Theophelus Rikhotso

**Theophelus Rikhotso** (ya hlahileng ka 1990) ke moetsi wa ditshwantsho wa Afrika Borwa ya tsebahalang ka mesebetsi ya hae ya matsoho e betlilweng, tsa metjha ya phatlalatso, le tsa ho kenya tse hlahlobang boitsebiso, naha, lefa le ditlaleho tsa dipolotiki Afrika Borwa ya kajeno .  Tlwaelo ya hae e kopanya ditlwaelo tsa mahaeng tse tswang Limpopo le ditshwaelo tsa sejwalejwale tsa setso le tikoloho.  

## Bophelo ba bongwaneng le thuto
Rikhotso o tswetswe ka la Nngwe Motsheanong selemong sa  1990 mme a hlahela sebakeng sa Bungeni (Njhakanjhaka),se porobensing ya Limpopo, South Africa .  O ile a ba le thahasello ya bonono ha a le dilemo di robedi, a susumetswa ke malome wa hae, a ithuta boyena. 

O ithutetse Fine and Applied Arts Univesithing ya Thekenoloji ya Tshwane (TUT), moo a qetileng lengolo la B-Tech in Sculpture.  

## Mosebetsi
Rikhotso e dula Tshwane ya Mamelodi (Pretoria), Gauteng, mme e sebetsa ho betla ditshwantsho, ho penta le ho taka.  Bonono ba hae bo batlisisa mateano a mehopolo ya motho, kgokahano ya badimo, le maemo a moruo wa kahisano ya Afrika Borwa ka mora kgethollo.  Sepheo se phethwang kgafetsa mosebetsing wa hae ke kgarafu,” eo a e sebedisang e le letshwao la ho *sebetsa, ho tiya le ho ba le mamello. *

Mokgawa wa hae o atisa ho kopanya thepa ya indasteri le ya manyolo, ho akarelletsa le tshepe, mashala, seile le dintho tse fumanweng kapa tse phuthilweng. Mosebetsing wa hae ka selemo sa 2021ni bitswang  *African Pied Crow on a Shovel*, o ile a qhibidihisa katiba e thata holima kgarafu e seng e entswe e le tlhaloso ya mosebetsi le boitsebiso.  Rikhotso e nnile hlahisa dipontshong tse mmalwa ho akaretsa le Afrika Borwa, ho kenyeletswa dipuo tsa motho a le mong le tsa sehlopha ho The Viewing Room Art Gallery, Pretoria Art Museum, WORLDART Gallery e Cape Town hammoho le Vrede Art Gallery le tse ding.

## Mokgwa wa bonono le dihlooho
Mosebetsi wa Rikhotso o lekola tsitsipano e teng dipakeng tsa mehla ya jwale le ya baholo-holo, e tswa ho tloha kgodisong ya hae naheng ya mahaeng.   Diemahale tsa hae le ditshwantsho hangata di kenyelletsa mefuta ya dinonyana, disebediswa, le dibopeho tsa batho tse sa totobaleng ho araba dipotso tse batsi tsa naha, boitsebahatso le bomoya.   O hlalosa tshebetso ya hae e le "ho mamela naha," ho fetolela phihlelo e phelang ho ditlaleho tse bonahalang tse qholotsang ditlwaelo tsa setjhaba le mekgwa ya bokolone ea boemedi. 

## Dipontsho

### Dipontsho tse kgethilweng

* *CROSSROADS: Tsela tse pedi*, The Viewing Room Art Gallery, Pretoria (2024) 

* *Echoes of Place*, The Viewing Room Art Gallery, Pretoria (2024) 

* *Kgale-kgale ya Sejwale-jwale*, World Art Gallery & Blessing Ngobeni Art Prize Foundation, Cape Town (2025) 

* *Baetsi ba Bacha le ba Bohlokwa*, Pretoria Art Museum (2023) 

* *Bafenyi ba Kgau ya StateoftheART Gallery*, StateoftheART Gallery, Cape Town (2021) 

## Dikgau le dikananelo

* Finalist, StateoftheART Gallery Award (2021), bakeng sa mosebetsi oa hae o amanang le sehlooho sa phetoho ea maemo a leholimo. 

* E hlahiswa ho "Baetsi ba Batjha le ba Bohlokwa" *ba Batla Inthaneteng* (2023). 

## Dipokello
Mesebetsi ya Rikhotso e pokellong  ka hara Afrika Borwa mme di hlahisitsiwe ke Strauss & Co., e leng e nngwe ya difantisi tse tsebahalang tsa naha. 

## Bophelo ba botho
Rikhotso o dula le ho sebetsa Pretoria. O tlotlomatsa kgōdiso ya hae ya mahaeng ka ho ela dintho tsa tlhaho hloko, haholo-holo dinonyana le ponahalo ya naha, e leng se tswelang pele ho tsebahatsa botaki ba hae.  

## Mehlodi