Strauss & co - 19 November 2015, Johannesburg

EDUCATION ENDOWMENT AUCTION 88 122 DIGKWELE PAUL MOLETE SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH CENTURY Cross Pigeons dated 2010 silkscreen and mixed media on cotton 185 by 99 cm R12 000 – 16 000 Paul Molete is a Johannesburg based artist and printmaker. He attended and graduated from Kagiso Senior Secondary School in 1990. He holds a Diploma in Fine Arts from Fuba Academy (1993), a Certificate in Printmaking from Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg (1997) where he also taught for 5 years, a Certificate in Art Therapy from the Art Therapy Centre, Johannesburg (2002), and a Certificate for Design and Teacher’s Art Training from the Wits Technikon (2002). Molete has exhibited his work and taken part in workshops both locally and internationally. He won the printmaking category of the Brett Kebble Art Awards in 2003 and in the same year was artist-in-residence at the Belfast Studio and the Black Church Studio, Dublin, Ireland. In his work Molete addresses social concerns that affect and disturb him, issues that he feels are out of his control, conveying themes of love, pain, confusion, awareness and acceptance.