Biography Thabiso Phepeng's aesthetic is grounded in abstract art - and has forged an inventive path to marry and collapse hierarchies between painting, graffiti, tradition, modernity, and the sublime. Traditional Sotho and Ndebele elements of wall painting is discernible in his work, yet it never becomes obsessive for he is able to connect that with his grasp of forms, concepts, and experiments of the western canon. His own unique multicultural perspective guides his art practice. Born in 1981 and now currently living in Zürich since Dec. 2014, having spent most of his life in South Africa, He started painting and drawing formally at the age of 11 in Thaba-Nchu, a small township town in the former landlocked Country of Bophuthatswana ( Disbanded in 1994) in an institution called Mmabana Arts and Cultural Centre. In 1999 he then went on to study a Fine Art (NDip) in Tshwane University of Technology (Pretoria, South Africa). Ever since then to date he continues to practice the discipline, as the journey goes he draws a mix of influences from his experiences, surroundings, living space, relationships, and family. Born 1981 Bloemfontein, South Africa. Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland Exhibitions 2024 Exhibited at Labrea, Zürich, Fraumünster Artists for a better planet, Zürich Doodah , Luzern, St Gallen, Zurich Off Space, Zurich External Elements Off Space, Zurich Botaki Factory, Off Space, Zurich Coin Coin, Off Space, Zurich La Brea, Off Space, Zurich 2023 Andermatt, CH, Zumschwarzenbaren Crown Hotel 2021 Vernice Gallery, Zurich Salon Mondial Basel Andermatt 2021 2020 BAM, Maaghalle, Zurich 2019 Performance Art Ambossrampe, Zurich 2018 Galerie Le Sud, Zürich 2017 The Bite, Zürich Kafi Schoffel, Zürich 2016 Fritz86, Zürich Kafi Schoffel, Zürich 2011 Wessel Snyman Creative, Cape Town 2010 Performance art “Colour for the sake of Colour” House 22, Pretoria 2009 Café del Khuze, Pretoria 2006 Won the Macufe Art Competition, Bloemfontein, 2002 De Beers Price giving, City Hall, Pretoria