about
my practice concerns the tension between exoticism and the exotified; the labour and politics involved in selling escape, the performativity within luxury experience and the commodification of care. The postcolonial realities of my home island, Mauritius, are veiled by images of a tropical island paradise. I engage with desire, escapism and aspirational culture in search of grasping the representational machine of the “dream island”. I make art through performance, investigation, video, sculpture and collaborative practices in search of new narratives of decolonization.
This website displays a few selected works and projects. Get in touch for more info.
contact
matijhurry@gmail.com
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exhibitions /
peformances /
appearances
2024 Festival Art Explora, QANAT, LE 18, Tanger (curated by Francesco Masoero & Laila Hida)
2024 No Future, Cremona Art Week, Cremona (curated by Ettore Favini and Triangolo Gallery)
2023 ARTIST TALK The Work of Welcome: Talks on ‘Guest Relations’, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai
2023 Guest Relations, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai (curated by Murtaza Vali and Lucas Morin)
2023 the simple life, the still.)), Suprainfinit gallery, Bucharest (curated by Nilz Källgren and Cristina Vasilescu)
2023 Mirages of Resistance, Ch[a]rita Programme, Qanat, Marrakech (curated by Francesco Masoero, Rim Mejdi)
2022 You will find me if you want me in the garden, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan (curated by Marta Bianchi, Laura Marcolini, Maria Paola Zedda)
2022 Of Waves and Spirals, Almanac, Turin (curated by Vashish Soobah)
2022 The Palmgrove is Yet Alive, Ch[a]rita Programme, Qanat, Marrakech (curated by Francesco Masoero, Rim Mejdi)
2019 Tenant #1 | O n d i s t a n c e / s, Bucharest (curated by Cristina Vasilescu)
2019 goingaway.tv, The Wrong Biennale with Arebyte Gallery (directed by Marc Blazel and Alexander Harding)
2018 Re: Over everything which exists under the sky, Gasworks, London (curated by gasworks curatorial residents RCA Curating Contemporary Art MA)
2018 The Age of New Babylon, Lethaby Gallery, London (curated by Samboleap Tol and Sara Gulamali)
2018 6x6project, Online platform (founded by Mirelle Bora)
2018 °c, clearview, London
2018 DiFFRACTA, Total Refreshment Centre, London (curated by Felice Moramarco)
2018 Royal College of Art Degree Show 2018, London
2017 I’ll be more social tomorrow, Chalton Gallery, London (curated by Caterina Gobbi and Johanna Hardt)
2017 Mediterranea 18, Young Artists Biennale, Tirana (directed by Driant Zeneli)
2016 Como Era Gostonso o meu Frances, OTR espacio di arte, Madrid (curated by Marlon de Azambuja and Maya Saravia)
2016 Avviso di Garanzia, Fuori Uso 2016, Pescara (curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio)
2016 Portal, Current project, Milan
2016 with Isabella Benshimol EXOTIC EMBASSY, /77, Milan (curated by Alice Ongaro)
grants /
fellowships /
residencies
2025 RESIDENCY Pro Helvetia, Kaserne, Basel
2024 GRANT Prince Claus Seed award 2024, Prince Claus Fund, Netherlands
2024 GRANT DRABL 2024 Artist Fund, London, UK
2023 FELLOWSHIP Ch[a]rita QANAT, LE 18 Marrakech, Morocco
2022 RESIDENCY IS.LAND, Bjcem, Procida, Italy
2018 FELLOWSHIP Ch[a]rita QANAT, LE 18, Marrakech, Morocco
2018 PROGRAMME Uncivilized Paradigms, Bcjem, Procida, Italy
2017 GRANT Arts Council England Grant for co-founding artist platform sink.sexy, London, UK
2017 AWARD Tenderflix 2017 Video Competition, Tenderpixel, London, UK
2017 GRANT David Villiers Travel Award 2017, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2017 AWARD FINALIST of ArteVisione 2017, Careof, Milan, Italy
2016 AWARD FINALIST Era Pacifica Pare 17° Premio Ricas, Careof, Milan
education
2019 Emirates Training College
2018 Royal College of Art, MA Contemporary Art Practice (London, UK)
2015 Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, BA in Visual Arts and Painting (Milan, Italy)
2012 United World College Mahindra, International Baccalureate (Pune, India)
pubications/
press /
further reading
2024 Work mention in frieze review by Rahel Aima
2024 Work mention in artreview review by Yuwen Jiang
2024 Space is the Place, Festival Art Explora, Interview with Yassine Rachidi, KULTE publication
2023 Collaborative appearance in Help in Cucumbers by Sally O'Reilly
2020 On Care Interview with Rebecca Jagoe, (edited by Rebecca Jagoe and Sharon Kivland)
2019 Associate Editor for Sink Volume II, sink.sexy
2016 Artribune Dall’archivio di Viafarini interview with /77
2015 boîte #15 Interview with Caterina Iaquinta
other projects /
work
2023 Founder of resort
2022-2024 Co-director of Sol Natal
2017-2018 Co-founder sink.sexy
2014-2016 Adrian Pači atist assistant