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Melokuhle Mdlopane is a South African self-taught painting artist from Durban. Melokuhle has always been someone who enjoys working on art, creating and beautiful things he enjoyed drawing and expressing his creativity from a very young age “I remember I would always draw my family and friends all the time whenever they were around to visit my home and I would show them after” His love for art grew stronger when he was in school. He then decided to become an artist or continue studying art rather when he was in high school and received an award as a “most promising young artist” that is when he knew that he was an artist. Year 2016 Melokuhle started his first year at Durban University of Technology studying Fine Art up until 2017 his second year unfortunately Melokuhle did not complete his studying at the University, but he did grow and learn a lot in the short amount of time spent at the University. Melokuhle has been practicing more throughout the years he was at home learning a lot more from different artists he interacts with on social media and some he knows personally which inspired him to work a lot more “I paint because it has so much freedom when I pick up a paint brush and dip it in paint and water it feels like an odyssey a delightful one and I am always looking forward to the next and the next…”. Melokuhle has also participated at a group exhibition at the Galerienoko titled “Our Skin is not the Problem “that took place at Port Elizabeth April 2021. The artist is part of a 3-month group project called “The Durban Bremen Cultural Cooperation 2022 a project that aims to grow young and upcoming artists of Durban with special mentoring from well-known successful artists.