Nico Phooko.The Music Painter | Johannesburg | South Africa

The mixed media collage is about a self-discovery journey of any living being who happens to have been born in an environment that does not fully embrace his or her cultural, traditional, religious, and spiritual wellbeing. A multicultural space where nations are highly integrated and cultures are blended. It’s about a person born and bred in an urban setting and is aware through history and stories on how their origin is or was like other the life they live within a legacy of a metropolitan situation. The one who cares to travel back to the place of their ancestors’ birth to learn and observe first-hand how in modern times the people who still live in those rural areas are faring and surviving on daily basis and how they still practice some of the measures ancient civilizations undertook for thousands of years. We turn to be too foreign from ourselves, who we genuinely are, and from our ancestral way of life due to the comforts and indulgences, urban life has sanctified us with to somehow overlook the importance of imparting the knowledge, skills, and exceptional qualities our descents bequeathed us with to our children, future generations and the world at large.

Production Credits

Live painting video excerpts by Mpilo Maru Phooko Music in the video background.
Song title: Koryeng (Let's go) by me. Nico Phooko, The Music Painter
Photos by Bantse Basetsana Mathule

Medium: Mixed Media Collage

Size: 79 X 90 cm

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Nico Phooko, The Music Painter

Visual Artist

Johannesburg | South Africa

Nico Phooko is one of Africa's most gifted visual artists who has embraced and popularised the unique concept of LIVE PAINTING, through which he captures the essence of special events live on canvas!

This novel entertainment genre becomes a truly unforgettable part of the event, which is captured and memorialized as an artwork. Guests love watching how the event unfolds on canvas, representing the mood, the sounds and rhythms, and the highlights of the evening in a most unique and colourful way. The final product is the perfect memento of the event, for the client to keep.

Nico has been invited to artistically capture events such as A Tribute to Samora Machel, painting alongside world renowned musicians and politicians who had come to honour the life of the late Samora Machel. The painting was presented to Mrs Graca Machel, her husband Dr Nelson Mandela, and the Machel’s Family.

He has also painted live on stage with Africa's great musicians, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Sibongile Khumalo, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Ringo Mandlingozi, Joyous Celebration, Joe Nina, Bongo Maffin, Voice and a host of Traditional and Jazz Musicians throughout South Africa and abroad.

Nico's live painting cv includes many award ceremonies, private and corporate gala dinners, conferences, weddings, children’s celebrations, music launches, and many more prominent events.

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