Vick Kumar Shibdoyal-------------------------------------------MA Fine Artist---------------------------------------------

Creativity is at the root of intelligence

Art Lecturer & Fine Artist Competencies: [Painting, Sculptures, Interactive Art, Videos...]Address: Quatre Bords Road, Bon-Accueil, Mauritius.Email : vickshibdoyal@yahoo.com, v.shibdoyal@mieonline.org • SecondaryEducation:Sir Leckraz Teeluck State Secondary School, Flacq,Mauritius • TertiaryEducation:Mahatma Gandhi Institute - Diploma in Fine Arts, Moka , MauritiusUniversity of Mauritius - B.A (Hons) Fine Arts with Education, Reduit , Mauritius • Post-Graduate:The Arts Institute at Bournemouth and the University for the Creative Arts – Dorset, United Kingdom • OtherQualifications:Diploma in Information Technology – Dublin, IrelandCertificateinFilmmaking–ArtsInstituteatBournemouth,UnitedKingdomDiploma in Graphic Design– Arts Institute at Bournemouth, United Kingdom • OtherSkills: Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Dreamweaver, 3D Studio Max and Interactive Media

Webspace: www.pictify.com/vickshibdoyalE-Mail: vickshibdoyal@yahoo.comContact: 7931138

Artistic Journey - Major Exhibitions: • QUINTESSANCE 2012 – Solo Expo at Hennessy park Hotel, Ebene

• SALONdeMai2012–GroupExpoattheFineArtsDepartmentatMGI

• SALOND’ETE2012–GroupExpoattheSSRArtGallery,Quatres-Bornes

• SALONdeMai2011–GroupExpoattheFineArtsDepartmentatMGI

• WORLDBOOKDAY2011–AttheMahatmaGandhiInstitute

• SALOND’ETE2011–GroupExpoattheSSRArtGallery,Quatres-Bornes

• INT-UIT-IVE2010–SecondSoloExpoattheBoardofInvestment,Port-Louis.

• BicentenaryoftheGRANDPORTBATTLE2010–GroupExpoatMahebourg.

• SALONdeMai2010–GroupExpoattheFineArtsDepartmentatMGI

• SALOND’ETE2010–GroupExpoattheSSRArtGallery,Quatres-Bornes

• THEKUBE2009–GroupExhibition,thelaunchingofanewArtSpace

• EDGE2008-PostgraduateshowattheArtsInstituteatBournemouth,Dorset,UK • InternationalArtCompetitioninSpaininJune2007

• ‘OUVERTURES’2006-ExhibitionatLakePointComplex,Curepipe,[SATA]

• NATIONALARTGALLERY-OpenAirExhibitionatPublicbeachesinMauritius

BelleMare-[November2006],

Grand–Bay-[March2006],

BlueBay-[August2006]

Flic-en–Flacq[July2006].

• ‘SALONDEMAI’attheMahatmaGandhiInstitute[2003,2005,2006]

• ‘LESCAFESDESARTISTES’atMerRouge–Exhibitionofpaintings&Sculptures

• LECITADELLE–AbolitionofSlavery-Exhibitionofpaintings[Feb.2006]

• ‘ARTISTEAL’OEUVRE’’–MinistryofArts&CultureatPort-Louis[August2005]

• ‘TOUCHANDFEEL’-SculpturesExpoatMauritiusInstitutebytheNAG

• 1st&2ndTriennialofContemporaryArtoftheIndianOceaninMauritius-

OrganizedbytheMinistryofArts&Culture.[2003&2005]

• ‘IT’SHIGHTIME’–SOLOExhibitionofPaintingsandSculpturesat‘leFoyerdu

Theatre’,Port-Louis[February2004]

Artist Statement My artistic mission is Upcycling scrap materials. Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of betterqualityorahigherenvironmentalvalue.Inamethisas‘UpcycloEnviro’.Itisan investment in the future and into the creation of a greener environment.

I aim to inculcate a sense of responsibility by sensitizing people in a subtle way about the environmental impact of their behaviour and how they can adopt a more environment-friendly lifestyle. This will undoubtedly broaden recycling participation in Mauritius and throughout the world through increased awareness and education by promoting the creation of artworks that will sensitize people and enable them to reducewaste.Thiswillgenerateanenvironmentalresponsibilitythroughefficientuse ofresources by redirecting them and giving then a life anew.

