Pāṉini Language Laboratory

Voshan Pathareddy is a lecturer in Digital Arts at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Moka. He received his Master degree from the University Marc Bloch of Strasbourg, France and eventually worked for over three years as a concept artist and 3D modeler across several studios in Europe. His fields of competence include illustration, concept design and 3D modeling & texturing for video games and films. 

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POST                         Senior Lecturer ,

Head ,sculpture  Dept. School of Fine Arts, MGI Moka

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE         

• 1990-2006 Experience as Educator in Mahatma Gandhi Institute Secondary School
• 2006 -2016            Lecturer at School of Fine Arts
• 2017 till date Senior Lecturer at School of Fine Arts
• 2012-till date Head of Sculpture Department
• Worked as part time lecturer at Mauritius Institute of Education

QUALIFICATIONS

• School Certificate & G.C.E ‘O’ London
• Higher School certificate & G.C.E ‘A’ London
• 1889 Diploma in Fine Arts ,School of Fine Arts Mahatma Gandhi Institute
• 1991 Diploma in Visual Arts ,Mauritius institute of education
• 2002 A (Hons) Fine Arts with Education
• 2012 Master in Visual Arts with Spec. in Sculpture at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara   India

EXHIBITIONS:   Participated in several exhibitions

• Salon De Mai since 1991 till date
• 1991 Participated in Folk Museum Indian Immigrants
• 2008 International Workshop TIES Indian Diaspora
• Workshop with African Artists Act as Jury in many competitions
• Workshop in glass : sand blasting, biting, blowing…. India
• Workshop in Dokra Bronze casting …India
• International workshop organized by Partage 2013
• Bust of Jagdish Pandit at Riviere du Rempart
• International workshop organized by Partage 2015
• Port Louis by light 2016 & 2017
• International workshop organized by Partage and IFM 2018
• Participated in Salon de Mai 2018
• Participating in Exhibition at Apravasi Ghatt on 2 Nov 1018
• Act as Jury for national art competitions
• …………………………

TERTIARY EDUCATION:

• Diploma in Fine Arts (M.G.I Mauritius)
• Diplôme Supérieur d`Art Plastique (Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Beaux Arts, Paris)
• Master in Fine Arts (Jamia Millia Islamia University New Delhi)

AWARDS

• Prix de la ville de Saint-Cloud (France)
• Prix de la S.I.B.A (France)
• 1^ère Prix toutes categories au Salon Nationale de L`Artisanat
• Laureat of the UNESCO – ASCHBERG (2001-2002)
• 1^ère Prix Fine Arts Sculpture Exhibition

EXHIBITION

• Group show in Mauritius including Salon de Mai and MOBAA Millennium Art
• Exhibition, Art contemporian en Francophonie 1993, Sequence II
• Ile Maurice singulier pluriel, (Paris) 1993
• Festival Créole in Reunion Island
• Université des Mascareignes in Rodrigues
• Group show in New Delhi, India
• SADC Art Exhibition in Namibia
• Biennale of Cairo (2001)
• Biennale of Dhaka Bangladesh (2001)
• World Sculpture Park of Changchun (China)
• Reconstructing our history (Aapravasi Ghat)
• Malcom et Nous (Blue Penny Museum)
• MBC (exposition sur la liberté)
• Triennial of Contemporary Art 2002 – Mauritius
• Triennale 2005 – New Delhi India
• EASTAFAB – Biennale Dar - es – Salam 2005
• NGong Forest – a site specific workshop – Nairobi 2006

COMMISSIONED WORKS

• Monument des travailleurs au Champs de Mars (Port Louis)
• Fontaines des Arts (Rose Hill)
• Roopam Garden Sculpture (M.G.I)
• Diorama Folk Museum of Indian Immigration (M.G.I)
• Mural for National Pension Fund Building (Port Louis)
• Mural for Manhattan Building (Curepipe)
• Mural for Oil Mer Rouge , Mauritius
• Mural for Rabindranath Tagore Institute, Ilot

SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOP

• 2001 China Changchun International Sculpture Symposium
• Residency at the European Ceramics Work Centre (The Netherlands)
• Land Art Nairobi Kenya 2006
• EASTAFAB – Biennale Dar - es – Salam 2005
• PARTAGE 1^st International Artist`s Exhibition
• Arterre 2006
• Insulart 2007

MEMBERS OF JURY

• National Handicraft Centre
• National Handicraft Promotion Agency
• National Art Gallery

MEMBERS OF ORGANISING COMMITTEE

• Triennial of Contemporary Art 2002
• Triennial of Contemporary Art 2005

LECTURE

• National Seminar on Intellectual Property University of Mauritius (2007)
• The Importance of Aesthetic – Mauritius Examination Syndicate (2007)
• Personal Touch – Salon de Mai, MGI (2007)

STAGE DÉCOR

• 172^nd Anniversary of arrival of indenture labourers and celebration of the Inscription of the Appravasi Ghat on the world heritage list
• Web of existence – a ballet by Mrs Gayan
• Naushera Ka Yatra – a play on Gandhi by Mr Unuth
• Urmila – a play on Ramayana by Mr Unuth
• Ravi – Gyan – a play on Rabindranath Tagore by Mr Unuth