“我一直觉得自己内心有一股强大的光芒。在成长过程中，我从印度教和佛教家庭的古老智慧传统的故事、符号和色彩中获得了光明。就在那时，我做了我的第一个灯光装置，我知道我内心的艺术家诞生了。”

在我的摄影和录像作品中，我捕捉到了大自然中光线的黄金时刻。这些令人惊叹的美丽时刻激活了我们无意识的记忆。通过玩弄它们的重复模式，我建立了一个光明的世界，让你沉浸在一个甜蜜的空虚和寂静的空间里。从这里，这束光可以从内在触及你。

有证据表明时间和光是相对的。我的艺术来自一个未来、现在和过去相互振动的领域。我们都在探索，光也是如此。像月亮一样，光有近有远。就像太阳一样，光是世俗的，也是宇宙的。像水一样，光是滋养和神奇的。我的愿望是让宇宙之光、自然之光和内在之光可见。

我们是创造我们所看到的事物的一部分。从地球上最小的分子到宇宙的模式，通过技术到我们人类心灵的核心，用光触摸是一种接地和扩展的体验。光是我可以使用的最多维度的乐器，从技术和精神上揭示它的层次深度是我工作的本质。这是一段短暂的回忆之旅，也是一种服务于比我作为艺术家更重要的东西的艺术形式。

在九十年代，Clifton mahange是第一个在商业活动中使用真人大小的全息屏幕和水屏幕作为装饰的瀑布和其他自然现象的视频投影的人之一。他经常与荷兰艺术家如米莎·克莱因和雷尔合作，这些迷人的装置给参观者一种刺激的感觉。从这些应用设计中，mahange发展了他目前的自主作品。他的作品包括录像和灯光装置，在这些作品中，马戈埃对静止产生了极大的关注。艺术家对灵性、能量和自然现象的冥想效果有着浓厚的兴趣。根据mahange的说法，一般来说，自然，特别是水，具有治疗作用。水就像一面镜子，让我们面对日常生活的喧嚣，同时也给我们带来内心的平静。我们在mahange的视频和灯光装置中发现了所有这些方面。这些装置通常是一系列交织在一起的图像:流水、倒影、皮影、满天的星星。缓慢的节奏创造了一种催眠和舒缓的效果。对艺术家来说，重要的是圆圈的使用，它是无限的象征:一条没有起点和终点的线。

Clifton mahange将他的灵感归功于Jan Dibbets(1941年生于维也纳)、Anish Kapoor(1954年生于孟买)、Bill Viola(1951年生于纽约)和Olafur Eliasson(1967年生于哥本哈根)等艺术家。近年来，Clifton mahange的作品在米兰的沙龙、旧金山的Bank Hall、迪拜的Jumeirah酒店、阿姆斯特丹的Felix Meritis、Castle Doornburgh (Maarssen)、Kunstfort Asperen (acquy)和海牙的Cleyne Huys画廊、阿扎罗伊比沙岛的Oceanic Global等地展出。(连续4年在阿姆斯特丹Westergasfabriek Stenen Pleintje)。Clifton mahange受邀在2019年威尼斯双年展的外围展示他的作品。

目前，mahange正在创作一系列的装置作品，在这些作品中，这个世界上精神丰富的地方发挥着主导作用。在这些新作品中，他将展示这些独特地点的能量。

2017年，mahange在地球上各种神奇的地方进行了几次冥想，比如在水晶上建造的岛屿，以及瀑布与丛林和海洋交汇的地方。从泰国的丛林到梅诺卡岛的洞穴，再到伊比沙岛上壮丽的岩石岛。在那里，通过瀑布的棱镜和愈合的光线，mahange体验了Prana直接从大自然流动，当它与他的呼吸流动合并时，一条内在之旅的道路就被创造出来了。mahange成长于一个印度教牧师家庭，因此佛教和印度教的生活哲学在他的作品中交织在一起。在印度教和佛教的佛法(生命的道路/方式)中，普拉那代表着所有的宇宙能量，渗透在宇宙和生命的各个层面。根据乔达摩佛的说法，没有个人的身份，只有普拉那。一切都是Prana的表现，Prana是一切之间的联系。

“当画家使用画笔、颜料和画布时，mahange用光和投影作为他的信息载体，分享他对光、空间和时间的感知的相对性。”

2005 - 2012教练与咨询
香港大学乌得勒支艺术大学:互动3d设计、动画、插画艺术设计
委员会为公共空间开发艺术短片，以改善空间体验

“I have always felt a strong source of light inside of myself. Growing up light came to me through the stories， symbols and colours of the ancient wisdom traditions of my Hindu and Buddhist family. It waw hem I built my first light installation that I knew the artist in me was born”

In my photography and video work I capture the golden moments of light in nature. These stunningly beautiful moments activate our unconscious memory. By playing with their repetitive patterns, I build worlds of light that allow you to sink into a sweet space of emptiness and silence. From here, this light can touch you from within.

