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, a native of Harare, was among the founders of Frank McEwen's Workshop School. He was one of the early sculptors who utilized hard native stones such as serpentinite, granite, limestone, and springstone, which were readily available during that period.