JAÏKEL GALANTE, born in Mauritius on April 2, 1996
From 2015 to 2019, I continued my studies at the Mahatma-Ghandi Institute, a school of fine arts in Mauritius and participated in the annual exhibitions at the Student Fair, to finally obtain a “Bachelor’s Degree” in fine art in 2019 with honors in specialized art. “printmaking”.
Under the supervision of artist Nirmal Hurry, I produce life-size statues as an assistant artist for “Slave Village” for “Le Morne World Heritage” 2019.
That same year, to perfect my art as a sculptor, I begin to attend the Bamboo Sculpture School of the artist Lewis Dick and was awarded second in this category at the “World Wood Day Mauritius”.
My works depict society and talk about identity and my origins and are made from all types of materials. I also participated in 2020 in the tenuous virtual exhibition in May on the theme of Covid-19, that of the Cultural Center of expression in November 2020 and in December in the collective exhibition for all at the hub.
In 2021, in April I took part in a workshop at the Intercontinental Slavery Museum Mauritius and finally in October I exhibited at the sculpture school.
Recently in 2022 I exhibited at the Salon de Mai and at the Nelson Mandela Center and participated in an exchange in Switzerland with the school of sculpture bamboo in wood sculpture, MIAF international art exhibition and sdg goals exhibition and finally at the Intercontinental Museum of Slavery in Dec 2022.
Beyond my status as a painter, sculptor and printmaker, I am also an art teacher. I taught at the College st Esprit, of St Maryse and at the moment I teach at the Loreto of Saint-Pierre.