True Love

THE ART OF SERVICE

I am the 10 of 13 children. Home was asafe and happy space, and always felt as though the world made its wrath known to me the moment I stepped out. The moment I could draw, my parents threw their weight behind my passion. They were the type who, if I showed a slight interest in anything they’d immediately buy whatever I needed to sustain that hobby. My dad was ajournalist and my mom a midwife. I went to Belgravia Art Centre and School in East London. From there I got a scholarship at age 17 to study fashion at the Gordon Flack Davidson Academy of Design in Johannesburg, whichMagazine New Talent Award and started showing in art spaces in 2005. I currently live between Cape Town and Hogsback, in the Eastern Cape, with my partner Malibongwe Tyilo and two prize-winning cats [].

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