The artist

 

Setlamorago Mashilo (b. South Africa) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, and printmaking. Working at the intersection of land, memory, and social consciousness, Mashilo creates evocative visual environments that probe the psychological and political structures shaping contemporary life.

 

His work is grounded in an ongoing investigation of belonging-how bodies, communities, and ecologies negotiate space, identity, and conditions under which they are allowed to exist.

 

Mashilo frequently draws on everyday objects, rural symbolism, and natural elements to construct poetic yet critical commentaries on displacement, land, peoples’ movement, identity, and the notion of home.

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His approach is deeply site-responsive: Mashilo considers the landscape not just as a backdrop, but an active participant in meaning-making. Whether working with soil, cement, cast bronze, flora, or fabricated steel, he choreographs environments that invite contemplation, unsettle assumptions, and open pathways toward reframing social narratives.

His practice demonstrates a commitment to amplifying overlooked lives, human and non-human, through forms that resonate visually,

emotionally, and politically.

Social Media
Instagram: @setlamorago_mashilo