LEBO

MATCHABA

Lebo Matchaba is a contemporary artist based in South Africa, known for her unapologetically bold and emotionally charged creations. Her work is a vivid collision of colour, playful typography, and dreamlike imagery, each piece a loud whisper from her inner world.

Blending elements of abstract expressionism with the spontaneity of childlike mark-making, Lebo creates from a deeply personal, intuitive space. Her art explores themes of self-reclamation, emotional truth, and the ever-blurring lines between memory and imagination. For her, colour is not just pigment — it’s a language, an emotion, a living force that carries stories too layered for words.

“I’m just a soul translating this dimension in colour.”

I just want to create super dope things all my life. For me, creating is about living in my head and heart, but seeing those visions come to life for others to experience with me. My perspective may not be yours, but I hope you, too, find your inner joy.

Lebo’s work is both an invitation and a declaration, daring to be soft and rebellious at once, to laugh and to ache. Each piece is a celebration of individuality, a visual poem of becoming, and a colorful reminder that there is healing, power, and freedom in simply being yourself.

“Definitely Dreaming in colour, healing in layers.”

Lebo’s journey with art began in childhood, when drawing became a quiet form of resistance and self-soothing. Amid unpredictable family dynamics, she found comfort in sketching paper dolls, forming unusual shapes, inventing patterns, and experimenting with hand lettering. Art became her anchor — a private world where she could play, explore, and remember who she was.

Though she studied art theory and history in high school, it was only later — during a creative block marked by fear and disconnection — that she rediscovered art as more than skill. It became a soul path. A way back to herself. Today, her process is instinctive, spiritual, and deeply healing: every brushstroke a moment of trust, every mark a conversation with her inner child — reminding her (and us) that it’s safe to dream and play again.