Mbhekiseni Banda is a painting artist who specialises in ethnic art.Born and raised in a farming town outside Newcastle in KwaZulu Natal,Mbeki(as he is affectionately known) always had a love for art from a young age. As a young boy,growing up in an environment that was lacking in extramural activities,Mbeki and his friends spent a lot of time playing with mud and moulding images of all kinds.Unbeknown to him the bug had bitten.It was in 1990 that he acknowledged this latent talent when his elder brother inspired him move to Johannesburg to attend art classes at FUBA(Federated Union of Black Artists) where he acquired more...more
