1er Fond D’Aide au Développement du Film’, Mauritius Film Development Corporation
1999
School of Fine Art Postgraduate Scholarship, Glasgow School of Art
1998
Most Promising Young Artist Award, Seychelles Biennial of Contemporary Art
1997
Dean’s Merit List, University of Cape Town
1994
Edward Louis Ladan Bursary offered by the University of Cape Town
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016-Now
Lecturer in Fine Arts, Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mauritius
2016
Lecturer in Fine Art, Fashion and Design Institute, Mauritius.
2015
Part Time Lecturer in Fine Arts (BA Fine Arts and Master of Visual Arts, History of Mauritian Art, Art Theory, Experimental Video, Video Editing), Mahatma Gandhi Institute
2014
Part time lecturer BA Fine Arts, Mahatma Gandhi Institute
2013
Part time Lecturer in Experimental Video, MA Visual Art and BA Digital Arts, Mahatma Gandhi Institute
2012
One Day Create, outdoors Creative Art Classes, Mauritius
Part Time lecturer in Art Theory at Mahatma Gandhi Institute (Critical Issues in Contemporary Art)
2011
Arts Consultant at Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site, Mauritius
2008-2009
Lecturer, Visual Arts Department, Mauritius Institute of Education, Mauritius
Studio-based Practice, History of Aesthetics, National Visual Arts Curriculum Development, Teacher Education in Visual Arts, and Visual Arts Educational Research/ Programme Review)
2006
Part Time Lecturer, Mahatma Gandhi Institute, University of Mauritius. (Painting)
2004-2007
Education Officer, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Mauritius.
1998-1999
Community Arts Teacher, Coatbrigde Community Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
PARALLEL AND CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
• Curator for Femlink- Feminin Plurielles, International Video Art exhibition, IFM, Mauritius, 2014
• Conceptor and curator for We Have Lost The Way, La Tour Koenig, Mauritius, 2012
• Project concept and curator for The Landing of The Dodos public art project, 2009-2013
• Establishment of migrant-C, Mauritius Indian Ocean Artists Collective
• Project leader and curator for Migrant-C at Johannesburg Art Fair, South Africa, 2011
• Researcher and writer for Artwatch Africa Research project for Mauritius 2011.
• Curator for INTERLACE- Drawing Connections between SA, Finland and Mauritius, IMAAYA Gallery,
MAURITIUS
• Curator for Pond, Group Exhibition, Cochrane Street, Glasgow, SCOTLAND, 2003
RECENT PROJECTS
Ephemeral Coast, curated by Celina Jeffrey, at La Citadel, July 2016, http://ephemeralcoast.com
Concept artist and director for Company Gardens Mauritius during Porlwi by Light Festival, Mauritius.
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
2011
Soleil D’Afrique Organization Residency (October 2011), Bamako, MALI
Omi International Artists Residency,Ghent, New York, USA
One Minutes Africa workshop, Bamako, MALI
2009
Biennale Arts Actuels Residency, Reunion Island, French Territory
VIeme Francophonie Games Painting Workshop, Beirut, Lebanon.
Indian Diaspora International Workshop, Mauritius.
2008
Tulipamwe International Artists Workshop, Namibia
2007
Artist in Residence, Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
Thupelo International Workshop, Cape Town, South Africa
2006
Artist in Residence, Bag Factory Fordsburg Artists Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa
2005
International Painters Camp, Chitrakala Parishek, Bangalore, India
2004
Scriptwriting workshop with Mama Keita, MFDC Mauritius
2001-2002
Artist in Residence, St Patrick’s Primary School, Glasgow, Scotland
EXHIBITIONS 2016
Porlwiby Light Festival- The garden of Earthly Delights- solo multimedia installation at Company Gardens, Mauritius. http://www.lemauricien.com/article/spectacle-jardin-et- sublime
Metaform, group show at Rogers House, Mauritius
Casablanca Bienale, Morocco
Le Tour des Origines, Chapelle Saint Thomas des Indiens, Reunion Island
Kwe I Espas, Le Hangart, Reunion Island
Edge Effects an Ephemeral Coast Exhibition at La Citadelle, Port Louis, Mauritius curated by Celina Jeffery 2016 Dakar- Martigny exhibition curated by Helen Tissieres, Le Manoir, Martigny, Switzerland.
2015
Charles Beaudelaire exhibition, Helen de Senneville Gallery, Mauritius.
