Katleho Lekopa

Katleho Lekopa is a self-studying visual artist, an economist by academic profession, willing to maximize his creative venture horizon far beyond his township Teyateyaneng. He has acquired a fine buzz of visual artists’ discipline of visual expression. He could make a subtle conversation about a likes of Finolov, Mao Lin, Kandinsky, Igor Smirnov, Zapiro, Poto-Poto school artists and a list goes on.
Technically Kat had once obtained artistic residency in one township east of Bloemfontein in Free State, between mid-autumn 2017 and early summer 2019. Kat has not yet pursued a certain style or method of visual expression but his workmanship ranges from pencil miniatures on paper to a proper size of oils on canvases paintings. He has a bold Facebook page called Sani Hek Kalhr pictures presents, which is simply a collect of all his works as early as he could remember.
In a meanwhile his venture has retaliated adversely since a pandemic has stricken with at most 3 pieces of work out in display at a high value marketplace in Maseru. But there is a frequent local word-of-mouth about a possibility that things could be fine in cities. Kat has acquired other entrepreneurial skills and membership from creative organisations. VANSA is one creatives’ economies social networking tool which has been essential for Kat’s venture. Recently Kat was endorsed by a local newspaper to produce cartoons for a weekly publications, despite unfavorable feedback after 3 months submissions he is still striving to pioneer this depth of product line comprising even outdoor genre like graffiti, animation or all that could comprise digital creative industries paradigms. Some of his workmanship is posted on his low budget Facebook page called Sani Hek Kalhr pictures presents . Being given this opportunity Kat would broaden his horizon, endow new skills to elevate his aesthetic artsy life.