Shiraz Bayjoo’s practice addresses ideas of nationhood as well as the exploration of identity and histories through the use of photographs and artefacts stored in public and personal archives. Investigating the legacy of European colonialism, his work explores the complex histories and relationships of migration and trade, and delves into the challenge of authoring collective identity in the post-colonial world. He is currently interested in exploring the social and historical contexts of the colonization of the oceans, which were largely treated as a resource for human control.
Shiraz Bayjoo works with painting, photography, video and installation. He frequently uses archival sources – objects, materials, images and sounds – as a premise of his multimedia installations, which include nineteenth century maps, paintings based on surveys and photographs of the Indian Ocean.
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To learn more about Shiraz Bayjoo’s practice, here are a few articles, interviews and videos about his work:
Fonds régionaux d’art contemporain, Reunion Island (FR)
Sharjah Foundation Collection, Sharjah (AE)
Governement of the United Kingdom, London (GB)
Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka (BD)
Nous sommes sur tous les ponts, FRAC Réunion, Piton Saint‐Leu (RE)
14th Biennale of Sharjah, Sharjah (AE)
Searching for Libertalia, New Art Exchange, Nottingham (GB)
4th Biennale de Casablanca, Casablanca (MA)
Representation Remembrance and the Memorial, Monash University (AU)
13th Biennale de Dakar, Dakar (SN)
21st Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
Ephemeral Coasts, Glyyn Vivian Art Gallery, Wales (GB)
Ed Cross Fine Art, London (GB)
Surface to Horizon, Clarke House, Mumbai (IN)
Edge Effects, Mauritius (MU)
Ile de France, ICAIO, British Council, Mauritius (MU)
Opensource video festival, London (GB)
Rome being the center, Arte Operativa, Rome (IT)
The Averard Hotel, London (GB)
Ile de France, SAW Video, Canada (CA)
A land of extraordinary quarantines, Greenlease gallery (US)
Ile de France, 198 Gallery, London (GB)
Homelands, Artsadmin, London (GB)
Ile de France research residency and exhibition, INIVA, London (GB)
Gasworks Fellowship, Mauritius (MU)
Partage, French Institute, Mauritius (MU)
Interchange Junctions with Yinka Shonibare, London (GB)
Bayjoo + Vandy, London Newcastle project space, London (GB)
Oakley Project Space, London (GB)
Illuminating Cultures, Tate Britain, London (GB)
Workforce: Artist Shiraz Bayjoo employs the public, INIVA, London (GB)
Off the Map, INIVA, Rivington St, London (GB)
Liquid Cities, Brooklyn Micro Museum, New York (US)
Oulond, Oulou (FI)
In Between, Proud Gallery, London (GB)
New Contemporaries, St. David’s, Cardiff (GB)
1:54 African art fair Lounge commission, Somerset House, London (GB)
Ed Cross Fine Art, London Art Fair, London (GB)
Multiplied Art Fair, Christies, London (GB)
Art Apart Fair, Singapore (SG)
Multiplied Art Fair, Christies, London (GB)