Award Winning Artist Giggs Kgole Set To Exhibit His Art At London Based Art Gallery Called Signature African Art
Award Winning Artist Giggs Kgole Set To Exhibit His Art At London Based Art Gallery Called Signature African Art. The South African art landscape has changed a lot over the past few years, African art is now being highlighted throughout the world, whether it is music, fashion or paintings, the world has taken an interest in what Africans have to offer to the global market. Many artists have not disappointed and have taken this opportunity to showcase their work and present African art to the world.
Such an artist is Giggs Kgole, who is a Visual Artist, Sculptor and Set Designer from Kutupu Village in Limpopo. He just announced that his art will be showcased at the London based ‘Signature African Art’ art gallery in an exhibition called ‘Badimo Ba Kgole’ which will be open to the public form the 5th of October to the 30th of October 2021.
Kgole describes Badimo Ba Kgole as not a show, but an experience. “A journey of a boy becoming a man. The journey of a child with dreams of art coming into himself and becoming art.” The show is his 12th solo exhibition at the age of 24. In 2017, a year after Kgole’s first Solo exhibition he received a Prestigious Presidential Scholarship to study in Rome at John Cabot University, where he had his first solo showcase in Europe titled ‘Before the High Walls’. 2018 marked a new feat for Kgole as he became one of Africa’s youngest gallery owners at the age of 21. GasLamp Gallery, located in Johannesburg, South Africa was a contemporary art space for creatives who needed an opportunity to tell their stories in a commercial gallery.
Signature African Art is an international art gallery with locations in Lagos and London. Founded in 1992 by Rahman Akar the gallery specialises in contemporary African art. Signature has established itself as one of the leading galleries. The gallery’s London space is based in the heart of Mayfair will introduce a new generation of African artists to UK and European audiences who have to date been underrepresented in the West.