There is evidence that time and light are relative. My art comes from a field where future, now and past are vibrating with each other. We are all on discovery, and so is light. Like the moon the light is close and far away. Like the sun , light is earthly and cosmic. Like water, light it is nourishing and magical. My desire is to make the light of the cosmos, the light of nature and inner light visible.

We are a part of creating that which we behold . Touching with light, from the smallest molecules of the earth to the patterns in the universe and through technology to the core of our human hearts is a grounding and expanding experience. Light is the most multi dimensional instrument I can play with and uncovering the depths of it’s layers technically and spiritually is the essence of my work. It is a passing journey of remembrance and a form of art in service something much larger than me as an artist.

In the nineties Clifton Mahangoe was one of the first to use video projections of waterfalls and other natural phenomena on life-sized holo-, and water screens as decor pieces during commercial events. He often worked together with Dutch artists such as Mischa Klein and REL.These enchanting installations gave the visitor a stimulating sensation. From these applied designs, Mahangoe developed his current autonomous works. His oeuvre consists of videos and light installations in which Mahangoe creates a great attention for stillness. The artist has a deep interest in spirituality, energies and the meditative effect of natural phenomena. Nature in general, and water in particular, have a healing effect according to Mahangoe. Water acts as a mirror that confronts us with the hustle and bustle of our daily existence and at the same time brings us peace of mind. We find all these aspects in the videos and light installations of Mahangoe. The installations are often a succession of intertwined images: running water, reflections, shadow play, a sky full of stars. The slow rhythm of the sequences creates a mesmerising and soothing effect. Important to the artist is the use of the circle, the symbol of infinity: the line without beginning or end.

Clifton Mahangoe owes his inspiration to artists such as Jan Dibbets (Weert 1941), Anish Kapoor (Bombay 1954), Bill Viola (New York 1951) and Olafur Eliasson (Copenhagen 1967). Clifton Mahangoe’s work in recent years was shown at the Salone in Milan, Bank Hall in San Francisco, Jumeirah hotel Dubai, Felix Meritis in Amsterdam, Castle Doornburgh (Maarssen), the Kunstfort Asperen (Acquoy) and gallery Cleyne Huys in The Hague, Oceanic Global in Atzaro Ibiza. (4 years in a row Westergasfabriek Stenen Pleintje, Amsterdam). Clifton Mahangoe is invited to expose his work at the periphery of the Venetian Biennale in 2019.

At the moment Mahangoe is working on a series of installations in which spiritually rich places of this world play a leading role. In these new works he will show the energy of these unique locations.

In the year 2017, Mahangoe has performed several meditation sessions at various magical places on Earth, for instance at islands built on crystals and where waterfalls meet jungle and sea. From the jungle of Thailand to the caves of Menorca and the magnificent rock island Es Vedra on Ibiza. There, through the prisms in waterfalls and healing light rays, Mahangoe has experienced Prana directly flowing from nature and as this merged with the flow of his breath, a path of inner journey was created. Mahangoe grew up in a family of Hindu priests and thus the Buddhist and Hindu philosophies of life are intertwined in his work. Within the Hindu and Buddhist dharma (path / way of life), Prana represents all cosmic energy, permeating the Universe and life on all levels. According to Gautama Buddha, there is no individual identity and there is only Prana. Everything is a manifestation of Prana and Prana is the connection between everything.

“While painters use brushes, paint and canvas, Mahangoe uses light and projection as carriers of his message to share his vision of relativity in the perception of light, space and time.”

2005 – 2012 Coaching & counseling
Education HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, Art design for interaction 3d Design, Animation, Illustration
Commission develops short art films for public space, to improve spatial experiences from stations
10 films without beginning or end, intrigued by the architecture of Rotterdam
Period 2007 (6 months)

Education TU Delft University of Technology, Interaction design, industrial design, strategic product design
Commission develops a visual concepts for the public space, in order to enhance the spatial experiences of public space
Goal Aims to bring video art into the public space by designing new forms of buildings and squares
Period 2008-2009 (12 months)