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LeetchiSan
Sharp-Lee Linda Mthimkulu
1990, Johannesburg
Bio
Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sharp-Lee Mthimkulu aka Leetchisan is a multi-disciplined artist and creative.
Leetchisan, a made-up alias that means “respect the power within,” addresses intimate and personal matters relating to the relationship with self, amongst them being introspection, self-discovery, and self-worth. He believes in delving within himself and acknowledging guidance from the spirit world in order to understand and live out his higher purpose in life.
Taking into consideration his experiences of being a black, foreign male navigating his way around the city, social identity is also one of the undeniable elements that inform his work.
Since graduating from the University of Johannesburg under the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) in 2013, Leetchisan has evolved as an artist, recently incorporating sculpting to his practice.
Exhibitions Features & Publicationns
2020
2019
// Nice magazine Feature Collaboration with Dudu Dube
2018
// Self. Solo exhibition: Gallery 57 (Johannesburg)
2017
// IDC Group Showcase exhibition (Johannesburg)
// Womxn Pop up group Exhibition – (Amsterdam)
// Buka Arts Group Exhibition (Johannesburg)
// Hive Johannesburg Network member
// Maxum digital member
2016
// Fierce Now pop up Group – (Cape town & Johannesburg)
// Design Indaba Group Exhibition (Johannesburg)
// Claiming Joy Exhibition and Talk (Johannesburg)
2015
// Conte Magazine Feature
// BlackNation Magazine issue 1 & 2 Editorial illustrations
// 30 Days And a City Back and white Group exhibition (Johannesburg)
// Art Is Currency Group Exhibition – SIIC Jewelry (Johannesburg)
2014
// Dreame Feature – NOISY (Vice Music)
// Design talk – Design Share Party/ Basha Uhuru
2013
// Unilever print advert – Migrate Magazine 2013
// African Artist Group Exhibition – aigafrica (Croatia)
// Group Exhibition – Area 3 (Adidas Gallery)
// Live TV Interview in Studio – Hectic nine9 (SABC2)
2012
// Melting pot Feature – Designindaba.com
// Finalist poster context – Indiafrica
// FutureLess Group Exhibition – Odd Café (Johannesburg)
// Live TV Interview @ Design Indaba – Hectic nine9 (SABC2)
// Emerging Creative 2012 – Design Indaba
// BTech Bursary – Globe Mouse2
Artists Company And
Other Projct Links
Studio Leetchi ZA (Digital collaborative studio)
By Way of Illustration