Dhyaneswar Dausoa

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES


NAME: Dhyaneswar DAUSOA.
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 24.09.44 at Dagotière, Mauritius.
ART ACTIVITY: Sculptor (wood, stone, plaster, cement and metal).
ART EDUCATION: Self-taught and further studies in India.
Training in stone carving under the guidance of Georges Pecqueur, Villiers-sur-Marnes, France
PROFESSION:
1972-1976: In charge of Sculpture Workshop, Centre Charles Baudelaire, Mauritius.
1976-1984: Art Education Officer at the School of Fine Arts, MGI, Mauritius.
1984-2004: Education Officer at the Gandhian Basic School, MGI, Mauritius.
At Present: Full time Sculptor


ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS:
First exhibition of wood sculpture in 1969 at the Max Boullé Art Gallery, Mauritius and from then onwards 30 exhibitions in Mauritius and abroad.

MAJOR GROUP SHOWS:

Salon des Artistes Mauriciens - 1970/74
2nd Triennial of New-Delhi, India - 1974
Exhibition of the'Groupement Artistique Mauricien' - 1977
First National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Mauritius - 1977
France/Mauritius Exhibition, Palais de Chaillot, Paris - 1978
International Art Exhibition, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - 1981
Salon d'Automne, Paris - 1981/93
Salon de ICEI, Paris - 1981
Cultural Festival of ACCT, Loir et Cher, France - 1981
'Salon du Printemps', Maison Alfort, France - 1982
'Salon de la Société Internationale des Beaux-arts', Paris - 1982/89
'Deux Artistes deux Iles', ‘Espace Bonvin', UNESCO, Paris - 1983
'Salon de Mai', Mauritius - every year as from 1983
Artists' Forum, Club Med, Mauritius - 1984
National Exhibition of Sculpture, Mauritius - 1987
Art Action, Exhibition of ACA, Mauritius - every year as from 1987
National Open Air Sculpture Exhibition, Mauritius - 1988
Art Reunion - Chinese and Mauritian Art Exhibition - 1988
Art for Africa, Musée Africain et Océanien, Paris - 1988
National Art Exhibition, Mauritius - 1991-92
'Salon de la Sculpture', Mauritius - 1992
International Exhibition of IAA, Seoul, South Korea - 1992
Biennale of Dakar, Senegal - 1992
'Antipodes', Barbizon, France -1995
National Exhibition of CEFEL, Mauritius - 1995/96
'Festival International des Arts Plastiques', Maharès, Tunisia - 1997, 2008, 2010
Touch and Feel, Ministry of Arts and Culture, Mauritius - 1999
'Rencontre avec l'Inde / Diaspora Indienne à Maurice', Mauritius - 1999
Beijing Art Expo, China - 1999
‘Semaine des Arts', ‘Centre Charles Baudelaire', Mauritius - 2002
‘Carrefour des Créateurs', St. Denis, Réunion Island -2002
‘La Liberté', Art Exhibition MBC, Mauritius - 2002
1st Triennial of Contemporary Art, Mauritius- 2002
‘L'Art pour la Paix' LPT -Mauritius -2003
Salon de l'UDAR, Galerie du Théâtre, Ste.Clotide, Reunion-2005
2nd Beijing Biennale and IAA Special Exhibition - China - 2005
Contemporary Vision of Southern Africa - Pretoria - 2007
Salon d'été, Mauritius -2007/8/9/10
AIFACS Annual Exhibition, India - 2010
FIAP International Exhibition,Tunisia- 2010

OTHER ACTIVTIES:

