Artists

Sandile Ashar Mhlongo's paintings articulate his life story - one of personal struggle, strong family ties and friendships. He is inspired by daily experiences and the people that surround him. Mhlongo's work addresses problems prevalent in South African society; problems exacerbated by politicians, corruption and abuse of power.

Mhlongo was born in the township of Langa, and still lives and works in Cape Town. His love of art was kindled and encouraged from a young age, particularly by his father, who is an artist as well. Mhlongo started attending art classes while still in school and furthered his studies at the Community Arts Project (1996) in Woodstock, Cape Town. He has participated in several group exhibitions held by Truworths and the Community Arts Workshop, with his most recent group exhibition being, Siyakubona, held at the Cape Gallery in 2012. New Work, a solo exhibition was held at the AVA Gallery in 2012. Mhlongo participated in the 2017 iteration of the Nando's Creative Exchange developmental programme and exhibition Assemblage at the AVA Gallery in Cape Town.