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,