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Kagiso Pat Mautloa

Pat Mautloa has been based at the Bag Factory Artists’ Studios since 1992, when he left his job in the graphic design studio at the SABC to pursue his destiny as a full-time artist. He is currently the Chairman of the Bag Factory’s board. Like his work, his studio is layered with bits and pieces of times gone by, found fragments of the city and relics of the people who’ve passed through his corner of it.

Working from his studio at the Bag Factory, Mautloa studies the street life around him. Working with figurative elements, abstract textures and multiple colour overlays, his work exploits the potential of lithography. Textures are an important part of Mautloa’s work – as he works he notices the mundane surfaces around him and will sometimes use these in his work. Unexpected things like the rough surface of a well used cutting board, or a worn out cotton rag, hold a new fascination and beauty for him. Delicate drawing and seemingly random splatter, entice the viewer and challenge one to look at the world in a new way. He is as comfortable in his abstract work as he is in the more figurative imagery. Most of his work is in oils and acrylic but he has also included found objects and collage in his two dimensional work and has also done a number of installations as well as doing photographic work.

He studied art at Rorke’s Drift Art Centre, KwaZulu Natal and at the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto. He has participated in Thupelo and Triangle workshops, held numerous solo and group exhibitions, and has work in a number of important public collections across South Africa.

‘In order to interpret the passage of time and memory, and create a sense of nostalgia in my artwork, I use a variety of objects and pigments. I layer my surfaces to bring about memories of time and age, in the same way as life is about layers of time and space. A reordering of everyday objects can change perceptions and add meaning. An artist is a kind of historian. You live through certain times and those times come to be reflected in your work, which becomes a sort of diary, if you like.

I have always liked to place, displace, construct, deconstruct and reconstruct things. This stems from the enjoyment of seeing images shaping out of nothing – giving birth to form.’ Pat Mautloa

- 1973 Enrolled at the Mofolo Art Centre where he studied under the mentorship ..of Dan Rakgoathe, who encouraged him to ..develop his artistic imagination ..through drawin
- 1978 At the recommendation fellow artist Mzwakhe Nhlabathi, enrolled at ELC ..Art Centre, Rorkes Drift, where he obtained a ..Fine Art Diploma. ..Contemporaries included Dumisani Mabaso, fellow Bag Factory artist Sam ..Nhlengethwa and Bongi Dhlomo, ..whom he later married
- 1980-81 Worked in the graphics department of OK Bazaars designing shop ..displays, catalogues and adverts
- 1981-92 Worked in the graphic design studio of the SABC
- 1985 1990 Attended Thupelo Workshops, Johannesburg/Cape Town
- 1988 The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg Art Gallery and subsequent tour
- 1989 Sponsored by USSALEP to attend Triangle Workshop, New York State
..Two-person show with Bongi Dhlomo, Grassroots Gallery, Durban
..Triangle Workshop Exhibition, Third Havana Biennale, Cuba
- 1989-91 Taught part time at the Johannesburg Art Foundation
- 1990 Two-person show with Madi Phala, Thupelo Art Gallery
- 1991 Two-person show with Rochester Mafafo, Thupelo Art Gallery
- 1992 Became a full time artist, based at the Bag Factory
- 1994 Unlocked, first solo show, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
- 1995 Hassan, Koloane and Mautloa, Newtown Galleries, for Africus 95, first ..Johannesburg Biennale
- 1997 If You Scratch, two person show with David Koloane, Gallery on the ..Round, Grahamstown, then to Goodman Gallery
..Installed Wall, a reconstructed façade of a shack in a dead space in the ..Generator Room, at the Second Johannesburg Biennale
..in 1997
- 1999 Kagiso in Johannesburg, solo at Goodman Gallery
- 2003 Tracking, solo at Goodman Gallery
..Monograph on Mautloa, written by Andries Walter Oliphant, published by TAXI ..Art Books, a series showcasing the talent of ..contemporary African artists

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