Art Bio

Oteng Keabetswe(b. 2000) is a Kalanga visual artist from Botswana,based in Johannesburg,South Africa, whose work explores the interplay between tradition and modernity, belonging and becoming ,memory and imagination. Drawing on his upbringing in Tutume village,Botswana and later experiences in the urban environments of Gaborone and Francistown,he works primarily with acrylics, charcoal and graphite, transforming everyday gestures and lived encounters into geometric compositions that balance realism with abstraction.
Oteng has exhibited widely, including at ABSA Du Champ (2026,Cape Town),ABSA LAtelier Art Fair and Lifestyle (2025, Nirox Sculpture Park), Stevenson Walkabout at Studio Mukheli (2025, Johannesburg), Contra Art Fair (2025, Johannesburg), Open Studios (2025, August House, Johannesburg), Botswana National Arts Festival (2023, Botswana National Museum), and Wish You Were Here virtual exhibition with Dove Collective (Atlanta), among others.