Thebe Phetogo

Thebe Phetogo
Tsalo	1993 Serowe, Botswana
Thuto	BA Media Studies, University of Botswana
O itsegi ka	Painting, sculpture, installation; blackbody series

Thebe Phetogo (o tshotswe ka 1993 kwa Serowe, Botswana) ke motaki wa ditshwantsho wa Botswana yo o dirang go kgabaganya botaki jwa go taka, go betla le go tsenya ditshwantsho. Ditiro tsa gagwe di botsolotsa boitshupo jwa motho ka namana le jwa setlhopha, dikanelo tsa hisitori le kemedi ya pono ya mebele ya Bantsho ka tiriso ya boitshimololedi ya didirisiwa, bontle jwa senotlolo sa chroma le dikinane. Tiro ya botaki ya ga Phetogo e tswelela go nna maatla a a matlhagatlhaga le a a nang le tlhotlheletso mo lefatsheng le le fetogang la botaki jwa segompieno jwa Aforika.

Thuto

O amogetse Dipoloma ya Morago ga Dikerii ya Botsweretshi ka (2017) le Masetase ya Botsweretshi (2019) go tswa kwa Sekolong sa Botsweretshi sa Michaelis sa Yunibesithi ya Motsekapa. Phetogo gape o na le dikirii ya BA ya Dithuto tsa Bobegakgang kwa Yunibesithing ya Botswana.

Dithitokgang tsa Botsweretshi le Ditaele

Tiro ya ga Phetogo e kopanya ka botswerere diponagalo tsa naga tsa tshwantshetso le tse di sa tlhaloganyesegeng go sekaseka kago ya lotso, thutafatshe ya Setswana, dikinane le dithulaganyo tsa kitso ya tlholego. O dira ditshwantsho tsa gagwe jaaka ditokomane tse di tshelang tsa “mofuta wa lefatshe” a dirisa didirisiwa tse di jaaka ditshwantsho tsa chroma key (sekerini se setala), puo ya pono ya metlae, dimmapa le ditsamaiso tsa hisitori tsa ditshwantsho go emela go tlhokafala le go nna teng.

Motseletsele wa gagwe wa blackbody o o saennweng o dirisa kgopolo ya mmele ya monyedi yo o itekanetseng mme ka tshwantshetso o sekaseka go bonala, mebele ya Bantsho e e tlhomameng le go phatloga. Bontle jwa sekerini se setala bo tshwantshetsa sekerini sa go phimola le sebaka sa go nna.

Dipontsho le Diphitlhelelo tsa Tiro

Dipontsho tsa fa ale nosi

1. Ka Go Lowe at Guns & Rain, Johannesburg (March 2021)
2. Blackbody Composites at ko Artspace, Lagos (Nov 2020)
3. Blackbody Rogues’ Gallery at Von Ammon Co, Washington, D.C.

Dipontsho tsa Setlhopha le mediro

1. A Confluence, Unintended at 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town (2020)
2. Fresh Voices at Guns & Rain, Johannesburg (2020)
3. Joburg Fringe at The Art Room, Johannesburg (2019)
4. The Botswana Pavilion – No Return, Gallery Momo, Cape Town (2019)
5. The Botswana Pavilion – Subjective Nationhood, Botswana National Museum, Gaborone (2019)
6. Thapong Artist of the Year Exhibition, Gaborone (2016)
7. ABSA L’Atelier Top 100 Exhibition, Johannesburg (2016)

Mafelo a Bonno le Dikanaledi

1. Arthouse Foundation Residency, Lagos (2020).
2. Art Connection Africa Residency, Bag Factory, Johannesburg (2021).
3. Greatmore Studio Visiting Artist Residency, Cape Town ( 2021)
4. Cassirer Welz Award Finalist (2019)
5. Emerging Painting Invitational Prize Finalist (2020)
6. Founding Member of the Botswana Pavilion Artist Collective

Kamogelo le Tshwaelo e e Botlhokwa

Tiro ya ga Thebe Phetogo e tsewa jaaka go akanya gape go go tlhotlheletsang ga kemedi ya Bantsho, go dirisa bontle jwa chroma-key jaaka tshwantshiso. Batshwayadiphoso ba lemoga tiriso ya gagwe e e bopelokgale ya botala jo bo tlhapileng, jwa maitirelo le ditshwantsho tsa botaki tse di betlilweng go belaela go sokamisiwa ga hisitori, go sa bonale le dikinane. Pontsho ya gagwe ya ntlha ya solo ya US e ne ya tswelela go tiisa go nna teng ga gagwe go go golang ga boditšhabatšhaba.