A native of Harare, Mteki was among the founder members of Frank McEwen's Workshop School, and was among the first of its sculptors to use the harder native stones, such as serpentinite, granite, limestone, and springstone, which were then available.
Mteki, who hailed from Harare, was part of the founding group of Frank McEwen's Workshop School. He was among the early sculptors to employ native hard stones such as serpentinite, granite, limestone, and springstone, which were readily accessible then.