* Biography
Sizwe Khoza was born in Mozambique two years before the end of the Civil War in his country of birth and moved to South Africa in 1995. He matriculated in 2010 from Nkumbulo Comprehensive School and attended Saturday classes at Artist Proof Studio during his metric year, Khoza graduated from Artist Proof Studio in 2012, in 2013 he was offered a residency at William Humphrey Art Gallery
(WHAG) in Kimberley under the mentorship of the late Dumisani Mabaso. Twice a year he travels to Mozambique to take photographs and upon return creates new works inspired by his visit home. Khoza specialise in painting, monotype and combined printmaking techniques and recently had numerous exhibitions at Artist Proof Studio and other various galleries.
* Artist Statement
My work started as a comparison between game of chess and my background, in a game of chess we hear mostly about the King and how it should be protected, and we tend to then forget all other pieces and their meaning, two pieces I focused mostly on in the past years were "Queen " and a "Pawn/s" with the absence of the "King", each piece moves in its very unique and special way, a King can only move one step /block at a time whereas a Queen can move as many blocks as possible and "Pawns are sacrificed. I so feel we protecting a useless piece. I recently introduced other pieces like "Rook/Castle " and "Bishops " and "Knights " as people who played a major role around me (pieces playing a protective role in the game), I focus on portraits to tell the story from the eyes and facial expressions, I use monotypes (once off) as a way to express the fact that life itself never repeat, but the actions, the things that happen do repeat almost like a rhyme and as in the game of chess you can't make the same move twice but the game will be played again and again and similar actions and consequences will be reiterated. "I’m always intrigued by how kinds live life, enjoy each moment without worry about tomorrow, living with joy and wonder for all the things that around them, with so much to explore”
* Artist CV
Date of birth :1990/09/25
Contacts : [email protected] / [email protected]
* Community projects:
2010 (YCOn) Youth Connection mural
2010 Springs Art gallery mural
* Competitions:
2013 Thami Mnyele Ekuruleni art on paper award (with APS students as a facilitator) collaboration
2015 Thami Mnyele Ekuruleni top hundred
* Art Fairs:
2013/2014/2015/2016 TAF Turbine Hall art fair
2013/2014/2015/2016 FNB Johannesburg art fair
2013/2014/2015/2016 Cape Town art fair
2015 RMB wineX fair
2016 Rotary art fair
* Collaborations:
2012 APS coming of age JAG exhibition
2012 APS third /final year students exhibition
2013 "Hiya Kwihi " (where to?)
2014 APS Stuff group show
2014 Collaboration with Wits students
2015 Places and Faces "travel with curiosity"
2015 Fasken Martineau APS
2015 “10 years of unique works from Artist Proof Studio ARCHIVES on AUCTION” APS
2016 “Art in a house” Friends of talent
2016 “Nos Encontamos Casa Longe De Casa” (we found a home away from home) APS
2016 "Art of appreciation" Art It Is
2016 "On the MOVE" Art It Is in partner with (MSF) Medecins Sans Frontieres “DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS”
2016 "Thank you Jozi" Art It Is
2017 “THE BEAUTY OF DISORDER” (Africa City in Motion) AGOG gallery
2017 “EDITION 17” POP Print on Paper ASSEMBLAGE
2017
* Solo Exhibitions
* Residency:
WHAG and SGUZU press at William Humphrey Art Gallery