Parl’eau- Collaborative work with Katia Bourdarel during La Peau des Choses exhibition, IFM, Mauritius
Amnesia, 180th anniversary commemorating the abolition of slavery, Rabindranath Tagore Institute, Mauritius
2014
Glories of Bihar, Rabindranath Tagore Institute, Mauritius
Africa Utopia, Digital Africa: The Future is now, curated by Christine Eyene, Southbank Centre, London UK
Analogue Eye, Video art from Africa, Grahamstown National Arts Festival, South Africa
Femlink- Feminin Plurielles, International Video Art exhibition, IFM, Mauritius
!Kauru, Pretoria, South Africa
Des hommes, des mondes, College des Bernardins, Paris, France.
2013
La Belle Peinture 2, Phoenix le Halles, Ile Maurice
Made in India, collaborative exhibition, Reunion Island
Select Works, solo at Angsana Balaclava, Mauritius
Still Fighting Ignorance and Intellectual Perfidy, Malmo Konsthall, SWEDEN and Kunsthalle Sao Paulo,BRAZIL, Marrakech Biennale Parallel projects 2014
Art Warning the World, France
2012
We Have Lost The Way, La Tour Koenig, Mauritius Art Party- solo, Henessy Park Hotel, Mauritius La Cinematheque Quebequoise, CANADA Dakart Biennale 2012, Senegal
2011
One Color, Pfeister Gallery, Bornholm, DENMARK
To Africanize is to Civilize, Silencio, Paris Photo OFF, FRANCE
FAIVA Residency Exhibition, MALI
Johannesburg Art Fair, South Africa
One Minutes Africa Awards, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo Egypt
FOCUS11: Contemporary Art Africa, Art Basel, Switzerland
Open Studio, Omi International Art Centre, NY, USA
One Minutes Video Africa- Bamako MAL
2010
World Festival of Back Art International Exhibition, Dakar, SENEGAL
La Foire des Mascareignes, REUNION ISLAND
The Landing of the Dodos Public Art Project, MAURITIUS
200 yrs Grand Port Battle Commemorative Exhibition, MAURITIUS
Dakart Biennale of Contemporary Art, SENEGAL
2009
Biennale Arts Actuels, REUNION ISLAND
VIeme Jeux de la Francophonie, (Francophonie Games) Painting Exhibition, LEBANON
Indian Diaspora International Exhibition, MAURITIUS. Pan-African Art Festival, ALGERIA
2008
Anniversary Raffle, Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
INTERLACE- Drawing Connections between SA, Finland and Mauritius, IMAAYA
Gallery, MAURITIUS 2008 House Games, Jyvaskula, FINLAND
Tulipamwe International Artists Exhibition, Goethe Centre, NAMIBIA
Imaaya Exhibition, Imaaya Gallery, MAURITIUS
Omada, Live video performance, MAURITIUS
2007
International Urban Workshop Exhibition, Thupelo, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Present́ Immobile, Solo Show at La Citadelle, MAURITIUS.
Liberte ́ D’expression, Right Now ! Exhibition, IBL Gallery, MAURITIUS.
International Women’s Exhibition, MGI Gallery, MAURITIUS
2006
Resident Artists Exhibition, Bag Factory Fordsburg Artists studios, Johannesburg,
SOUTH AFRICA
Screenings in 2006 & 2007:
Femlink International Video Collage, travelling exhibition.
• Lebanon, Beyrouth, “Les Instants Video” with Shams, France, Paris, Mairie du IXeme,
Mexico, 6DOF, Puebla, Cultural Centre La Cloaco, Croatia, Pula, Pula Film Festival,
Greece, Athens Video Art Festival, USA, Cambridge Massachusetts, Cyber Arts Night
Vision Festival, France, Cachan, Espace Dialogos, Orangerie, Argentina, Buenos Aires
Centro Cultural San Martin, Cultural Media and Art,
Macedonia, Skopje, Mala Stanica multimedia centre in collaboration with Lokomotiva,
Centre for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture, Germany, Berlin, Directors Lounge,
Contemporary Media and Art, Netherlands, Eindhoven, Temporary Art Centre,
Canada, Quebec, Centre Videofemmes, Spain, Barcelona, LOOP FESTIVAL, USA,
Fitchburg State College.
