Slegh

Slegh is a graffiti and mixed media artist born and raised in Johannesburg, currently living in Cape Town. Graffiti has preoccupied his life since 2002 and he has not looked back since then, with the exception of ominous noises behind him. He draws inspiration from the South African lifestyle and landscape, psychedelics, and ufology. His focus shifted from painting letters to exploring space with characters. The most recognized being the shape-shifting love-spreading dolphin named Krinky Winky. The infamous dolphin's habitat can be seen across South Africa in nooks and crannies, streets, bridges, and many other public spaces. Krinky has evolved into digital artworks, gifs, embroidery, beadwork and paintings over the years and has a merch brand called @on2thelock. Slegh's practice is much loved in the South African graffiti landscape and epitomes many socio-political topics in South Africa which sets his work apart from so many.