Atang Tshikare
South African artist and designer (born 1980)
Atang Tshikare (born 1980) is a South African artist, designer, and cultural futurist. His work addresses themes relating to folklore and Tswana heritage, while exploring the relationship between craft and technology, often through the language of vernacular architecture, zoomorphism, biomorphism, and African landscapes.2
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Born 1980.1
Career
Occupation: designer, sculptor, artist.4 5
- Date not recordedFounded Zabalazaa Designs3
Known for: Zabalazaa Designs.6
Personal life
Tshikare is married and has a son named Peo, which signifies "seed of great hope" in Sesotho. His wife is a sociolinguist at the University of Cape Town. Tshikare's works Peo e Atang and Pula e ya na are a tribute to their sons (the second of whom is called Pula Khanya, meaning "falling rain and light").
From Wikipedia’s article on Atang Tshikare (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- 1WikidataAtang Tshikare on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAtang Tshikare on Wikipedia
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- 5Wikidataoccupation, as reported
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- 15Wikimedia CommonsAtang Tshikare photo by Craft x Tech, CC BY-SA 4.0