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BIOGRAPHY OF PHEMO MATLABE
Phemo Matlabe is an award- winning visual artist based in the Johannesburg metropolitan area of South Africa, his artworks are collected by a number of institutions, including Absa, Old Mutual, Klerksdorp Museum, Bag factory art studios, University of Johannesburg etc. Originally from the North-West, he was inspired to be an artist through his childhood passion of sculpting, where he would depict everyday life in his home village. Through practice he learnt different modes of expression and now feels that painting is his preferred medium.