Nirveda Alleck

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, ...

BAFA Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1997
MFA Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, 2001

2013 Still Fighting Ignorance, Malmo Konsthall, Sweden, Motorenhall, Germany, Kunsthalle Sao Paulo, Brazil
2013 Art Warning the World, France
2012 We Have Lost The Way, La Tour Koenig, Mauritius
2012 Art Party, Henessy Park Hotel, Mauritius
2012 La Cinematheque Quebequoise, CANADA
2012 Dakart Biennale 2012, Senegal
2011 One Color, Pfeister Gallery, Bornholm, DENMARK
2011 To Africanize is to Civilize, Silencio, Paris Photo OFF, FRANCE
2011 FAIVA Residency Exhibition, MALI
2011 Johannesburg Art Fair, South Africa
2011 One Minutes Africa Awards, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo Egypt
2011 FOCUS11 :Contemporary Art Africa, Art Basel, Switzerland
2011 Open Studio, Omi International Art Centre, NY, USA
2011 One Minutes Video Africa- Bamako MALI
2010 World Festival of Back Art International Exhibition, Dakar, SENEGAL
2010 La Foire des Mascareignes, REUNION ISLAND
2010 The Landing of the Dodos Public Art Project, MAURITIUS
2010 200 yrs Grand Port Battle Commemorative Exhibition, MAURITIUS
2010 Dakart Biennale of Contemporary Art, SENEGAL
2009 Biennale Arts Actuels, REUNION ISLA...