Atang Tshikare is a Cape Town-based, self-taught multidisciplinary artist. Tshikare was influenced from a young age by the visual storytelling and graphic style of his father, an anti-Apartheid activist and illustrator for various pan-African publications and art magazines.

Through his practice, which spans art and design, Tshikare expresses his distinct, visionary African identity through a unique visual language, developed over the course of his internationally acclaimed career. 

Drawing on a deep connection to his own Tswana heritage and other southern African cultures, Tshikare’s Afrofuturistic, experimental approach to creating work includes various mediums, such as bronze, ceramics, glass, stone, and wood. His work takes inspiration from his fascination with zoomorphic shapes, biomorphic forms, vernacular architecture, and local landscapes. Each form strikes up a dialogue between natural and man-made materials that are organic, minimalistic and invite tactile curiosity.