Biographies
678 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0009068 | biography | Penny Siopis | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0009017 | biography | Pixley ka Isaka Seme | 1881-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0009013 | biography | Jan Gerard Sekoto | 1913-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0008981 | biography | Anthony Sampson | 1926-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0008977 | biography | Mujahid Safodien | 1972 | – |
| B-0008974 | biography | Heidi Saayman | 1970 | – |
| B-0008959 | biography | Richard Rive | 1931-1989 | ✓ |
| B-0008870 | biography | Malcolm Payne | 1946 | ✓ |
| B-0008808 | biography | Lewis Nkosi | 1936-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0008741 | biography | Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa) | 1937-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0008712 | biography | Brett Murray | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0008596 | biography | Isaac Mofokeng | 1981 | – |
| B-0008589 | biography | William “Bloke” Modisane | 1923-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0008586 | biography | Thamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele | 1948-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0008483 | biography | Thinus Mathee | 1964 | – |
Penny Siopis
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob Modus Operandi Penny Siopis is foremost a painter, although she…
Pixley ka Isaka Seme
Pixley Seme was born on 1 October 1881 in Natal, the son of Isaka Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little is documented of his early life as a…
Jan Gerard Sekoto
“Art is the spark, the illumination which is socially significant for it brings about understanding.” Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9…
Anthony Sampson
Anthony Sampson was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church in Oxford, and served on the Royal Navy from 1944-7. In 1951, due in…
Mujahid Safodien
Mujahid was born on 17 of March 1972. He matriculated at the Alexandra Senior Secondary School and went on to do a Graphic design and Fine…
Heidi Saayman
Heidi Saayman was born on 3 February 1970, Umtata in Transkie. She matriculated in 1988 from Queenstown Girls High School. After leaving…
Richard Rive
Richard Rive was born on 1 March 1931 in Cape Town, and grew up in District Six, which was a Coloured, or “mixed race”, area under…
Malcolm Payne
"First of all, I don't take art particularly seriously. I make the work because I enjoy making it. No more complicated reason than that. I…
Lewis Nkosi
Lewis Nkosi was born in Chesterville, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal and was educated at local schools before enrolling at M. L. Sultan Technical…
Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)
Ndazana Nathaniel (Nat) Nakasa was born on 12 May 1937 in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape. Nakasa was the second of three children of Joseph…
Brett Murray
Brett Murray was born in Pretoria in 1961. From 1985-1989 he studied at the Michaelis School at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where he…
Isaac Mofokeng
Isaac Mofokeng was born in Rustenburg in 1981. He attended the Mokutuli and Seipone primary schools in Sebokeng and Orange Farm…
William “Bloke” Modisane
William 'Bloke' Modisane was born on 28 August 1923. He grew up in Sophiatown, a multiracial suburb in Johannesburg. His father was…
Thamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele
"For me as craftsman, the act of creating art should complement the act of creating shelter for my family or liberating the country for me…
Thinus Mathee
Mathee was born in Harrismith. After completed his schooling, he completed his national service in the SA Army. While at school, he…