@theromakepe
Artist from Gaborone, Botswana.
@theromakepe Email
@theromakepe Email
@theromakepe Website
@theromakepe Website
Current Exhibitions
We Didn’t Choose to be Born Here | Solo Exhibition | Javett Art Centre, Pretoria, South Africa | 15 May 2026 - 13 February 2027
We Didn’t Choose to be Born Here | Solo Exhibition | Javett Art Centre, Pretoria, South Africa | 15 May 2026 - 13 February 2027
The Javett-UP is an exceptional centre that enhances learning through transdisciplinary journeys in the arts. We engage diverse publics through creativity, in exploring the human condition, and re-imagining our futures.
The 43rd Center Annual | Houston Center for Photography | Houston, United States | 4 June 2026 - 16 August 2026
The 43rd Center Annual | Houston Center for Photography | Houston, United States | 4 June 2026 - 16 August 2026
Online Reading
Contemporary And - We're Still Here: Thero Makepe’s Visual Jazz
Contemporary And - We're Still Here: Thero Makepe’s Visual Jazz
Blending documentary intimacy with carefully staged fiction, Thero Makepe’s photography reanimates family memory as both personal archive and political reckoning. Drawing on his lineage shaped by exile, anti-apartheid activism, and unspoken grief, writer Vamika Sinha unpacks how the Botswana-born artist creates images that feel at once tender and theatrical.
Aperture - A Photographer Illuminates Histories in South Africa and Botswana
Aperture - A Photographer Illuminates Histories in South Africa and Botswana
In his documentary-style images, Thero Makepe pursues a visual language that references fables, current affairs, and family dynamics.
British Journal of Photography - Thero Makepe navigates political struggles and family history across Botswana and South Africa
British Journal of Photography - Thero Makepe navigates political struggles and family history across Botswana and South Africa
A rich family history of political struggle and personal responsibility, diverging paths and roads left untrod inform Thero Makepe's We Didn't Choose to be Born Here
How Thero Makepe's lens keeps the past in focus
How Thero Makepe's lens keeps the past in focus
Fifty years after the Soweto Youth Uprising, Thero Makepe’s exhibition, "We Didn't Choose to be Born Here" reminds us that the past is never that far away
see-zeen - It’s Not Going to Get Better
see-zeen - It’s Not Going to Get Better
In his project It’s Not Going to Get Better, Thero Makepe denounces the corruption and economic inequality that have led to a growing sense of hopelessness and social division, fueled by a shift away from community toward the self. Makepe’s cinematic, staged compositions portray a sense of profound
The Story Editorial Interview - Thero Makepe on Memory, Migration, and the Politics of Seeing
The Story Editorial Interview - Thero Makepe on Memory, Migration, and the Politics of Seeing
Botswana-born photographer Thero Makepe reflects on family archives, Southern African history, and the quiet politics of slowness across Gaborone, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.
PhMuseum 2025 Photobook Award
PhMuseum 2025 Photobook Award
His work We Didn't Choose To Be Born Here examines Botswana and South Africa’s socio-political fabric through a personal lens. Dragan Saric claims MBP's Special Mention with Tomorrow Hotel. Read the judges' motivations and learn more on their projects.
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Vela Projects - It's Not Going to Get Better
Vela Projects - It's Not Going to Get Better
It's Not Going to Get Better
Artworks on Artsy
Artworks on Artsy
Explore Thero Makepe’s biography, achievements, artworks, auction results, and shows on Artsy. Thero Makepe (b. 1996, Gaborone, Botswana) is a visual artist whose pr
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