My name is Fortune Sitole and I came to the United States from South Africa in 2001 through a Cultural Exchange Program for Artists. I have painted since I was twelve years old. As early as the age of five, I made sculptures out of clay and cars out of wire without any idea I was making art. I am a self taught artist, with experience in mixed materials of clay, wire, and paintings on ostrich eggs, wood and canvas. My current pieces assemble mixed media to create townships of South Africa, showing every day life – playing ball, jumping rope, walking to school, washing,...more
