Juandré van Eck (Gqeberha) | 2025 Overall Winner
Cycles of the mind Ceramics 53 cm x 46 cm x 21 cm Artist’s Statement In the movement and flow of the existence of life, my ceramic artwork focuses on emulating the rhythmic patterns of breath. This artwork aims to be a metaphor for the cycles of the mind. Two whistles that are on two […]
Philippus Johannes van Zyl (Cape Town)
How not to be self-aware Photographic digital composition 41,5 cm x 53 cm Artist’s Statement Look in the mirror. What do you see? Is it a dream, or a nightmare? Are we being introduced against our will? Are they mirrors? – from Twin Peaks Season 1 Episode 4, created by Mark Frost and David Lynch […]
Casper Roelf Versluis (Johannesburg)
Benign Painted steel on concrete base 84 cm x 40 cm x 30 cm Artist’s Statement Titled Benign, this sculpture forms part of a series, Since You Don’t See Me, exploring civil consciousness — our shared responsibility in building a just society. This work seeks to express a spiritual dimension of humanity by capturing the […]
Sarah Volker (Gqeberha) | 2025 Merit Award Winner
Taut, tethered and torn Ballet tights, stones and cement blocks Installation: 90 cm x 250 cm x 120 cm Artist’s Statement Taut, tethered, and torn explores the tension between a dancer’s body and mind, where physical endurance intersects with emotional strain. The body retains experiences — some too deeply embedded to be processed by thought […]
Ingrid Vorwerk Marren (Pretoria)
Wistful windows (variation 1) Multimedia 66 cm x 103 cm Artist’s Statement This work is a contemporary conceptual multimedia work consisting of several layers. The rectangles are irregular in colour, size and spacing, and may be read as windows. In some rectangles, there is an enhancement in silver marker as a ‘projection of energy’ to […]
Shaylin Ann Whitlock (Gqeberha)
Lost in translation Bronze forms on welded steel 3 Part: 141 cm x 16,5 cm x 11 cm; 135 cm x 19 cm x 16 cm; 119 cm x 20 cm x 14 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT My work explores the emotional impact of disconnection and the experience of being lost in translation within my Japanese […]
Marilyn Wood (Gqeberha)
Inherited threads Mixed media 8,5 cm x 42 cm x 17,5 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT This artwork speaks to my personal and familial identity by reflecting on my heritage as both Cape Coloured and Cape Malay. This artwork makes use of paper lithography and calligraphy to depict three generations dressed in traditional attire, creating a dialogue […]
Lisa Younger (Johannesburg)
little pink flower, you are safe here | in here, it’s all good morning sun Sliced Fabriano paper with watercolour pencil 2 Part: (2) 76 cm x 76 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT We are hiking through the Kruger. We’ve been walking since daybreak, and our morning thoughts sniff about, as we crunch through the ever-curling winter […]
Vanda Subakov (Durban)
Black sun Mixed media (acrylic, oil, pastel) 118,5 cm x 84 cm Artist’s Statement Representations of days when everything is feeling heavy and despair. Comfort of home looks non existing. Work is becoming meaningless. Interpretation left for viewer.
Wandile Msipa (Gqeberha)
Bhubesini Family Oil on unstretched canvas 149 cm x 106 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT Bhubesini family celebrates a brotherhood and family formed by male members in my township, including my uncle. Their friendship started in their high school days, growing over the years, and the group grew larger. They even started a local football club in […]