Meet the curator behind Sasol New Signatures
Every year, more than 100 artworks by emerging artists from across South Africa come together under one roof for the Sasol New Signatures exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum. But what does it take to bring such a diverse collection of voices, mediums, ideas and artistic approaches together into one cohesive exhibition? Hannelie du Plessis, […]
Solo Exhibition | Juandré van Eck | Die Vallei van Adem
BIOGRAPHY Juandré van Eck is a ceramic artist based in Gqeberha, South Africa, where he completed his Honours degree in Fine Art at Nelson Mandela University and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Fine Art. For two years in a row Van Eck featured in the Sasol New Signatures Top 7, winning a Merit […]
Sphumelele Zondi (Johannesburg) | 2026 Overall Winner
The laundry of a nation, 2026 Mixed media on cardboard and paper 75 cm x 116 cm Artist’s Statement This work reflects on the emotional and social inheritance carried by young people within contemporary South Africa. Drawing from the visual language of clothing, labour, domesticity, and repetition, the installation considers how national histories continue to […]
Amélie Zeelie (Durban)
The shape of her fear: The returning woman, 2025 Video & print Diptych: 62 seconds; 250 cm x 78,5 cm Artist’s Statement The returning woman is one of four creature designs from The shape of her fear series, a practice-based research project that investigates how female monsters are represented in horror. Through creature design, costume-making, […]
Casey Wookey (Johannesburg)
The puddle, 2026 Oil with acrylic underpainting 61 cm x 51 cm Artist’s Statement Our water meter had burst, spewing a giant fountain into the garden for days while our taps ran dry. For a week after, we survived on a freezing trickle siphoned via hosepipe through the bathroom window. With our children sick with […]
Tshiamo Williams (Pretoria)
Our tomorrow, yesterday’s story, 2026 Acrylic 35 cm x 26,5 cm Artist’s Statement Our tomorrow, yesterday’s story is a contemporary acrylic painting that reimagines the ideals of the Rococo period through a South African lens. The artwork depicts a Malume seated comfortably within a Parisian café setting, enjoying tea and magwinya (fatcakes) from an elegant […]
Kathryn White (Cape Town)
Africanis, Afrikaner, 2026 Photography, Edition 1 of 10 60,5 cm x 43 cm Artist’s Statement Meet Joe; he is an Africanis, a mixed breed dog unique to South Africa. Meet Jacobus; he is an Afrikaner, a white male unique to South Africa. Jacobus and I, an English South African who can barely string an Afrikaans […]
Natalie Wangui (Gqeberha)
Graphic in nature, 2026 Mixed media on paper (6) 18,5 cm x 24,5 cm Artist’s Statement These mixed-media assemblage pamphlets explore how radical religious beliefs weaponize the visual medium to manipulate the natural psychology of people’s needs. Human beings desire meaning within unresolved trauma, guidance, control and importance. When this is enmeshed with charismatic persuasion, […]
Welri Viljoen (Pretoria)
Pathways of nature, 2026 Mixed media 40,5 cm x 40,5 cm Artist’s Statement Pathways of Nature is a surrealist abstract artwork that explores the interconnected cycles of growth, decay, renewal, and transformation within the natural world. Inspired by the concentric rings of a tree trunk, the work presents a symbolic cross-section of life itself, where […]
Angelique Venter (Johannesburg)
Rooted Thought, 2025 Anthotype, Edition 1 of 10 24 cm x 33 cm Artist’s Statement Rooted Thought examines the relationship between human intelligence and the natural systems from which it originates. While the initial impression is that of a human brain, closer observation reveals that the form is composed entirely of plant roots. This juxtaposition […]