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Mr Chepape Makgato
Chepape Makgato: is an independent artist, art historian, curator and arts writer for various online publications.
Chepape Makgato is an independent artist, art historian, curator and arts writer for various online publications. He works at William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberly as a Chief Curator. He is the founder and creative director of Samanthole Institute of Creative Arts, a community-based art organisation established in 2010 focusing on arts and literacy youth programmes. He is a multi-award winning visual artist who has exhibited in three continents of Africa, Europe and North America in solo and group exhibitions including art fairs. His work is collected by various corporations including JP Morgan Chase, Smithsonian African Modern Art Museum, SA Embassy in USA and Washington Printmakers Gallery among other collections. His inaugural theatre production was Man Alone staged in Polokwane, Limpopo province and premiered at the Market Theatre in October 2019. Chepape is the chief patron and founding director of Khehla Chepape Makgato Youth Libraries in rural schools in Limpopo. He is the recipient of the 2022 Sustainability and Arts Prize by Goethe Institute and Mail & Guardian. He has a Master of Arts in Fine Art from University of the Witwatersrand. He is a PhD Candidate in Art and Music at UNISA.