Mmutle Arthur Kgokong lives and works in the City of Tshwane – South Africa, he is a Visual Art Project Strategist, Curator, and an enthusiastic Podcaster who dabbles in writing and abstract painting. Based at the Pretoria Art Museum as a Cultural Officer, he is responsible for Education and Development of the museum. Over the years he has mentored and advised visual artists, particularly a generation of artists with ties to Tshwane University of Technology. Some of these artists emerged on the art scene between the 2015 to 2024. A period characterized by a North to South exodus of Tshwane trained artist to the City of Johannesburg in search of studio space, exhibition opportunities and exposure to the South African art market.

Kgokong’s writing and podcasts mainly focus on some of our present contemporary artists, particularly those with ties to the City of Tshwane, either through academic training or by birth.
When time permits, he enjoys making a bit of art, you can check his work HERE. His creativity is based on a simple premise; that an artist should make work whose process of making brings joy and self-discovery. That artists should make work that they would buy if they could afford it.
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Notable Works:
Blowing Life Into Plastic | Temporary Feelings | My Contemporaries & I | Narrative Responses to forms of discrimination in South African literature

Other Facts:

Mmutle holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Theory of Literature and Art History (University of South Africa). As well as an Honors and Masters degree in Social Science Heritage and Museum Studies (University of Pretoria). He is an assistant lecturer in an arts and design faculty of one of the major universities in the City of Tshwane, South Africa.