Steve Maphoso
Steve Maphoso was born in 1990 in the municipality of Viana in
the Province of Luanda, Angola. He is a self-taught artist
currently based in Johannesburg. He has aided in teaching and
mentorship projects including MC Art at the State Theatre,
Pretoria. He has held solo exhibitions at gallery in Pretoria he
has exhibited in group shows: Printmakers Fair (2017), Pretoria
Art Museum (2018), Art Against Covid (2019), Mazars Egoli Art
Fair (2019), Turbine Art Fair (2022), Safim Gala Dinner Auction
with Strauss & Co (2023).
Steve Maphoso’s work is inspired by social and personal issues,
from memories to loss, and love.
As an African contemporary artist,
for the past decade my work had outdone the issues we face in
our daily lives. Turning to the present with renewed energy, I
find myself expressing my world with charcoal and paper. We
need to keep reminding ourselves who we are, and putting
images to our smallest triumphs even, so that we may show
pride through all our failures and accomplishments.
Exhibition
2023 group exhibition urban findings (lizamore gallery)
2023 gala mad leadership foundation live art auction
2023 safim gala dinner live art auction, facilitated by Strauss &
Co sees.
2023 inner city private wealth exhibition ( Sanlam)
2023 Artsy online group show new beginnings ( art south Africa
gallery)
2022 solo exhibition in darkness will come light les create
restaurant
2022 turbine art fair (AAA gallery)
2020 solo exhibition Trent gallery
2019 Mazars egoli art fair the Gavin projects
2019 Deville Billie gallery art against covid 19
2018 idc gallery group exhibition
2019 idc gallery group exhibition
2018 me my self and I group exhibition Pretoria art museum
2017 group exhibition (the art of silver)
2017 group exhibition johnnan van heerden’s gallery
2017 group exhibition johanan van heerden’s gallery
Awards and achievement
2019 finalist at culture leader arts competition
2019 part time teaching artist at mcart state theatre
Collectors
Mad leadership foundation
Education
2010 Lotus gardens secondary school
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