Judus Mahlangu was born on 14 January 1951 in Brakpan, Transvaal. Mahlangu matriculated at KwaPhakama High School in Springs in 1969 where he first studied art. From 1972 to 1974 he studied at Rorke\'s Drift and in 1975 he opened a graphic studio in his house in Kwa Thema, near Springs, where he worked as a freelance artist until 1982. From 1973 to 1976 he was helped by Lucas Sithole and in 1975 he studied at the Bill Ainslie Studios. In 1976 and 1977 Mahlangu worked with Mel Brigg in Springs. Until the late 1970s his work was sold byJasna Bufacchi. In 1980 he was a guest lecturer at the Natal Technikon. Since 1982 Mahlangu has worked at the SABC as a graphic artist. He is a member of the Soweto Art Society and SAAA and produces both mono- and polychromatic etchings.
Exhibitions:
1973: DAM (Art SA Today).
1974: Durban (Rorke's Drift).
1975: DAM (Art SA Today ”” singled out by American art critic Clement Greenberg).
1976: Brooklyn Museum and Public Library, New York, USA (Black SA Contemporary Graphics).
1979: United Nations, New York, USA (Artists '79). Lidchi Art Gallery, Johannesburg (solo). Barclay Shopping Centre, Pretoria (two-person exhibition with Vuminkosi Zulu). Nuremberg, West Germany (Watercolours from SA). Bonn and West Germany ”” tour (Art from SA/Art from Soweto). NSA”” tour (group).
1981: Jabulani Standard Bank, Soweto (Black Art Today).
1983: Christie's Contemporary Art, Pretoria (Black Contemporary Art).
1985: Africana Museum in Progress, Johannesburg (Tributaries).
1987: TAG (Rorke's Drift Fine Art School in Retrospect). FUBA (Delfin/FUBA Creative Quest Exhibition).
Collections: DAM; KC; UNISA.
Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery.