Audrey Albert
{{Short description|Mauritian-Chagossian artist and photographer}}
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Audrey Albert is a Mauritian artist with Chagossian heritage, whose work reflects the cultural heritage and identities of Chagos Islanders. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and in 2021 she was appointed to a Creative Fellowship at Manchester International Festival.
Biography
Born in Mauritius, to a family of Chagossian heritage, Albert studied political science and communication at the University of Mauritius from 2009 to 2013.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://audreyalbert.com/about |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Audrey Albert |language=en-US}} She subsequently studied photography at Manchester School of Art from 2015 to 2018.{{Cite web |title=Audrey Albert (artiste photographe) : « Il faut plus de visibilité pour la communauté chagossienne » |url=https://www.lemauricien.com/le-mauricien/audrey-albert-artiste-photographe-il-faut-plus-de-visibilite-pour-la-communaute-chagossienne/424766/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Le Mauricien |language=fr-FR}}
Albert's artistic practice draws on themes of identity and tradition and draws on Chagossian cultural heritage, primarily through cameraless, analogue and digital photography.{{Cite web |title=Audrey Albert – Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2018 |url=http://degreeshow.mmu.ac.uk/2018/AudreyAlbert/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Manchester School of Art |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=House |first=Manchester International Festival Blackfriars |title=MIF21 Creative Fellowships |url=https://mif.co.uk/get-involved/creative-development/mif-creative-fellowships/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Manchester International Festival |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-09 |title=Audrey Albert: Future Fire 2020 |url=https://contactmcr.com/news/audrey-albert-future-fire-2020/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Contact |language=en-GB}} Her work Matter Out of Place has been exhibited in Pingyao, Mauritius, Arles,{{Cite web |date=2018-12-12 |title=Chagos: A people’s fight for their rights |url=https://www.luxury-in-mauritius.com/discovery/chagos-a-peoples-fight-for-their-rights |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Luxury Indian Ocean I The Epitome of Luxury in the Indian Ocean |language=en-US}} and at the People's History Museum in Manchester.{{Cite web |title=Matter Out of Place |url=https://phmuseum.com/aalbert/story/matter-out-of-place-885371fd3d |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=phmuseum.com |language=en}} In 2020 she designed Christmas cards, which were sold as part of fund-raising initiatives by the UK Chagos Support Association.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-17 |title=Send season's greetings that support Chagossians |url=https://www.chagossupport.org.uk/post/send-season-s-greetings-that-support-chagossians |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=chagos-support |language=en}}
In 2021 she was appointed to a Creative Fellowship by Manchester International Festival, where she worked on a project entitled Chagossians in Manchester. She has also worked as a Young Decision Maker for the theatre Contact MCR, where she was involved in its redevelopment.{{Cite web |title=Jongeren bereiken vraagt radicale keuzes |url=https://www.publiq.be/nl/inzichten-en-praktijk/jongeren-bereiken-vraagt-radicale-keuzes |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=publiq |language=nl}}
References
External links
- [https://audreyalbert.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmSpSOT13Q Photographer Audrey Albert on her Chagos artwork] (talk)
- [https://chagos.online/exhibits/show/cuisine/item/276 SERAZ POUL] (online collection)
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Category:Mauritian women artists