mojaki
lebatla

My name is Mojaki Joseph Lebatla born in 1982/12/02 in a Free State Province, I grew up in a rural area known as Qwa-Qwa (Homeland) where I did my high school at Kgola Thuto Senior Secondary School. I matriculated in the year 2000 in Free State Province and moved to Johannesburg in 2001 to further my studies, I corresponded with UNISA doing LLB Degree and dropped out in 2004. I got involved with arts in 2005 when I moved back to my hometown where I started a poetry movement until 2006. When I moved back to JHB (SOWETO) where I stayed, mostly I was introduced as a performing artist (Poet) and got introduced to N.G.O (Academic Citizenship Economic Development) based in Eldorado park Where I volunteered as a facilitator of life skills, poetry and reading club, from 2008 to 2016 I worked as a call centre consultant for companies such as VODACOM, SANRAL and MTN. While working I applied for part time classes at Artist Proof Studio to study fine art in print making and got my certificate in 2016. I’m currently based in Johannesburg (CBD) Ghandi square, where I’m using City Library as my studio and also teaching art classes to children aged between 7 to 13 years Monday to Thursday , I’m also involved with Fashion Kapitol Children art classes that runs on Saturday every month. I have partake in Black like us art competition in 2013, 2015 had exhibited in Johannesburg City Libra, 2016 SANNA. In2017 I got involved with the Bag factory Artist Boot Camp