Riason Naidoo is an independent South African curator, living in Paris since 2018. He is currently engaged in curating, research, and writing on contemporary African art and is preparing a public art project entitled neuf 3 that will take place in the suburb of Saint-Denis (2021). Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (1996) and Master of Arts (2008) in Fine Arts, Naidoo is currently engaged in doctoral research in Art History (University of Cape Town/ École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris). He curated the public art project Any Given Sunday (2016) in Cape Town; A Portrait of South Africa: George Hallett, Peter Clarke and Gerard Sekoto (2013) in Paris; 1910-2010: From Pierneef to Gugulective (2010) at the South African National Gallery. He was co-curator of the 10th edition of Dak’art in Senegal (2012). Naidoo curated retrospective exhibitions on South African artist Peter Clarke presented in Paris (2013), London (2013) and Dakar (2012) and on photographer Ranjith Kally shown in Cape Town (2011), Reunion Island (2007), Barcelona (2006), Vienna (2006), Bamako (2005), Durban (2004) and Johannesburg (2004). He writes on modern and contemporary African art for publications in Johannesburg, Paris, and New York.
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