Zhi Zulu was born in Durban in 1995 and raised in Johannesburg. Having completed her Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Visual Communication at The Open Window Institue, she is now doing her Master in the same field. She is the owner and found of Zuluvisual, a freelance illustration studio. She won a Gold Craft Loerie award in 2018.
Zulu loves to tell stories through illustration:
“I make work that eludes to the investigation of my culture. I am a proud Zulu and I enjoy making contemporary visual representations of what I understand is relevant to current society. I have a clear vision of what impact I want to make through my art. Aside from enticing others to discover the rich uniqueness of their own culture, my goal is to influence the education sector by integrating my culture-inspired illustrations with the visual methods of teaching literacy South Africa.”