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Who is Phila Nhleko?
Phila Nhleko is a young upcoming artist,
graduated in fine Art from Durban
University of Technology, who wants
to own a ceramic studio one day.
When and how did the love of
art start?
I had love for art at an age of 11 I guess.
I use to draw cartoon characters’ like
Mickey Mouse, Pokémon’s and Dragon
Ballz. I went to high school and studied
art until I got my diploma.
Your 3rd year concept a little
about it please?
My work speaks about environment
more about the thing that threatens
life some the government is making a
profit out of for an example the mining
industry.
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What techniques you used for
print making and why?
In print making I was using mixed
media on worked paper because it was
the only way I could express my concept
of my work I needed to show the
viewers the Idea of a threatened environment
in my work as whole both in
printmaking and ceramics.
Your ceramic work is fabz* the
rhino one why did use bones and
mosaics?
Thank you Khanyi, About my ceramics
work which was my favorite subject
I wanted to do something different,
something that was never seen before
on the ceramic department even
though I was working under pressure
but I knew what I wanted to achieve
in work I made bones of a dead rhino
using white clay (porcelain), I smoke
fired the bones to make them look old
and decomposed and stuck then on a
mosaic dry cracking land. This work
speaks about the issue of the killing of
the rhinos in Africa that we facing and
about the endangered species.
Which artist would you like 2
works with? And why?
I would like to work with Hennie
Stroebel who was also my ceramic lecture.
Jane Durand who has taken mosaics
to the next level and I have been
working for. John Dahlsen who is a contemporary
Australian Environmental
Artist all these artist has been inspirational
through out my artwork. All the
mentioned artists they have inspired
me, especially working with Durand
and Stroebel as my lecture helped me
technically. However Dahlsens has
inspired me conceptually.
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