Vaco Baissac

Joseph Charles Jacques Desiré Baissac (1940 – 4 February 2023), dem know am professionally as Vaco, na he be a Mauritian artist, dem best know am for ein depictions of island life thru painting, stained glass, sculpture, jewellery design den ceramics.

Na Vaco be a defender of de Mauritian Creole language den de idea say all Mauritians fi communicate thru a common language be integral to de culture of Mauritius, so much so dat na he say he paint de Creole language wey he be identified as a Creole artist.
Early life
Na he be de eldest of four kiddies, Vaco grow up insyd Curepipe. Na ein poppie Yves Baissac be de town architect wey na ein bro Jean Claude Baissac be anoda well known Mauritian artist.

He attend St Joseph's College, Curepipe wey na he be active insyd de local art den theater scene from ein teens. He lef Mauritius insyd 1964 make he study art insyd Paris den Brussels. Then he move go Southern Africa wer na he own den operate a number of restaurants buh na he still be an active artist. He return to Mauritius insyd 1990 wey he cam turn a full time professional artist insyd 1994.
 Exhibitions den works  
Source:

 1958 Vaco hold ein first solo exhibition for de age of 18
 1960 St. Denis de La Réunion
 1970 to 1990 Various exhibitions den galleries insyd Southern Africa
 1991 First exhibition since he return to Mauritius at Galerie Hélène de Senneville insyd Grand Baie, Mauritius
 1992 Salon de St. Leu a La Reunion
 1993 Salon d’Automne a Paris, France
 1995 Vaco den ein students expose artworks, Port Louis, Mauritius
 1997 Galerie du Chien de Plomb, Port Louis, Mauritius
 2001 Exhibits insyd Brussels den Fribourg
 2002 Musée Vera insyd Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris
 2003 ARTE92 insyd Milan
 2005 Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Moka, Mauritius
 2012 VACO expose les Concubines, Réduit, Mauritius
 2023-2024 – Retrospektiv Vaco (posthumous), Caudan Arts Centre, Ile Maurice

Chaw visiting dignitaries to Mauritius receive Vaco ein artworks wey dey include Sepp Blatter, ex head of FIFA, den Pope Francis.

Awards den decorations

Mauritius:
70px Grand Commander of de Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (2023)
 Best Visual Artist, Mauritius National Awards ceremony 2018
 References 

Category:1940 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:Mauritian people
Category:Human
Category:Mauritian artists
Category:People wey komot Plaines Wilhems District
Category:Mauritian emigrants to France
Category:Mauritian expatriates insyd Belgium
Category:Mauritian expatriates insyd South Africa
Category:Recipients of de Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean