Justice Mathonsi is from Limpopo, South Africa where he was born in the rural Ribungwani area. Despite these humble beginnings, he has rapidly developed a profile that has seen him feature in leading local, and international shows.
After completing his high school career at Akani High School in 2008, Mathonsi completed a one-year higher certificate in architecture and draughting at Intec college in 2011. Not long after, he attended visual art and printmaking classes at Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg where he completed his course in 2016.