Qhamanande Maswana
Title: "Portrait of a young boy" 2026
Rarity: Unique, signed on reverse
Size: 50 x 50cm
Materials: Acrylic on tarpaulin
Name: Qhamanande Maswana
Nationality: South African
Qhamanande Maswana (b.1991) is a visual artist currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Maswana grew up in King William's Town, a city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Creative from an early age, Maswana was inspired to pursue a career in the arts whilst he was a student at Forbes Grant High School in South Africa. After finishing high school He competed in various art competitions held in the Eastern Cape, then went on to study Fine Arts at Lovedale College and graduated with a National Diploma in Fine Arts from the University of Fort Hare, South Africa. Maswana has developed a unique style of portraiture which speaks to both the beauty and challenges of everyday life in South Africa. Effortlessly blending reality with imagination in each portrait, he often depicts the people he encounters in his day-to-day life in surreal purple hues as a way of portraying 'the strength of [his] people and their descendancy from royalty.'
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