Lookout is the founder and Creative Director of LOOKOUT CERAMICS. His work has been exhibited in Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town.

‘My work is mainly colourful and textured. I’m inspired by anything I see from nature to fashion especially patterns in fabric and nature.I also like textured handcraft and have used crocheted doilies in some of my work.”

Lookout was born in Beit-Bridge - a border town in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. He did ‘a little bit of art’ at Founders High School that he attended. He says that he: ‘never took art seriously at this time and did it mainly for fun’. At that point in his life he was deciding whether he would become a Doctor, DJ or a professional Sportsman! Rugby was his favourite sport but he enjoyed playing cricket, soccer, tennis and table tennis. He also had a great interest in chess. Little did he know that those “surgeons” hands would be applied to ceramic art – a ceramics doctor! Around 2007, Lookout decided to move permanently to South Africa where he joined his mother residing in Pretoria. And so his creative journey and adventure began. 

He learned ceramic art from his friends and he really fell in love with the art form when he started working with Elsa van Dijk in Pretoria in 2009. From that point on, he never looked back. He later moved to Port Elizabeth, where he now resides. While in Pretoria he was part of a Gauteng regional exhibition at the Pretoria University and he went on to exhibit in the Eastern Cape regional exhibition in 2017, at Art on Target (Port Elizabeth). The South African Ceramics Society hosted this exhibition. In 2017 he was awarded the Best Use of Colour Award from the South African Ceramics Society. In 2018, he was then invited to join the SA Ceramics group exhibition at Nelson Mandela University Gallery (Port Elizabeth). The exhibition was titled: Black & White. 

A further highlight in 2018 was the selection to the group exhibition Collection 2018 at the RK Contemporary Art Gallery in Cape Town. Here he exhibited with artists Anthony Harris, Anton Momber, Bretten-Ann Moolman, Donvè Branch, Lydia Holmes, Mike Spittal, Estelle Marais, Greg Kerr, Jaco Benade and Brünn Kramer. One of Lookout’s major selections was announced in 2018 after he had attended a workshop in Port Elizabeth. He was chosen as one of three artists nationally who would be mentored and be given a monetary prize to assist with business development.

Apart from a long list of achievements and accolades since this highlight, Lookout is very proud of his showroom in the impressive WERK SPACE, artistic hub. 

"Art and my creative process will always be my first love, with my priority being placed on its ongoing growth and development. To each and every individual accompanying me on this journey - I thank you and promise you only the best version of my artistic output with the deliverance of any and all my projects".