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ARTA INDIANOCEANIKA BIENNALE DE L'INDIANOCEANIE D'AFRIQUE 2022
ARTA IndianoceanikA Biennale de l'indianoceanie d'Afrique 2022 is the first Virtual Biennale conceived to respond to the exigencies of Artists and Artworld involving participants from the Indian Ocean Africa with extension to International Artists. The Biennale incorporates a virtual museum, of selected Artworks from different artistic disciplines. Additionally will be organized in Mauritius as well as participating countries related live activities in the form of Art Festivals, exhibitions, Quantum Art and Science manifestations, performances, multi media creative videos and films, creative writing and poetry, amongst others . This Biennale is conceived and organized by Mr Boopen Doobah, Founder/President of ARTA IndianoceanikA , IOCDAFRICA, CODEPArt Consortium Mr Doobah is also the director of International Art Institute Indianoceanika. The event is organized with the support of various collaborators and partners including the International Academy Movimento Arte Quantistica (IAMAQ/ Italy) under the leadership of Dr Roberto Denti renowned founder of IAMAQ.
ARTISTS PORTFOLIOS
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DHYANESWAR DAUSOA
"Sculptures of my creation are in wood, stone and metal. Those in wood and stone are mostly carved in round and free standing, whereas those in metals are in assemblage with the techniques of hammering, welding and grinding. These materials are worked out with care and without any torture. In spite of being carved or assembled they show an impression of being sensibly modelled. They are generally stylized, symbolic figurative forms situated between the conventional and the abstract. Movements are inspired from vegetation, nature and human activities. Some of them are elongated with vertical ascent, giving the expression of sublime spiritual attainment while others have volumes giving the feeling of liberation and expansion in the environment. Art has an important role to play in human life and to serve certain social cause. Evidently it is a silent language which communicates with the spirit. Art doesn't belong to the creating artists alone but to the whole society."...
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MAKSUDUL AHSAN
The freelance artist was born,in Chandpur, Bangladesh in 1966. He graduated in 1987 for his B.F.A (Drawing & Painting)in Institute of Fine Arts, D.U. Dhaka, Bangladesh and in 1989 for M.F.A (Drawing & Painting)in Institute of Fine Arts, D.U. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Then, in 1992 he completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Planning and Development in A.P.D Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 1994 to 2002 he moved to Delhi, India where he achieved a lot through various solo and joint painting exhibitions.
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NAGLAA BOODHUN
I am Naglaa Boodhun, the Lead Actress in Geet Gawai - A Cultural Legacy, which won 4 International Awards. I was born in Egypt and I came to mauritius when I was 2 years old. My first job was modelling for a popular Mauritian clothing store. When I was 15 years old, I joined Henri Favori's theatrical classes and learned a lot about acting in theatrical plays. I found my passion for acting in movies 2016 when I was the Lead Actress in a Short Film Competition Against Domestic Violence. I was the Lead Actress in 2 movies in cinema, one of which has won 4 International Awards. For me, acting is not only a career, it is my passion.
Click on the following link to view more of her works : https://youtu.be/wJzwZM1gHtQ
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REBECCA D'SOUZA
Rebecca D’Souza is a young Mauritian art historian who really likes writing. With a Bachelor in Visual Arts in Art History and Aesthetics (May 2021) from Gujarat, India, Rebecca enjoys how the field brings together theory and hard facts, aesthetics, and the creativity of the art world from the past to the present. After slowly cultivating an appreciation for words over the past few years, Rebeccs loves to write just about anything you throw her way. However, she particularly insists on storytelling and short poems. As a young person in a fast-evolving world, the aspiring writer and artist feels compelled to understand how emotion and the human mind walk hand in hand. In line with that, how art can represent certain human dilemmas all us humans on planet Earth will probably face at least once while walking around in our houses or in other habitual spaces. That is representation through the mediums of painting and storytelling, for example. Having been exposed to and learnt different printmaking techniques at university as her electives, Rebecca has a growing interest in how such methods can be incorporated into her work. So far, she has co-led two printmaking workshops with secondary school students. After being a Marketing and Media Assistant, Rebecca currently works as a primary school teacher. She would like to study corporate communication in the future, and hold on to her artistic practices. In her spare time she makes digital collages, and updates her personal blog. Rebecca lives with her family in Mauritius.
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ANGEL ANGOH - ART THERAPIST
Angel Angoh was born and lives in Mauritius. Trained in Fine Art in London and Paris, she has also studied under the guidance of Claude Rogers in London. She has participated in many international art experimental workshops. Making art is her passion and she expresses herself through the abstract qualities of shape, color, line, form and texture. Intuitive expression is at the core of her art works. Angel is fascinated with the creative process where various shapes and colors are placed next to each other and together they are woven into life. Her paintings combine realistic renderings with abstract trappings, messages, manifold allusions, which stimulate the viewers' perception and imagination to feel and experience the paintings from their own personal perspective. Behind her artworks, there is a lifetime spent drawing, studying and teaching art. Angel is a lecturer in History of Art and for one and half decades she has been working as an art therapist in men's and women's prisons in Mauritius.
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ASMA BELHASSINE
Asma Belhassine, was born in Tunisia in 1985. She graduated in Arts and Communications, specializing in audiovisual media, and holds a master’s degree in Plastic Arts from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts of Nabeul. She has been part of the Tunisian Federation of Plastic Artists since 2008 and has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in Monastir, Sfax, Hammamet and Tunis (El Teatro Space, Kheireddine Palace, Sadika Space) and the Art Future event as part of The Spring of the Arts in La Marsa.
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