DANIEL RANKADI MOSAKO
CONCEPTUAL ARTIST
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Artist Biography
Daniel Rankadi Mosako is a renowned fine artist and archivist who holds the following degrees: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education, Honours degree in Information Science, Honours degree in Art History, Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage and Museum Studies, Masters degree in Heritage and Museum Studies, Masters degree in Fine Arts. He is a published author and has participated in over sixty group and solo shows.
His heritage and archive studies are concerned with public programming concepts and techniques Whereas his artistic work is focused on the social cohesiveness discourse and employs the metaphoric representation thereof. Highlights of his international art footprint include the following major art expositions:
Ngoma Triangle Arts, (Uganda) 2004; Insaka Triangle Arts, Lusaka (Zambia) 2005; Greatmore Studios Trust (South Africa) 2005; UNESCO Art Camp, Ordino (Andorra) 2014; National Arts Festival, Grahamstown (South Africa) 2015; Art Santa Fe Art Fair, Santa Fe (USA) 2015, 2016 & 2017; Seoul Trade Expo, Seoul (South Korea) 2016; Red Dot Miami Art Fair, Miami (USA) 2016; Art Expo New York, New York (USA) 2016; San Diego Art Fair (USA) 2016; That Art Fair, Woodstock (South Africa) 2016; Essence Book & Art Affair, Durban (South Africa) 2016; Johannesburg Art Fair, Sandton (South Africa) 2016 & 2017; Art Africa Fair, Cape Town (South Africa), 2017; Unisa Masters and Doctorate Art Students, University of South Africa (South Africa), 2017; Artklop Festival, North-West University (South Africa) 2018; Dubai Hotel Show (Dubai) 2018; United Kingdom Autumn Fair () 2019; Birmingham Spring Fair (United Kingdom) 2020; Uncanny Stories, University of South Africa (South Africa) 2021; and Andorran National Commission for UNESCO retrospective exhibition of Art Camp Andorra ‘Colors for the planet’ (Andorra) 2022.
Corporate Art Collection:
Webber Wentzel Bowens Law Firm; Telkom South Africa; SASOL; Vodacom; UNISA; University of Pretoria; University of North-West; Mercedes South Africa; Ekhuruleni Municipality; Pretoria Art Museum; Development Bank of South Africa; ATC South Africa; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA); Oliewenhuis Art Museum; Absa Group Limited; Ngoma Art Organization: Uganda; Insaka Artist Trust: Zambia; University of Stellenbosch; University of the Witwatersrand; City of Tshwane Municipality; Art Bank South Africa; Art Camp: Andorra.
Art Awards:
Diploma, certificate and bronze medal: Finland Young Artist Awards (1990); First Prize – Sol Plaatje Art Exhibition (1991); Third Prize – Thami Mnyele Art Awards - (1997); Second Prize - Thami Mnyele Art Awards (1999); Finalist certificate - V.O. Bertams Art of Africa Awards (1994); Top 14 - Thami Mnyele Art Awards (2000); Top 15 - Thami Mnyele Art Awards (2004)
Period of service as an artist:
National and international art exhibiting and curation from 1988 to date
Art Discipline:
Painting, Photography, Digital Media, and Sculpture.