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Chantal
Ireno
Mayaura
Monique
Nele
Vahula |
And what the
soul imagines is made a world...
Savitri, Sri Aurobindo
Mayaura
The phenomenon 'colour' is for me the incarnation of light into infinite
matter, a sign of life..
Born 1954 in
Hirson, France.
Studied in the Beaux-Arts of Paris and in Henry Goetz's Academy from 1975 to
1980.
Since 1981 living and working in Auroville.
Individual
exhibitions
1979- Galerie, Swiss village.
1981- Alliance Française, Madras.
1982- Centre for Art and Culture, Auroville.
1983- Centre for Art and Culture, Auroville.
1987- Sri Aurobindo Ashram Galerie, Pondicherry.
1987- Initiatives Centre, Perthuis, France.
1993- House of Mother's Agenda, Auroville.
1994- Alliance Française, Pondicherry.
1995- Centre For Indian Culture, Auroville.
1995- Galerie Matagiri, Woodstock, USA.
1997- Galerie JJ Fiorina, Geneva.
1997- Galerie d'Or et de Lumière, Geneva.
1998- Atelier Porte Ouverte, Auroville.
1999- Public and Private orders, Madras, Bangalore.
2000- Hyderabad, Delhi, Bombay.
2001- Galerie d'Auroville.
Joint
Exhibitions
1978- School of Graphic Arts, Venice.
1979- Galerie Daderian, Paris.
1980- Autre galerie, Paris.
1981- Centre for Art and Culture, Auroville.
1983- Centre for Art and Culture, Auroville.
1988- American Consulate, Madras.
1989- Municipal Library, Bremen, Germany.
1993- Artists Camp, Hyderabad, India.
2000- American Consulate, Madras.
2001- Habitat, Delhi.
2002- Alliance Française, Pondicherry.
Private
collections in India, France, USA, Italy, England, Germany, Switzerland.
Medium : Acrylic
as under layers, oil and gold leaf.
Supports : Red cedar and teakwood prepared for oil. Sometimes some pieces of
wood are assembled into a specific pattern. Other times a veil of cotton in a
few layers is pasted on the wood surface.
White / Black
Presence / Absence
Light / Darkness
Full / Empty
Inner / Outer, etc
And if the
paradox would free the illusion of division while being a vehicle to unity --
mayaura@auroville.org.in
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