Andries Mpho Moroaswe (b. 2002) is a visual artist and print maker born in Mashite Village, Limpopo, and currently based in Pretoria, South Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), where he developed his technical and conceptual voice under the mentorship of prominent South African artists and educators including Diane Victor, Gordon Froud, Shonisani Netshia, and David Paton.
Moroaswe’s practice serves as a counter-narrative to the fast-paced contemporary moment, focusing instead on the quiet residues of history found in domestic spaces and abandoned sites of labor. His work documents the disciplined routines and labor of the apartheid generation, using a meticulous and labor intensive process of dip-pen drawing and screen printing on handmade hemp paper.
By reclaiming materials historically associated with restriction and hardship, Moroaswe archives oral histories and generational memories before they fade with time. His work functions as both an act of preservation and reflection, connecting personal and collective histories through material and process.
He has exhibited at Stokvel Gallery and the Wits Book Arts Center, and was selected for Flesh and Façade at Candice Berman Contemporary (2025). In 2026, he was named a Top 10 finalist for the BNAP Prize and selected for the Portraits of Power programme.
