# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerard-sekoto
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:49:45.735Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerard-sekoto"
name: "Gerard Sekoto"
slug: "gerard-sekoto"
description: "Gerard Sekoto OIG, was a South African artist and musician. He is recognised as a pioneer of urban black art and social realism. His work was exhibited in Paris, Stockholm, Venice, Washington, and Senegal, as well as in South Africa."
tagline: "South African artist and musician (1913-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HuddlestonMural.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1913-12-09"
deathDate: "1993-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.3
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.81728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGerard_Sekoto"
    title: "UGerard Sekoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Sekoto"
    title: "Gerard Sekoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Sekoto"
    title: "Gerard Sekoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Sekoto"
    title: "Gerard Sekoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Sekoto"
    title: "Gerard Sekoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Sekoto"
    title: "Gerard Sekoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%8D%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%B8"
    title: "Ջերարդ Սեկոտո"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Sekoto"
    title: "Gerard Sekoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Секото, Джерард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Sekoto"
    title: "Gerard Sekoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Sekoto"
    title: "Gerard Sekoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3103960"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump