Joao Ladeira

Joao Ladeira is a contemporary artist whose works comment on current affairs in society and particularly on the state of life in the African continent. For the past 8 years, he has worked on issues affecting the migration of people around the African continent. Ladeira's art exposes the human side of displaced people on the continent of Africa. A victim of two civil wars himself, Ladeira uses his lived experience of displacement to shed light on the daily struggles and humanity of ordinary people. His works capture the extraordinary people and places he portrays are. Ladeira also finds comfort working with traditional African music instruments and contemporary jazz themes. Ladeira is a graduate of the University of Johannesburg where he earned a Masters Degree in Fine Art. He has worked in various disadvantaged community engagement programs around South Africa. Ladeira has extensively travelled throughout the continents of Africa North America and Europe.

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Masters Degree in Fine Arts from University of Johannesburg