On Stage Design Indaba 2016: Tony Gum

Cape Town-based artist and it girl Tony Gumnconfesses to the Design Indaba Conference 2016 audience that she is still learning to understand her own art.

Candid and composed, she tells the story of how she started her blog as a 15 year old with no access to trendy clothes or expensive camera equipment, but with a strong desire to be part of the creative world she exploring on the internet.

In her first year at CPUT Gum took a fateful selfie with a crate of Coca Cola bottles on her head. She showed it to her lecturer, who showed it to Christopher Moller, a local gallery owner. This selfie turned into Gum's well known Black Coca series. Her career as an artist has since led to nominations, awards and shows in New York.