Evan Sohun is a multifaceted and resourceful Mauritian artist, instilled with a strong artistic signature whose influences stem from the various creative stages of his life. He has been paving the way in the creative world since the age of 16, persisting in an eager and curious exploration of new methods for developing his art. Evan’s collection of creative undertakings include the publication of numerous animated book designs and magazine covers, as well as joint and solo art exhibitions and cultural festivals at local, regional and international levels.

Represented in Mauritius by Imaaya Art Gallery, his focus today is painting on canvas and paper, and the creation of appealing wall murals for city centres. Evan’s belief – that art is a powerful way to trigger effective social change when channelled appropriately – has led him to conduct workshops for the vulnerable communities of Mauritius, in close collaboration with regional schools and community advocates. His purposefully disordered and burlesque style is often stroked in carefully chosen warm and bright colours, and highlighted by interesting graphic visual effects, so that his compositions achieve an assertive balance of line, colour, and space.

In 1975, at the age of 5 years – Siddick Nuckcheddy was already conquered by the dual passions of drawing and painting. Today, he is internationally recognized with a portfolio of impressive solo and group exhibitions. Most of his works bear a trace of home-grown roots and Mauritian nostalgia.

As a Mauritian pastel paint artist, Siddick has achieved membership in numerous and exclusive artistic circles, including l’Art du Pastel en France, the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada, the Pastel Society of Spain, and the Pastel Society of Taiwan. His works have reached other shores, forming part of private collections in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, and more.

Siddick has been awarded for his outstanding pastel works on many occasions, most notably, Grand Prize at the 2018 International Pastel Biennial, France; Best Prize on two occasions at Les Pastellistes, Montreal, Canada (2015, 2014); and 1st Prizes for best talent at La Société des Pastellistes, France (2014), the International Pastel Exhibition, Giverny, France (2010) and the annual international pastel exhibition in Montreal, Canada (2016). He is among the members of the jury for the pastel annual show in Giverny and Montreal.

In 2012, Siddick received Honourable Mention as Master Pastelliste from l’Art du Pastel en France – where he was also Guest of Honour for that year’s event, and from the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada.

Nalini Gopaul, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Sculpture Department at School of Fine Arts, Mahatma Gandhi Institute in Moka, Mauritius, holds a first class Master degree in Visual Arts with Specialization in Sculpture from Maharaja Sayajirao University in India. She has participated in many exhibitions and workshops both on the national and international levels. Nalini is a regular participant in the annual exhibition Salon de Mai since 2000, Port Louis by Light, Port Louis by Nature, Partage and ‘a la cARTE Aachener Kunstroute, Galerie fur Internationalen Dialog, Germany’, among others. She has been creating sculptures for nearly two decades with many different materials including clay, paper, plaster, terracotta, cement, bronze, ceramic, pottery, coloured glass, rusted iron sheets and nails, metal, scrap materials, textile, fabric, yarn, other natural and synthetic fibers, and branches.

She is also a versatile Craft artist and creates small handmade objects that are original works of art and are known for their aesthetic quality. She masters techniques, such as silk painting, batik, knitting, weaving, sewing, fusing /melting / shaping glass, glass etching, modeling, pottery wheel work, firing and glazing, painting and printing with oxides.