| PROMINENT Swazi artist Austin
Hleza has built up a name for himself in- and outside Swaziland for his beautiful carved
pots, decorated with animals, faces of other interesting motifs. He also makes cars and motor bikes out of clay in tremendous detail. His linoprints resemble his carved pots, with distinguishing lines pulsing with life - pulsing Africa today. People bathing at the waterfall; women carrying clay pots on their heads,.. AVAILABLE: POTTERY and a selection of LIMITED EDITION, signed and numbered LINOCUTS. PERSONAL DETAILS: Born in Mpuluzi, Western Swaziland. Trained at the Danish Pottery Development Centre (SEDCO). Ceramic Lecturer at the National Handicrafts Training Centre, 1983 and again in 1987. EXHIBITIONS: Indingilizi Gallery, Mbabane. Corobrick (Annual National) Republic of South Africa. Johannesburg Art Gallery - "The Neglected Tradition" Johannesburg College of Education. FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists), Johannesburg Total Exhibition (National) Johannesburg. University of Zululand, Kwadlangezwa. The South African Art Association (Annual Exhibitions) Swaziland Art Society, Mbabane. PERMANENT COLLECTIONS: Corobrick Permanent Collection, Johannesburg. National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town. (Several Pieces) Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg. Johannesburg Art Gallery. Private Collections, Internationally. |
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