​Contemporary South African Art

Lizo Pemba was born and raised in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and is the grandchild of the late and internationally proclaimed artist - George Pemba. During the Apartheid era Lizo became deeply involved as a political activist and produced banners, cartoons and posters for the Liberation Movement.

Due to harassment by the former South African Government’s Security Police, Lizo was forced to go into exile. Here he operated under the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) Cultural Desk and made signifi cant contributions such as illustrations, banners and various other designs. Lizo studied Fine Arts in Zimbabwe and on return from exile to South Africa, completed his BA in Fine Arts.