Khaya was born in Tshwane, South Africa, where he still lives and works. His passion for cartoons was first sparked by the foreign translated cartoons featured on South African TV during his childhood.

At the age of nine, Khaya first tried his hand at drawing his cartoons and gradually got more and more involved in the genre. However, it was not until watching the movie ‘Spirited Away’ in 2004 that he realised he wanted to turn his passion into a career.

During 2006 and 2007 Khaya devoted himself wholeheartedly to mastering the art of drawing cartoons, experimenting with many different illustrative styles and techniques on the way. Khaya is now well on his way to making his cartoonist dream a reality.

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Last time we congratulated Patrik Söderstam on being named winner of Euro 1/1 2008, “The Art of Football’… And if that stirred your curiosity (or if you are in anyway interested in art, football or the somewhat weird), we’ve some more news to tickle your art buds:

A mini version of the main exhibition that was held in Basel, Switzerland is currently on show at the Gallery on 4th. (During the next few days we will be featuring the 1/1 associates and finalists who were selected for this abridged edition.)

Click here for more on Euro 1/1 or drop by Gallery on 4th during normal opening times:

Tuesday – Saturday: 14h00 – 22h00

Sunday: 14h00 – 18h00

(Just look for the big, bright, beautiful inflatable on 4th Avenue. You can’t miss it…)

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Nike 1/1 is a creative program dedicated to telling sports stories through the lens of art with 100% pure originality. The brief for “2008 - The Art of Football” was to create a completely new take on the beautiful game, with keywords such as tension, beauty, passion, drama, life and death.

 

 

As a kick-off, 11 associates were chosen from some of the world’s most respected talents. (Among the chosen ones was South Africa’s own Khaya, cartoonist extraordinaire!) These associates then chose a further 11 finalists from thousands of submissions from upcoming and established artists.

At the exhibition of these works of art, the curator announced one winner that will collaborate to “Design a Dunk – Create a following.” The lucky guy this year is Patrik Söderstam who, it was felt, best interpreted the original brief and would be ‘the most interesting artist’ to collaborate with on a Nike 1/1 Dunk.

We can’t wait, Patrik!

Click here for more on the 1/1 Collective.

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