South African artist Clinton de Menezes was shot dead in
Durban on New Year’s Day. He went to the help of a friend in whose home he was
staying when criminals attacked the property.
De Menezes was born in Johannesburg and obtained his
master’s degree in fine art from the Durban Institute of Technology in 2004. He
co-founded The Art and Sculpture Studio and was the curator of The Cupboard
Gallery and sat on the exhibitions committee for Durban’s acclaimed Red Eye Art
Collective.
In 2004, De Menezes founded Alchemy Studios, a company
established to fabricate artwork for private and public spaces, before
relocating to the UK in 2007. His work has been exhibited in the UK, US and
Germany. Recently, he had been living in Kenya with his wife and daughter.
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