UNTITLED
photocollage with oil, laid on canvas
140 x 190 cm; 55 x 74 3/4 in
(unframed)

Property from a Private Collection, UK

Kagiso Patrick Mautloa was born in Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal. While still at high school, Mautloa studied art at the Jubilee Art Centre in 1969 and at the Mofolo Park Arts Centre in Soweto until 1975. In 1970 he was awarded an OK Bazaars Bursary, which spent at Rorke's Drift (1978-1980). In 1980 he started working for the OK Bazaars as a junior graphic artist, while also teaching art part-time at the Mofolo Arts Centre and at FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre). In 1981, Mautloa joined the SABC (The South African Broadcasting Corporation) as a graphic designer.

Mautloa is a committee member of the Thupelo Art Project and has participated in its yearly workshops. His work has been exhibited at the UFH Annual Exhibitions and the UZ African Art Festival Exhibitions. He currently lives in Alexandra, South Africa, and produces commercial graphic design as well as his own art work.

Mautloa says about his works, that they are 'observations of objects found on the vibrant streets in the city, not only for their visual qualities but as [a] repository of our quotidan practice.'