Born in 1983 in Lusaka, David ‘Daut’ Makala attended Kabulonga Boys Secondary School. He is a self-taught artist and most of his artworks reflect is ongoing exploration of the abstract in nature. He took up art seriously in about 2006, after attending August Studio workshops organised by Mulenga Chafilwa for upcoming artists at the Visual Arts Council in Lusaka and also joined the Arts Academy Without Walls. He later joined Kachere Art Studios before leaving to join the Roots of Expression studio in Lusaka, where he is active as a freelance sculptor and painter.