Helen Sebidi
South African · b. 1943 · Painter, Illustrator
Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmangankato Helen Sebidi is a South African artist born in Marapyane (Skilpadfontein) near Hammanskraal, Pretoria, who lives and works in Johannesburg.… (Wikipedia)
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The Traditional LoversStrauss & Co · ZAR 250,096≈ $17,179≈ £13,120≈ €14,738Sign up to see
The Spirit Bird Fleeing from the Modern WorldStrauss & Co · ZAR 170,700≈ $12,212≈ £8,593≈ €9,992Sign up to see
The Grandmother Bears The Mother's ChildrenStrauss & Co · ZAR 204,840≈ $11,504≈ £10,058≈ €11,459Sign up to see
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Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmangankato Helen Sebidi is a South African artist born in Marapyane (Skilpadfontein) near Hammanskraal, Pretoria, who lives and works in Johannesburg. Sebidi's work has been represented in private and public collections, including at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington and New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, New York, and the World Bank. Her work has been recognised internationally and locally. In 1989, she won the Standard Bank Young Artist award, becoming the first black woman to win the award. In 2004, President Thabo Mbeki awarded her the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver – which is the highest honor given to those considered a "national treasure". In 2011, she was awarded the Arts and Culture Trust (ACT) Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Art, while in 2015 she received the Mbokodo Award. In September 2018, Sebidi was honoured with one of the first solo presentations at the Norval Foundation in Cape Town – a retrospective entitled Batlhaping Ba Re.
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Also known as Helen Mmakgabo Mmapula Sebidi, Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi, Mmakgabo Mapula Helen Sebidi, Mmakgabo Mmapula Helen Sebidi, Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmangankato Helen Sebidi
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