Artists' of KZN
Joseph Manana
Manana was born in Escourt, KwaZulu-Natal.
He has been working as a folk artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught.
A few years ago he received an award from the Tito Zungu Trust Fund, created in the name of the late artist Tito Zungu which provides subsidies to South Africans wishing to study art. With this subsidy, Manana enrolled at the Durban Institute of Technology for a diploma in Fine Arts which he completed in 2003.
Before this, he had been featured in group exhibitions nationally and internationally. He also participated in art residencies including one at the Caversham Press, Howick, with master printer Malcolm Christian, and travelled to Europe and America to participate in workshops and mural painting projects.
In Durban he has worked with Community Mural Projects and his art can be spotted on various walls in the city. In a solo show held at the African Art Centre in Durban in 2004 Manana displayed an understanding of various social issues. He then progressed to visualising social harmonies in his usual idealistic style. To contact Joseph, click here, or visit Gallery 415 for commissions and to view works for sale.
He has been working as a folk artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught.
A few years ago he received an award from the Tito Zungu Trust Fund, created in the name of the late artist Tito Zungu which provides subsidies to South Africans wishing to study art. With this subsidy, Manana enrolled at the Durban Institute of Technology for a diploma in Fine Arts which he completed in 2003.
Before this, he had been featured in group exhibitions nationally and internationally. He also participated in art residencies including one at the Caversham Press, Howick, with master printer Malcolm Christian, and travelled to Europe and America to participate in workshops and mural painting projects.
In Durban he has worked with Community Mural Projects and his art can be spotted on various walls in the city. In a solo show held at the African Art Centre in Durban in 2004 Manana displayed an understanding of various social issues. He then progressed to visualising social harmonies in his usual idealistic style. To contact Joseph, click here, or visit Gallery 415 for commissions and to view works for sale.
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