Teboho Ralesai
I was born black with brown skin.
Artist statement
My work aims to explore issues of memory, identity, tradition and cultural hybridity in South African culture. As a young black South African who grew up in Sharpeville, Boipatong and Zone 7, places that have experienced collective violence. I view the present through the lens of a complicated, even contradictory past. This burden of history has had effects on how I look at myself as young black South African within this space of trauma.
I see the sense of displacement and confusion as an opportunity to critically examine my ethnic identity as a young black South African. I am also fascinated by the way in which identity, memory, and tradition intersect with landscape and a relationship with the land. A lot of my art work is experimental in which research is integral to the process.
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Biography
Teboho Ralesai is a South African artist and curator. He was born in 1989 and he completed his B.Tech fine Art at Vaal University of technology in addition to that he is also attended artist proof Studio Saturday classes in printmaking . He has participated in Marco Cianfanelli mentorship program as part of the standard bank new Rosebank headquarters sculpture installation, FNB art fair 2014 and 2015, Bodutu art Gallery , Somaartspace and local group shows. He works with different found objects, video, photography, sculpture, printmaking and installation.
