Urban Khoi Soldier is a Graffiti artist, hailing from the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. An artist that maintains salutation to all other creators, especially the pioneers that laid down the foundation to the wide spectrum of art forms. His art is originally inspired by all acts of documentation on the wall surface. This dates back to Ancient Egypt, as well as a civilization as old as Sumeria and Mesopotamia. However, the artist Identifies with people even older, the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa. KhoeKhoe people documented their worlds through pigmented cave drawings, Sumeria had Sanskrit engraving on stone, Egypt is recorded in the Hyroglyphics and 1970s Graff writers had the emerging styles like Bubble lettering, Wildstyle, Block, 3D.

Other than the very informative nature of each of these historical periods of expression, in it exists a narrative of a transcendental moment in human consciousness and collective wisdom. This is a consciousness becoming aware of itself through the ritual of 3rd and 4th Generation Graffiti. Therefore the Name UrbanKhoeSoldier, Is not HIS name. It is the narrative of a Conscious Hip Hop Generation. A previous Generation was called Generation X, and a more recent generation, the Millenials or Trapnation.

Through Knowledge of self, UrbanKhoi creates art, inspired by the People. The Creative expression that springs forth from the artist Urban Khoi Is a portrayal of what the artist considers another episode in the future story of his style’s evolution. He is interested in creating art that reflects the authenticity only found in Cape Town, South Africa, Africa. He feels that we have seen what the world’s interpretation of graffiti looks like, which is why he explores the Idea of a Cape Town Style.

The works presented in this exhibition, are episodes (Frames) from a graphic novel UrbanKhoi is Currently working on. The story is about an Indigenous teenager, who is summoned into a modern reality. He harnesses the Elements of Hip Hop and discovers tales of an ancient royal people and stumbles upon many life-changing realizations on his adventures in the city landscapes. He Explores abstract Geometry through the shapes he observes in the stars and planets which fills the night sky.

“‘We’ve seen what they can do, now Let’s Show them us, not them’.

This is the Nature of Hip Hop.

Respect.”