Mondli Kunene

Referred to by the masses as The Artivist, Mondli Kunene has been known to create 1 of 1 highest quality thought provoking contemporary African Art to raise awareness about social issues within the African diaspora and how those issues resonate to the rest of the world. His choice of medium is acrylic paints on Masonite board mixed with leather & warthog tusks.

Mondli was mentored by the late South African artist Speelman Mahlangu; Mondli “The Artivist” Kunene studied B.Ed. Education at the University of Johannesburg and after a decade working within the Education sector, he left the sector back in 2018 to create art full time under his registered company Mondli Art Projects.

He has also been commissioned to paint huge murals in Sharpeville to Commemorate former President Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu’s centennial celebration in Sharpeville[removed]Design Indaba chose him as 1 of 50 emerging SA Creatives to currently look out & he exhibited with a group at the Artscape.