A lil about me
Hi, I'm Kgomotso Tleane, also known as Kgomotso Neto. I am a photographer, director and creative. I was raised in a really cool village in Limpopo by my Grandmother, who's responsible for the person I am today. The values she taught me are what I continue to carry throughout my life.
I moved to Johannesburg in my late teens, where my interest in documenting and telling stories of my surroundings began. This was just over a decade ago when my photography interest developed.
Photography became a tool to explore and communicate with the world around me. Humility and respect are at the core of the work I create, which are some of the values I was taught early in my life. I find interest in the mundaneness of life, and that interest has led me to places I never dreamt of.
Through photography, I have gotten the chance to collaborate with amazing people and brands on successful campaigns and projects I care about. The medium has opened up the world for me and continues to do so.
prints
Contact me directly or visit artofthisplace or mail me to enquire about prints.
reviews
6th Annual New York Times Portfolio Review, 2018
exhibitions
Lexus Accidental Art, Cape Town Investec Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa, February 2024
Turning Heads, The Artivist, Johannesburg, South Africa, December 2019 - January 2020
Public Art, Bree Taxi Rank, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2019
AN||OTHER - Kgomotso Neto Tleane, Umuzi, Johannesburg, 2018
group exhibitions
30/70, Wolff-ascetique, Seoul, South Korea, October 2023
Underline Projects, Middle Center, MOAD, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2019
Metamorphosis, BKhz Gallery, Johannesburg, 20 July - 20 August 2019
interviews
itsnicethat With honesty at the core of his photography, Kgomotso Neto discusses the importance of accurate representation, 2020
Unlabelled Magazine Kgomotso Neto on being a father and the value of creating a safer world for women, 2020
Afternoon Express We chat to photographer Kgomotso Neto Tleane, 2020
Okayafrica This South African Photographer is Exhibiting His Work At a Taxi Rank, 2019
Unlabelled Magazine Kgomotso Neto Tleane | “Photography is a Process of Self Discovery”, 2019
Okayafrica This South African Photographer is Changing How People See Black Spaces, 2018
The Lake Various Dimensions/Kgomotso Neto, 2018
Mail & Guardian Kgomotso Neto Tleane: Capturing the beauty of and in us, 2017
Radio Africa Magazine Kgomotso Neto, un retrato urbano de Sudáfrica, 2016
collections
UCT art collection
publications
African Lens Vol 3, 2016
artist Talks
Basha Uhuru, Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg, 2019
Basha Uhuru, Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg, 2017
TEDxYouth, Milpark, Johannesburg, 2015
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