Lesego Motsiri lives and practices his fine arts in Bloemfontein, South Africa, where he trained
for 4 years for a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Free State. He specializes in
drawing, painting, printmaking, photography as a form of art and video art. He is currently
experimenting on the relationship between traditional art, new media and digital art.
In 2020, Motsiri’s work was selected for the Art Bank of South Africa for the TIRO YA DIATLA
exhibition; and he was also selected as one of the top 13 finalists of WHAT’S THE STORY? ,
an international photography contest by The Budapest Diary Creative Space. In the same year,
he had two online exhibitions named Intangible, Augmentation (3D virtual exhibition) and Level
One (wed-page exhibition), for the Vrystaat Kunstefees. In 2016, he took part in the District Six
50th Commemoration Print Exchange hosted by the District Six Art Museum, Cape Town; as
well as making it to the semi-finals of the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition.
In addition, Motsiri had a solo exhibition at the Central University of Technology Art Gallery,
Bloemfontein, titled The_Black_Season_17 in 2017. The same collection of artworks was
used in collaboration with Motlatsi Moeketsi Khotle (choreographer) for a two-hour theater
dance production titled Black Season_17, which premiered at the Ernest Oppenheimer
Theatre, Bloemfontein, in 2017 and 2018.
Lesego Motsiri is a member of the Free State Art Collective and has taken part in national
exhibitions FSAC, Betwixt & Between, an online exhibition LOCKDOWN, A viral art
experiment by the Free State Art Collective and the Free State Art Collective exhibition at
Gallery 2 in 2021. Motsiri’s work now forms part of the National Art Bank collection and has
been bought by collectors around the country.
Competition history:
2023 Overall Winner
2021 Entrant