. France, Paris, Nuit Blanche, La Bellevilloise, Scotland, Edinburgh: European Biennale of Contemporary Art, France, Paris, Internat, Jeune Creation Exhibition of
Contemporary Art, Lithuania, Kaunas, European Biennale of Contemporary Art,
Poland, Varsovie, European Beinnale of Contemporary Art, France, Mende, European
Biennale of Contemporary Art, Uruguay, Montevideo, Foundation of Contemporary
Art FAC. Indonesia, Teater Utan Kayu, France, Nimes: Biennale Europeenne d’Art
Contemporain, Indonesia, Bandung, Cinematic Lab
2005
2nd Triennale of Contemporary Art, MAURITIUS
ESTAFAB, 2nd East Africa Biennale, TANZANIA
Salon de Mai, Moka, MAURITIUS
International Painters Exhibition, Chitrakala Parishek, Bangalore, INDIA 2005 11th Triennale India, New Delhi, INDIA
2004
Duad- solo show, Max Boulle ́ Gallery, MAURITIUS
2003
Pond, Group Exhibition, Cochrane Street, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
Diplomatic Immunity, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, USA
Part of the UK in NY Festival organised by the British Council
MFA Degree Show, Tramway, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
1999
Glasgow Art Fair, St Georges Square, SCOTLAND
Interim show, Glasgow School of Art, SCOTLAND
1998
6th Biennial of Contemporary Art, SEYCHELLES
Zilch and All, solo show, Max Boulle ́ Gallery, MAURITIUS
1997
Michaelis School of Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
PREFACE, Centre for African Studies Gallery, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Members Exhibition, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Artistic Director and conception for Company Gardens, Mauritius Porlwi by Light Festival Axis Financial Services, Mauritius
Azuri /Radisson Blue, Mauritius
Ministry of Arts and Culture, Mauritius
Okombahe Community, Namibia
Lalit Kala Akademi, India
Reinsurance Consultants, Mauritius & SA
Shields Mural Project, Peugeot Centre, Glasgow Scotland Church House, Bridgeton, Glasgow Scotland
UCATT (Workers Union) March Banner, Scotland
Isle of Arran Distillers, Scotland
J.D.Weatherspoons Ltd, Glasgow and Edinburgh Branches, Scotland
Hannibal (historic documentary), Channel 5, Wark Clements Productions, Scotland Citigate Scotland
Mc Cabe Contemporary Art (Cecily Getty), Cape Town, South Africa Independent Outdoor Media, South Africa
CATALOGUES
2014
La Belle Peinture Catalogue
2012
Dakar Biennale Catalogue. http://biennaledakar.org/2010/spip.php?article43
2011
Joburg Art Fair Catalogue
Migrant C Catalogue, Joburg Art Fair
Fanzines by Focus Contemporary African Art
2010
Dakart Biennale Catalogue
2009
Biennale Arts Actuels Catalogue, Reunion Island
Francophonie Games Art and Culture Catalogue, Lebanon
2nd PanAfrican Festival Catalogue, Algeria.
Indian Diaspora International Exhibition Catalogue.
2007
International Urban Workshop Exhibition, Thupelo, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Present́ Immobile, La Citadelle, Mauritius
Art in Mauritius by Hans Ramduth, MGI Publication, Mauritius.
National Art Gallery, 1st Salon d’Ete Catalogue, Mauritius.
2006
Bag Factory Resident Exhibition Catalogue. www.bagfactoryart.org.za
2007
11th Triennale India Catalogue
Estafab Catalogue 2005 Tanzania
National Art Gallery Mauritius website: www.nagmauritius.org
2001
Diplomatic Immunity Catalogue, UK in New York Festival
1998
Diplomatic Immunity Catalogue, UK in New York Festival
FILMOGRAPHY AND VIDEO WORKS
2001
Gist, Video installation, Scotland
2004
Counter Currents, Synchronised video work, Mauritius
2005
Ravinal Man, 17 min film, Funded by Mauritius Film Development Corporation
2006
Perfect Match, Video Performance- looped, Mauritius
Power, Soweto. Video work 20 min looped, Johannesburg SA
2007
Histories, Documentary on Freedom of Expression, commissioned by Right Now! Association, Mauritius.
Tragedy of a swing and a chair- for Femlink International, 2 min video.
2008
Omada Video performance, 8 min music and dance video, Mauritius
2009
Ephemeral, Biennale Art Actuels, 8min video
2011
The return, video Art, 2 mins, commissioned by One Minutes Africa 2011 One color, performance video, 3min
L’Offrande, video Art, nominated for One Minutes Africa Prize
They spoke different tongues, 15 min 2 channel video, Mali
2014
Omada Video performance, 8 min music and dance video, Mauritius
2015
Parl’eau, video installation, 8 min looped, Mauritius
2016
A Balancing Act, Mauritius
Arise, Mauritius
Art OMI Alumni, GSA Alumni, UCT Alumni