It is the recycling of trash for a higher purpose. Regenerating and renew-ing scrap materials in order to give them a new meaning. Artistic manipulation of discardedscrapsandothermanmadematerialsareaneffectivewayofmakingpeople aware, making them environmentally awakened, and conscious. The raw materials do not have any intrinsic value but once they are processed through the creative hands of artists they become wonderful works of art.

As artist, my challenge is to take these found objects which are apparently meaningless and useless and to create relationship with them, communicate with them and to give them a life, a meaning, a voice and ignite a spirit into them so that they may converse with the viewer and establish a dialogue with them. The creative hands of the artist give the discarded objects a life so that they may tell their own story.

Intoday’sworldofweirdandamazingartsomeofthemostcompellingandcreative works have been born out of the simplest and most abundant of materi-als, the trash and scraps. I have been in this demarche for more than 12 years now. I have been creating artworksoutofscrapmaterials,usingdifferenttechniqueswiththesoleaimofsensitizing people here in Mauritius and worldwide, addressing the worsening environmental degradation and climate change. My initiative draw on the commitment to nurture innovation, pioneer new fields,expandaccesstoandgeneratesustainableimpactonindividuals,institu-tions, and communities.

Quintessence 2012Quintessence is the essence in the materials in its purest, exquisite and most

concentratedform.TheancientGreeksusedthetermtodescribeamysterious‘fifthelement’,inadditiontoair,earth,fireandwater.Mysculpturesprojectthatdyna-mism as they depict the pure state of the materials that I use in order to translate my ideas and feelings via my artworks. The materials, forms, colours, and textures aid to communicate much more.

Ibelievethatwehumanshavemuchmorethanourfivesensesandthereforewe should not limit ourselves. We should always aim to go beyond and develop our sixthsense,thatis,thesenseofappreciation.Oncethisisdeveloped,wecouldthendecode the meanings and capture the real essence of what the artwork conveys.

My demarche has always been for quintessential design with a broad spec-trum of materials, forms, and techniques. Since the last few years I have explored the possibilities recycling of trash for a higher purpose, regenerating and renewing scrap materials in order to give them a new meaning. Re-establishing an intrinsic relationship with the discarded materials and enable them to become a vehicle for the transmission of values.

It is the Artistic manipulation of discarded scraps and found objects are an effectivewayofmakingpeopleawareandbecomeenvironmentallyawakened.Theraw materials do not have any intrinsic value as such but once they are processed through the creative hands of artists they become wonderful works of art. As an artist my challenge is to take these scraps and found objects which are appar-ently meaningless and useless; create a relationship with them and enable them to becomethemessiahs’ofpeaceandreflection.Thesedays ithasbecomecrucialtomakeeachandeverybodyreflectandreconsideronouractions,asournaturalresourcesarebeingdepletedunprecedently. Irreparableharmsarebeing inflictedin the planet in which we are living. As an Artist I feel that artworks are indeed the meansofcommunication.Theimaginationandcreativityoftheartistswilldefinitelyignite a spirit into them and enable them to narrate a story of their own.

Quintessence is the pure essence of the most perfect embodiment of my art-works. It encompasses a wide class of possibilities with an exotic kind of energy that brings together all the fundamental forces.

I behold the insatiable quest to reach for the highest. I want to range on the top as a highly successful artist. I had been very active in my artistic life, having 3 major solo exhibitions and multiple other duo and group exhibits. My artworks are all throughout the world, Mauritius, Belgium, Switzerland, to name a few. I am now working as Lecturer at the Mauritius Institute of Education [MIE].My inspiration sources and aims has always been shaped and molded according to what is required. Idon’tbelieve inbeingrootedinto a single media and restrict myself to creativity. Art is present everywhere and ineverything.Itissufficienttoopenone’seyesandone’sinherentartisticquest.

EverydayIreflectandaimtofacetherealities of life in an artistic, aesthetic and heroic way. I implement new means and me-dium to revive, to surprise, invigorate and share my creative inertia to the world. I aim to alleviate the social, moral, political up-heavals of the world and to be knowledge and values of our society.

Besides creating Artworks, I do teach. Teaching, making projects together with eager younger humans is the most alive di-alog I have ever experienced. I see in front of my eyes, inside my heart, that the expe-riences, knowledge and passion that I try to transmit, penetrate the evolving abili-ties of the others. Incorporated with their thirsty talents something new is born. This hasaboomerangeffecttome.Itgivesmegreat pleasure, and inspiration, and desire to transmit more.