Lehlohonolo was born 1983, in Kwa Thema, Johannesburg. He lives and works in Johannesburg. Mashaba studies art at Funda Art Centre in 2003. He later obtained a Certificate in design and printmaking at the Artists’ Proof Studio where he worked collaboratively,

Mashaba won the Standard Bank Grahamstown Festival's Picasso in Africa mural competition in 2006. Other public artwork includes a painting completed for Pick n Pay at Maponya Mall which was later enlarged and placed on a billboard in Soweto. In his drawings and prints he explores actual questions about origins, evolution and psychological effects of mind. He incorporates texts and lines in his work to construct figures, his work attempts to establish a dialogue between mind, body (human being) and learning.