Daniel Nhlanhla Mamatepa (Polokwane)
Where thoughts collide Mixed media 72,7 cm x 50,5 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT What a journey this piece has been! It’s a raw outpouring of everything that swirls within me, a tapestry woven from the chaos and beauty of everyday existence. I poured my soul into every layer, every brushstroke, letting instinct guide my hand. You’ll […]
Vanessa Majoro (Pretoria)
Maletsatsi I Recycled nylon thread and fine liner on Fabriano 68 cm x 51 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT Would you agree that the evening sky is misleading? How does it deceive us that stars are mapped in the same place each night? How are light years reduced to brief moments of observation? How does it play […]
Joshua Maharaj (Pretoria)
Fault lines Etching and Drypoint on Hahnemühle Edition 1 of 30 57,5 cm x 57,5 cm Artist’s Statement This etching, titled Fault Lines, explores the layered realities of decay — both physical and societal — within contemporary South Africa. The work serves as a visual lament and a critical reflection on a country shaped […]
John Stephen Lizamore (Gqeberha)
The fragile truth of photographs: Unseen faces and inherited stories Mixed media 125,5 cm x 125,5 cm Artist’s Statement This work is an intimate exploration of memory. The dichotomy between the hope with which we capture photographs and the reality that even the happiest memories often become layered with pain. It consists of 441 individual […]
Mohau Herry Lethae & Molefi Sylvester Moorosi (Johannesburg)
Project Thuthukani – Clean up the trash. Clean up the mind Mixed media on Masonite 126 cm x 90 cm Artist’s Statement To the Jury, In this case, we’re going to show that through community and love, mountains can be moved. “Artist 1” was raised in Evaton West, his unfenced house located near a main […]
Lehumo Lesiba Lekalakala (Polokwane)
A recipe for connection Hyper realistic with colour pencils 81 cm x 110,5 cm Artist’s Statement I still remember like it was yesterday — my grandmother and two sisters sharing jokes and news in our kitchen, cooking Sunday kos, as we Africans call it, with my grandmother’s favourite painting hanged in our kitchen wall: The […]
Annamarie Lategan (Cape Town)
Collision Used raw leather riempies and plastic chairs 124 cm x 88 cm x 68 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT A collision implies a sudden and forceful coming together of different bodies or a conflict between two opposing ideas. In this context, both scenarios are applicable. This work is a collision between two highly recognisable chairs in […]
Azola Krweqe (Durban)
IsiKhalo Sam Textile and beads 153 cm x 62 cm Artist’s Statement isiKhalo sam (2025) is a textile that explores memory, traditions and migration. As a result ofcolonialism and apartheid, I have had to grow up away from my ancestral home, as my family had to migrate to the bigger cities in the country, losing […]
Elle Craninx (Pretoria)
Notes from the dwelling Woodprint and ink drawing 5 Part: 198 cm x 181 cm x 64 cm Artist’s Statement Notes From The Dwelling is a quiet, visual archive of ordinary moments and architectural surroundings. Through the use of ink drawings and woodcut prints, the work documents fragments of lived space out of its context. […]
Mandy Coppes-Martin
The winning works in 2012 showed a significant interest in environmental issues with both the winning work by Ingrid Bolton and the works by the runner-up, Mandy Coppes-Martin dealing with different aspects of the fragility of our environment. Coppes-Martin works with specific fibres, threads and silks that weave through through her drawings and sculptures. In […]