About
Sizani Baloyi
Biography
Sizani Baloyi was born on the 26th of September 1994 in Limpopo in a town called Giyani. In 2002 he moved to Johannesburg and studied at Klip Valley Primary School where he also won computers for the school on an art competition. He studied at PJ Simelane secondary school and was top of his class for the visual arts program and graduated in 2014.
Soon after that he completed a three year visual arts and print making course at Artist Proof Studio in Newtown, Johannesburg where he won the council of chambers competition. He is one of the artists who was selected to work with Strauss & Co to rework one of the old masters work Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef. He graduated 2017 and took part of a 6 months internship with William Kentridge. He was one of the 2021 Turbine Art Fair mentorship program participant. He is part of the Design Indaba class of 2022 and he is a full time practicing artist.
Baloyi’s style and technique ranges from very refined paint and charcoal drawings to sophisticated prints and sculptures. His artwork depicts the joyful times that peoples share in informal settlements by interrogating whether rural housing structures in contemporary South Africa have changed for the better since 1994.
Artist statement
Sizani Baloyi ( 1994 ) current body of work tell a story of hope about life in squatercamps Baloyi
engage with his subjects on a personal level coming in to their private spaces and interview
them concerning their daily lives the hardship they face and the joy they share as a community.
Baloyi is fascinated by how the houses in the squattercamp are made out of, its mostly lost and
found material piece of corrugated metal put to gather to build a place that bring shelter and
warmth . Baloyi’s stye and technique ranges from very refined paint and charcoal drawings to
sophisticated print
His artwork depicts the joyful times that peopes share regardless of their challenges by
interrogating whether rural housing structures in contemporary South Africa have changed for
the better since 1994.
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