Smarts outsmarts 'conventional' artists

Friday, November 27, 2009

Whenever there is an art competition, it is generally expected that someone from persuasions such as painting and sculpturing would snatch the prize but of late, artists from other disciplines have proved that they are also a force to be reckoned with and Nyalalani Smarts is one of them.

The youthful Smarts, who specialises in digital graphics, recently beat more than 50 competitors to snatch the coveted P 20,000 prize money in the annual Botswana Telecommunications (BTC) phonebook cover design competition.

Born 30 years ago in the second city of Botswana, Francistown, Smarts has always known that he was an artist albeit from a different persuasion.

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