Vincent Mbeje. From electrician to artist.

Vincent Mbeje is a member of The Superblur Art Movement.

Vincent’s journey has led him from Nkandla in KZN to Soweto. He describes himself as “an artist in training”, having only recently transitioned from doing electrical work into the world of art. He likes using bright colours and paints in mostly Barcode – one of the signature features of the Superblur Movement.

The Barcode in Superblur has originated from the concept that in today’s World everything seems to be barcoded – products on supermarket shelves, ID cards and documents, student cards, library cards, etc. The initial barcodes were a machine-readable system of parallel lines of varying widths and spacing and this is reflected in Vincent’s work. He likes using bright colours to express his feelings.

Vincent’s colourful Barcode paintings brighten up the place – quite in contrast to the traditional black and white barcode found on consumer goods.