Rapsy Mapengo is a Joburg based self-taught portrait artist. He works on various mediums but mostly likes pencil and pen drawings on paper. His art is diverse as he tries to integrate an audience with different backgrounds that can relate to what he portrays in his pieces.
His love for art started at a very tender age and has been his journey all along. He grew up in Malawi before he relocated to Jo’burg in 2016.
Motivated by the love he gets from his admirers he produces spectacular eye-catching artworks. He has worked on commissioned portraits of high profile people so far. He is a member of an art group called PFA (please find attached) which does art exhibitions in various events and shows. He is also a member of Art Under the Sun club which hosts monthly art exhibitions at Zoo lake and Hurlingham park.
In June 2018 Rapsy was selected as a brand ambassador of ‘Steadtler pencils SA’ for producing outstanding artworks using the brand materials.