Oteng Keabetswe (b. 2000) is a visual artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa, whose work explores the interplay between tradition and modernity, belonging and becoming, memory and imagination. Drawing on his upbringing in Tutume village, Botswana and later experiences in the urban environments of Gaborone and Francistown, he works primarily with acrylics, charcoal and graphite, transforming everyday gestures and lived encounters into geometric compositions that balance realism with abstraction.
Building on these explorations of belonging, identity and memory, Oteng’s recent work turns toward fathers and fatherhood, engaging on his childhood memories, the quiet endurance of men who raised families and his growing understanding of their sacrifices and emotional silences.
