layziehound – yesterdays gems that inspired todays sound

Title: Yesterdays Gems That Inspired Todays Sound
Artist: Layziehound
Medium: Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas
Style: Surrealist
Size: 130 x 150cm
Weight: 1.80kg
Delivered boxed, unframed on stretched canvas
Layziehound Coka was born in Bilanyoni situated in Northern KwaZulu Natal in 1982. His early years were determined by the South
African apartheid system that separated people of different race, and permitted very limited educational choices for people of colour.
He moved to Gauteng in 2001 and started studying engineering in 2003 at Pretoria Technikon. He gave up engineering for fine art in
2005 when he started studying print making at Newtown’s Artist Proof Studio (APS). He has been working as a professional artist
since graduating from APS in 2007. Layzie has participated in a number of group exhibitions and solo exhibitions. He exhibited in
public and private spaces as well as commercial galleries. Currently Layziehound Coka works from his studio in Johannesburg and
lives with his wife and children between Pretoria and KwaZulu Natal. Coka is inspired by love, politics, and personal experiences. His
work is identifiable by the unique lines and squares that are in all his work.