Apollo

Designer, illustrator, and visual artist Thandolwethu Mashicila, known as Appollo, celebrates the beauty of people of color through illustration work. His visual art paintings and mixed media are inspired by interactions with people, reflecting emotions sparked by human experience. His practice focuses on representing things that go unnoticed but underappreciated. Working across design, illustration, and mixed media, he creates visual language that honors overlooked details of daily life and human connection. He drives culture forward by creating checkpoints for those experiencing identity crisis or looking for themselves, using visual medium as location where people can identify themselves, proving culture serves as enormous mode of identification and belonging.