Appollis, Tyrone

T Appoilis was born in Cape Town in 1957.He studied art at the Community Arts Project under Cecil Skotnes, between 1982 and 1987. He was active in the formation of the Mitchells Plain Art Group in 1988. He has held numerous local and international art exhibitions, and in 2008 released his first volume of poetry. “I want to be remembered after my death. We all need to find meaning in our live, and I want to leave something behind” - Tyrone Appollis. He works in oil, watercolor, gouache, ink, pencil, charcoal and various graphic media. He is also a sculptor. His works have been exhibited in South Africa, USA, Germany and Italy.