Jacob Butinyana

I am Jacob Butinyana, contemporary painter from Klerksdorp, South Africa — working from Jaboli Gallery.

I paint in heavily textured dot work — thick acrylic built dot by dot over days, so the surface is raised you can feel it. My work is about resilience, especially women who dance gracefully through control and abuse and still move forward.

My ongoing series:
Bathu Botlhe (2021–) — People around me
Flower Heads (2024) — Self-liberation
Bo Mme Botlhe (2024) — Women who shape my day, including Dancing Gracefully Through It All — FIST vs HAND (spiral eyes, smile + teardrop, left fist = abuse, right open hand = control)

Each painting is one-of-a-kind, framed, ready to hang, with certificate — ships from South Africa worldwide. I reply to every inquiry myself.

Studio WhatsApp: +27 66 316 2035 | YouTube: Jaboli Gallery — search FIST vs HAND for 27 sec texture process videos.

Self Taught

I See You: Telling Through Faces.2024
Art Attack Matlosana Mall. 2024