EDUCATION
MFA
2015 - 2017
Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
Dissertation: Shared History, Shared Identity: Politics and Homoeroticism in the Avant-garde paintings of Bhupen Khakhar (india) and Ennri Kums (Mauritius)
PGCE
2012 - 2014
Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE), Reduit, Mauritius
BA (Hons.) Fine Arts (painting)
2005 - 2009
University of Mauritius (UOM)/ Mahatma Gandhi Institute (MGI) Reduit/Moka Mauritius
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2015
African Scholarship Scheme from the Indian Centre for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
2010
2nd prize for the “Creative Expression Competition for Educators” poster competition
2010
1st prize for the group painting competition on ecological environment organized by the Karavann Productions
2009
1st prize for the „Xavier Le Juge De Segrais‟ painting competition on rare plants
2004
1st prize for art competition on environment organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports
EXHIBITIONS
Online Exhibitions
June 2020 'What is Fear?',Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival (TQAF), Thessaloniki, Greece
June 2020 'Art Under Lockdown', Counterweave Art, Rome, Italy
May 2020 2020 Online Juried Exhibition (Director's pick), Anton Art, Michigan, USA
May 2020 Social Distancing Art Festival (SODA), Arrival Room, Germany
April 2020 'Stay Hopeful', Thailand
April 2020 'Homegrown', Imaaya Art Gallery, Phoenix, Mauritius
Solo Showcases
August 2013 “Parthenon Frieze”, pARTage, Hennessy Park Hotel, Mauritius
April 2012 “Mixticius”, pARTage, Le Suffren and Marina Hotel, Mauritius
Group Exhibitions
June 2019 'Eros', First Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival (TQAF), MOMus, Thessaloniki , Greece
July 2018 Homomorphism II – Same-sex Intimacy, Queerala, Kerala History Museum, India
June 2015 Print Exhibition, RTI, Mauritius
May 2015 MGI 34th Salon de Mai, Mauritius
April 2015 '13', Imaaya Gallery, Mauritius
February 2015 Abolition of Slavery, Rabindranath Tagore Institute (RTI), Mauritius
June 2014 ARTchipelago International Art Exhibition, pARTage, IFM, Rose-Hill, Mauritius
May 2014 MGI 33rd Salon de Mai, Mauritius
March 2014 8th Salon D’été, SSR Gallery, Mauritius
December 2013 Duo exhibition with Deepa Bauhadoor ‘WHEEL of LIFE’, Mauritius
September 2013 Migrantes, Spazio Tempo Arte, Italy
August 2013 Ex poésie, St-Malo, France
August 2013 Original Print Exchange and Exhibition, Art space, Ontario Canada
May 2013 MGI 32nd Salon de Mai, Mauritius
April 2013 International 2nd World Art Day, ACA, Mauritius
March 2013 7th salon D’été, SSR Gallery, Mauritius
May 2012 MGI 30th salon de Mai, Mauritius
February 2012 Postal Art, Trinidad & Tobago
November 2011 Windsor Printmaker’s forum, Ontario, Canada
November 2011 ACA- IBL Gallery “International Art Exhibition” (Eco - Living), Mauritius
September 2011 International Biennale festival of portrait, International Portrait Gallery Tuzla, Bosnia
August 2011 Original Print Exchange and Exhibition, Art space, Ontario Canada
May 2011 MGI 31st Salon de Mai, Mauritius
April 2011 International Association of Art, Mexico City
April 2011 5th Salon D’été, SSR Gallery, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius
July 2010 ACA- IBL Gallery “Battle of 1810”, Mauritius
May 2010 MGI 29th Salon de Mai, Mauritius
December 2009 ACA- IBL Gallery “International portrait exhibition”, Mauritius
March 2008 "Explosion des Couleurs" SSR Gallery, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius
October 2007 Foyer Rémy Ollier, Port-Louis, Mauritius
June 2007 Festival Creole, Carrefour des Arts, Mahé Seychelles
ART PROJECTS
May 2020 'A(rt) Table', Fund raising project for children, NGO SAFIRE, Third Dot Gallery, Mauritius
May 2015 'Glimpses of Everyday Life', Mail Art Project, Thessaloniki, Greece
April 2015 '13', Fundraising project for children, NGO SAFIRE, Imaaya Gallery, Mauritius
WORKSHOPS
November 2018 Hosted a two-day workshop on Egg Tempera painting and Gold Leafing at the Kerala museum, Kochi, Kerala, India
November 2018 Co-hosted (with Dr. Santanu Dutta) workshop on wash technique and Marbling technique at the Kerala Museum, Kochi, Kerala, India
June 2015 Printmaking workshop at Rabindranath Tagore Institute (RTI), Mauritius
April 2015 Participated in collaboration with French artist Katia Bourdarel for one of her installation works, Mauritius
January 2015 Workshop on Abolition of slavery at Rabindranath Tagore Institute (RTI), Mauritius
June 2014 International Workshop, “ARTchipelago”, with pARTage, Mauritius
November 2012 Workshop with French artist Veronique Bigo, Mauritius