Artist Statement

​Naïstini Valaydon (b.1997) is a Mauritian multidisciplinary artist based in Paris.
Her work explores the human condition and psychology through a complex exploration of the human body, behaviour and mind. She makes use of photography, film and installation as primary visual languages to translate her ideas.

Her personal experiences, especially during her years spent in London where she graduated from the Chelsea College of Art (UAL), lead her to persistently question the position of women, especially of colour in globalized, Americanized and Europeanized societies.

Through her art practice she addresses issues related to the colonization and decolonization of the body and the soul; What it means to be a woman ; how thefemale body and energy were meant to function as opposed to the male body and energy for which this misogynistic patriarchal society is designed to function. Therefore a recurring examination in her works is, how to exist and to co-exist in this current society.

Naïstini’s artworks are known to be very visceral and provocative as she makes use of her personal experiences and own body most of the time, which provides her work with authenticity and relatability. Her practice aims at creating a cathartic release in the audience, opening a dialogue and allowing the audience to acknowledge the facts and reality a lot of us live in, which is the first step towards change. Naïstini uses the contemporary art scene as a terrain for activism as it is a place where the unspeakable, the philosophical and the political ideas can meet and be discussed visually, but not only.​​​​​