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Born in 1975, Nirveda Alleck is a multidisciplinary artist living and practicing in Mauritius. She undertook her studies at Michaelis School of Fine Art in South Africa (BAFA 1997), and did her MFA at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland in 2001. Formerly a lecturer in Art Education in Mauritius, Alleck worked as an Art Consultant at the Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site in Mauritius, and is currently lecturing part time for the Master of Visual Arts course at the University of Mauritius. Alleck has participated in numerous international workshops in Namibia, South Africa, India, Lebanon, Mali and Mauritius, and had residencies at the Bag Factory Studios in Johannesburg as well as in Scotland, Reunion Island , Namibia, USA, Mali, and Mauritius. She was offered a Francis Greenburger Fellowship in 2011 to undertake a residency at Art Omi. Nirveda Alleck has participated in numerous international exhibitions: Diplomatic Immunity in NY in 2001, 11th Triennale India in 2005, Pan African Arts Festival in Algeria in 2009, Francophonie Games in Beirut, Arts Actuels Biennale in Reunion Island, World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar. In 2010, Alleck was a laureate at the Dak'Art Biennale, where she was awarded the Soleil d'Afrique Prize, and she was again part of the Dakar Biennale in 2012.