Pebofatso Mokoena Bio
Born 1993, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works, Johannesburg, South Africa
In 2014. He completed his NDip (Visual Art) at the University of Johannesburg and subsequently, apart from working towards his BTech qualification, Pebofatso teaches drawing and presentation at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, at UJ. Emerging from early practice in printmaking, Mokoena’s painting practice is formally underscored by precise mark making and division of space, while exploring ideas around micro and macro scales of politics, architecture and the environment.
Pebofatso’s work has received early recognition and support, locally and internationally. Mokoena has held two solo exhibitions - The Pebofatso Experience at HZRD and Inside Jobs at the Bag Factory as well as curated exhibitions including Diptych; Disclosure at SMAC; Fresh Produce 2014, Inner Nature, Fortunes Remixed, and South African Voices: A New Generation of Printmakers in Washington DC and is in the Springs Art Library Collection, the South African Embassy Art Collection (in Washington, D.C.), and the JP Morgan Global Collection amongst other private collections.
Lives and works, Johannesburg, South Africa
In 2014. He completed his NDip (Visual Art) at the University of Johannesburg and subsequently, apart from working towards his BTech qualification, Pebofatso teaches drawing and presentation at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, at UJ. Emerging from early practice in printmaking, Mokoena’s painting practice is formally underscored by precise mark making and division of space, while exploring ideas around micro and macro scales of politics, architecture and the environment.
Pebofatso’s work has received early recognition and support, locally and internationally. Mokoena has held two solo exhibitions - The Pebofatso Experience at HZRD and Inside Jobs at the Bag Factory as well as curated exhibitions including Diptych; Disclosure at SMAC; Fresh Produce 2014, Inner Nature, Fortunes Remixed, and South African Voices: A New Generation of Printmakers in Washington DC and is in the Springs Art Library Collection, the South African Embassy Art Collection (in Washington, D.C.), and the JP Morgan Global Collection amongst other private collections.
Pebofatso Mokoena - Bantu Complications File 1977, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 150cm x 120cm
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Pebofatso Mokoena - On The Mathematical Fringes, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 150cm x 120cm
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Pebofatso Mokoena - Strategic Reform, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 150cm x 120cm
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