Skizofan
Skizofan is a multidisciplinary self-taught artist from the island of Rodrigues, whose work draws its roots from childhood memory, Creole culture and the vibrant colors of the Sega. Painter, poet and performer, he develops a unique artistic language where writing and image coexist without hierarchy. Each canvas being conceived as visual poetry, a spontaneous dialogue between rhythms, emotions and narratives. His approach, resolutely instinctive, leaves a wide place to the unevented, to the overlapping textures and fragments of texts that emerge like forms on the canvas.
On the contemporary art scene, Skizofan has established itself as an original voice in Mauritian and international contemporary art. Following solo exhibitions in Maurice and Belgium, you have participated in prestigious art fairs in 2024, notably the Affordable Art Fair in Amsterdam and Hamburg, Lille Art Up and Art The Hague, as well as several collective exhibitions at the Mees Van de Wiele Galerie in Belgium.
A multi-faceted artist, Skizofan is also a recognized poet-performer: winner of the Grand Slam National in Mauritius in 2013 and finalist at the Abidjan Francophonie Games in 2017, he also participated in the World Slam Cup in Paris in 2014. His voice crossed through cinema (with productions such as Amor de Madre on Netflix) and advertising. A major dedication of his literary journey, one of his texts was selected to be studied at college, along with the great Mauritius authors, testifying to the now recognized place of his writing in the island’s cultural heritage.
The works of Skizofan
