Biographies
678 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008520 | biography | Bonginhlanhla Plummer Mbokazi | 1948-2002 | – |
| B-0008514 | biography | Mzwakhe Mbatha | 1935 | – |
| B-0008513 | biography | Gordon Mbatha | 1948 | – |
| B-0008510 | biography | Azaria Mbatha | 1941 | – |
| B-0008501 | biography | Kagiso Patrick Mautloa | 1952 | ✓ |
| B-0008498 | biography | Don Mattera | 1935 | – |
| B-0008497 | biography | Leonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0008494 | biography | Oliver Kgadime Matsepe | 1932 | – |
| B-0008479 | biography | Johannes Maswanganyi | 1948 | – |
| B-0008465 | biography | Mizream Maseko | 1927-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0008456 | biography | Helen Elizabeth Martins | 1897-1976 | ✓ |
| B-0008449 | biography | Maritz Barrymore | 1928-1994 | – |
| B-0008445 | biography | Thabo Motene Marera | 1972-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008438 | biography | Bhekisani Manyoni | 1945 | – |
| B-0008427 | biography | Joseph Manana | 1964 | – |
Bonginhlanhla Plummer Mbokazi
He then started work in order to support his family. Plummer was never a full time artist. He studied art informally at the Community Arts…
Mzwakhe Mbatha
Mzwakhe Mbatha was born in 1935 near Umnini Holiday Camp, Natal. Mbatha left school in Standard II. As a young boy he carved utilitarian…
Gordon Mbatha
He trained as a potter in the Ceramic Workshop at the ELC Art and Craft Centre, together with Ephraim Ziqubu, Joel Sibisi and L. Mabaso. …
Azaria Mbatha
Azaria Mbatha was born in 1941. Azaria was educated at a mission school for eight years. In 1961 he left Ceza Secondary School and began…
Kagiso Patrick Mautloa
Kagiso Patrick (called Pat) Mautloa was born 24 September 1952 in Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal. Mautloa's family moved to Soweto in 1954…
Don Mattera
Donato Francisco Mattera was born in Western Native Township, now called Westbury, Johannesburg in 1935. His grandfather was an Italian…
Leonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso
Leonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso was born in Pimville, Soweto. From 1962 to 1970, while still at school, Matsoso studied at the Jubilee Art…
Oliver Kgadime Matsepe
Oliver Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe was born on 22 March 1932 in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district. He was the son of Malua Matsepe, senior…
Johannes Maswanganyi
Johannes Maswanganyi was born in 1948 at Msengi Village, near Giyani, Limpopo Province.Although younger than many of the sculptors from…
Mizream Maseko
Mizream Maseko (also documented as Mizraim, Mizriam, Mizram) was born on 10 June 1927. Maseko began his career as a house painter after…
Helen Elizabeth Martins
Helen Elizabeth Martins was born on 23 December 1897 in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern Cape. She was the youngest of six…
Maritz Barrymore
Maritz Barrymore was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He trained as a painter from 1950-1953 at the University of…
Thabo Motene Marera
Thabo Marera was born in Soweto on 18 September 1972 and matriculated at Anchor Orlando North High School. After studying drama at the…
Bhekisani Manyoni
Bhekisani Manyoni was born on 6 September 1945 in Greytown, Natal. After Manyoni completed three years of study at Rorke\'s Drift in 1963…
Joseph Manana
Manana was born in Escourt, KwaZulu-Natal. He has been working as an artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught. A few years ago…