1952-2003 ZA, Johannesburg
A.k.a. Fikile Patrick Magadlela (or Magadledla)
Fikile Patrick Magadlela (or Magadledla) was born 13 December 1952 in Newclare, Johannesburg South Africa. He started drawing on his parents’ walls from as early as he could remember. Reading books his father bought and getting knowledge from older people. He dropped out of High school in standard 8 (10th grade) to work as a full-time artist. Magadlela was relatively self-taught but he spent many hours with fellow artists exchanging ideas and techniques.Berman Gallery 1992.Retrospective at the UNISA Art Gallery 1995Magadlela died in 2003