Study Tour - India, Guest of Indian Government - 1971
Scholarship of the Government of India - 1973/74
Invited to join the Mahatma Gandhi Institute to start the Department of Fine Arts- 1976
Assigned to organize the First National Art Exhibition 1974-1977
Consultant, International Art Workshop (UNESCO/ACCT Program), Burkina Faso - 1981
Study Tour - France, Guest of the French Government - 1981
Initiated the Mauritian Committee of IAA/UNESCO - 1981
Consultant, Regional Workshop for Craftsman on Woodcarving, Mauritius, ACCT Program - 1982
In charge of the International Art Workshop, ACCT Program, Mauritius - 1983
Consultant, International Workshop on Art Education, UNESCO Program, Nigeria - 1985
Case Study on the Introduction of Sculpture to Children with Social Adaptation Problems for UNESCO - 1985
Participated in the setting up of the project of Gandhi Square, Reunion Island - 1985
Participated in the Congress and General Meeting of the International Association of Art - IAA/UNESCO, Iraq -1986
Assigned by the Ministry of Culture to organise the National Exhibition of Sculpture, Mauritius - 1987
Assigned to organise the National Open Air Sculpture Exhibition, MGI, Mauritius - 1988
Elected Vice President of the International Association of Art (IAA) - 1988
Invited to attend'Art for Africa' Exhibition, Paris - 1988
Participated in the Congress and General Meeting of IAA and elected member of the Executive Committee and Vice-President for the African Region, Spain - 1989
Member of Jury, Cultural Competition on the occasion of the'Premiers Jeux de la Francophonie', Morocco - 1989
Participated in the Executive Committee Meeting of IAA, Tunisia - 1990
Consultant - National Handicrafts Centre, Mauritius - 1991
Member of Jury'Talent Search' Women Artists Competition, Mauritius - 1991
Animateur - Artists' Day, Mauritius - 1992
Animateur - Artistic Creativity to educators of the children village of the SOS Kinderdorf International, Mauritius - 1992
Participated in the Congress and General Meeting of IAA and re-elected as member of the Executive Committee and Vice-President for the African Region - Seoul, Korea - 1992
Member of the Delegation to the Biennale of Dakar, Senegal - 1992
Member of Jury - Sculpture Competition on the occasion of the ‘Deuxièmes Jeux de la Francophonie', Paris, France - 1994
Participated in the Executive Committee of IAA/AIAP, Paris - 1994
Guest of'Atelier des Arts Plastiques Michel Lacoste', Barbizon, France - 1994
Guest of'Atelier Georges Pecqueur, Villiers-sur-Marne, France - 1994
Elected Honorary President of IAA/AIAP, Mexico - 1995
Assigned to identify and train emerging talents in deprived areas, Trust Fund to combat Exclusion (pilot project) Mauritius - 1995
Member of Jury ‘Troisièmes Jeux de la Francophonie', Madagascar - 1997
Participated in the'Festival International des Arts Plastiques, Maharès, Tunisia - 1997,2008,2010
Nominated member of the Technical Committee of the National Handicraft Promotion Agency - 2000
Nominated member of the Board of the National Art Gallery (NAG), Mauritius - 2001
Guest of Honour, ‘Carrefour des Créateurs', Reunion Island - 2002
Elected member of the executive committee of the International Association of Art - (IAA- UNESCO) at its general meeting held in Greece-2002
Council member, National Art Gallery Board, Mauritius - 2001-2005
Assigned to lead Art Camp of the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, Mauritius- 2003
Committee Member, 2nd Triennial of Mauritius- 2005
3 weeks Sculpture Workshop for 14 Mauritian Sculptors at his Studio- 2006
Sculpture Workshop, New Delhi, India- 2006
Animateur, ACA Beach Sand Sculpture Workshop - 2007
Jury, Fine Nine - Humanity's Struggle (Sculpture Competition) Mauritius - 2008
Jury, 3rd Triennial of Contemporary Art of Mauritius- 2008
Animateur- Perfection Workshop for artists, Rodrigues -2010
Participated in The 1st International Symposium of Wood Sculpture of Libreville, Gabon- 2012

FOREIGN TOURS:
Has travelled in different African, Asian and European Countries.

COLLECTION:
Several works in collection in Mauritius and Abroad.

AWARDS:
Government medal and Scroll for contribution in Art on the occasion of the Tenth Independence Anniversary of Mauritius - 1979
Award of the'Société Internationale des Beaux Arts', Paris - 1982
Honorary Award, UDAR, Reunion Island- 2002
Honorary Award, AIFACS, India- 2006
Prize- Maurisun International Art and Logo competition,2007
Prize/Trophy - FIAP - Maharès, Tunisia - 1997, 2008, 2010

RESIDENCE / STUDIO:
Address: Dausoa Road, Upper Dagotière, Dagotière, Mauritius.
Tel: (230) 4334987.Mobile (230)7599539. Email: dhyanesd@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.artmajeur.com/dhyan