Education and Entrepreneurship
Born 1996 in Rustenburg, South Africa, Diseko received her Honours in Fine Arts from the University of Pretoria and Certificate in Entrepreneurship from University of Pretoria.
Diseko is the owner of B Artworks, an art business that focuses on telling stories through making Artworks.
Themes and Process
Boitumelo Diseko's artworks are rooted in environmental psychology and the Christian faith. Environmental psychology is about the interplay between individuals and their surroundings. It examines the way in which natural as well as built environments shape us as individuals, our memories, and the history of communities.
Diseko uses lines akin to contour lines looking at memory encoded onto a landscape. Working in a variety of mediums from painting to printing, drawing, and installation, Diseko draws inspiration from both her experiences as well as the stories she absorbs from the people around her and the literature she reads.
Media Coverage
Radio interview at ILovemelville (2020)
Startup AFRICA magazine Issue no. 11 (2019)
The South African Artist magazine Issue no. 38 (2018)
Exhibitions
Group exhibitions
Rebirth (2021) held at Gallery Brulhart, Switzerland
The Parks Canvas (2021) hosted at The Parks Lifestyle
Connectivity (2021) hosted at Johan van Heerden Art Gallery
Art & Design Exhibition (2021) hosted at Gauteng Pop Up Gallery
Together TESE (2020) held at Parkmeadows, Johanesburg
Open Studio (2020) hosted at Constitutional Hill in Johanesburg
Transhumanism (2020) held at The Viewing Room Art Gallery in Pretoria.
Roaring 20s (2020) hosted by Trent Gallery;
Group exhibition hosted by Mini Sandton Auto (10and5) A3E (2019);
Collaboration exhibition held at Trent Gallery, Salt (2019);
Chui-Ta-Ka-Ma (2019) hosted at Johann van Heerden’s Art Gallery;
Rhino Record (2018) hosted by The Afropolitan Gallery;
Ontology 1 (2018) presented by Longstreet Art Lovers Gallery, Pretoria;
Protagonist: Artists in Response to Sexual Violence (2018) hosted by Studio Facture Gallery, Melville;
Phase One (2016) and Phase 2.1 (2017) hosted by the Anton van Wouw House, Pretoria;
Solo exhibitions
Hosea 11:8 How can I abandon you? held at AVA Gallery (2019);
Ecclesiastes 3:20 (2018) held at Harrie’s Pancakes;
Between the lines (2018) hosted at Community Gallery in Durban;
Opening (2015) held at U-Space Gallery in Sunnyside;
Beneath the surface (2018) hosted by Longstreet Art Lovers, Pretoria.
