Bio
Naïstini Valaydon (b.1997), is a Mauritian multidisciplinary artist based in London.
She works with several media including photography, film and installation. Her work explores the human condition and psychology through a complex exploration of the human body and mind.
Naïstini’s works have been showcased in multiple exhibitions internationally notably in Paris, London and New York. She has recently graduated with a Masters in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts & Design, UAL after studying for a BA in Communication from Université Sorbonne Paris Nord.
Artist Statement
Naïstini Valaydon is a multimedia artist working primarily with photography, film and installation. Her work explores the human condition and psychology through a complex study of the human body
and mind.
Naïstini’s work explores interpersonal relationships, love, sex, romance and femininity. Accordingly, all these themes have one point of convergence which is, human violence and trauma. Therefore a
recurring examination in her works is, how to exist and to co-exist in this current society.
Her artworks are known to be very visceral as she makes use of her personal life as a field of research, which provides her work with authenticity and relatability.
The aim of her work is to create a cathartic moment to the audience allowing space and time for education and understanding of the self. Naïstini uses the contemporary art scene as a terrain for activism as it is the only place where a philosophical and political idea can meet and be discussed visually.
Education
2021-2022, MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts London
2020-2021, Graduate Diploma Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts London
2017-2020, Bachelors Degree in the Science of Communication, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
2019, Bachelors in Photography and Music Technology, Coventry University (Erasmus)
Exhibitions
March 2022, Hysterical, group show curated by Eliza Hatch & Bee Illustrates, Bermondsey Project Space, London
December 2022, Nowadays, group show, Florence Contemporary Gallery, Florence
September 2022, Handle With Care, group show curated by Mackenzie Montgomery & Clara Greenfield, Cookhouse Gallery, London
July 2022, MAFA Degree Show, group show, Chelsea College of Arts, London
March - April 2022, Le Patriarcat Passe à la Casserole, group show, l'Atelier Marthe, Paris
March 2022, Fine Ants, group show, Cookhouse Gallery, London
February 2022, you Don't own Me, group show curated by Aida Paloma & Alina Savina, Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes, London
November 2021, Root, MAFA 21-22 group show, Cookhouse Gallery, London
November 2021, Creatives of London City Island, group show, Lighthouse Gallery, London
June 2021, Open Studios, Graduate Diploma 20/21 group show, Chelsea College of Art, London
May 2021, I'm Ready To Dance Again, Graduate Diploma 20-21 group show, Safehouse 1 & 2, London
April 2021, Can't Touch That photography exhibition, Cookhouse Gallery, London
January 2020, Double i photography exhibition, Blacksheep Bar, Paris
March 2019, Digital Exhibition, group show with LAHAD and the Bushwick Community Darkroom, Brooklyn, New York
March 2019, Exposure Festival, group show, Coventry Market, Coventry