Born in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, I grew up in rural Nhlazatje, just before South Africa's transition to democracy in 1994. I never witnessed the injustices of the old regime directly, but I felt their residue. Broken family structures. Distant fathers. Not because they chose absence, but because they didn't know how to exist outside of conflict. How to show up to today's generation.

While I don't always tell my own story, my work draws from felt experiences. Grief. Trauma. Shame. These is our generation's inheritance. Through painting, I ask the question this country has not yet finished answering. How do we hold what we've been given, and how do we move forward?