Juandré van Eck | 2024 Merit Award Winner
Waters of life Ceramics 42 cm x 32 cm x 16 cm This is a ceramic piece made from 90 % natural clay and 10% commercial, stimulating blood flow in the human body. This piece is designed to be an interactive piece exploring the critical importance of water for our survival. As the piece is […]
Bloemfontein Sculptor Miné Kleynhans Wins 2024 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition
Miné Kleynhans (34), a project manager at the University of the Free State Art Gallery, has been announced as the winner of the 2024 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition for her installation piece titled Meditations on Resentment. Kleynhans takes home a cash prize of R100 000 and an opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the Pretoria […]
Ukungalingani Kwezemfundo (Educational Inequality) – A Solo Exhibition by Nosiviwe Matikinca
Nosiviwe Matikinca (23), winner of the 2023 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition and recent graduate from Gqeberha, will hold her first solo exhibition, titled Ukungalingani Kwezemfundo (Educational Inequality), alongside the Sasol New Signatures 2024 exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum from Thursday, 5 September to Sunday, 3 November 2024. Matikinca was born in Cape Town and grew […]
Understanding a winning artwork | Nosiviwe Matikinca’s ‘Ndiziphiwe – They were given to me’
The 2023 Sasol New Signatures Overall Winner was Nosiviwe Matikinca, who received the prize for her work entitled ‘Ndiziphiwe – They were given to me’. This blog will explore some of the aspects that made this a winning work. Nosiviwe Matikinca submitted her entry for the 2023 Sasol New Signatures Art competition at the regional submission […]
Celebrating 60 Years of the Pretoria Art Museum
The Pretoria Art Museum, a longstanding partner of the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, is set to celebrate its 60th anniversary during Museum Week, coinciding with International Museum Day on 18th May. From Saturday 18 until Sunday 26 May 2024, the museum will host Museum Week, offering free entrance to visitors. This significant milestone will […]
Entries open for Sasol New Signatures 2024
The search has begun for South Africa’s new artistic talent in the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2024. The competition has served as a symbol for unrestricted creativity and artistic exploration in the country’s Visual Arts community for 34 years. The slogan for the Sasol New Signatures 2024 campaign is Articulate. The concept celebrates the universal […]
Ingoma Yothando (Song of Love): A Solo Exhibition by Mondli Mbhele Winner of Sasol New Signatures 2022
The winner of the 2022 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, Mondli Mbhele, will hold his first solo exhibition, “Ingoma Yothando,” alongside the Sasol New Signatures 2023 exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum from 7 September to 29 October 2023. Hailing from Cato Manor, Durban, Mondli Mbhele’s artistic journey began with a a year-long visual art […]
Nosiviwe Matikinca | 2023 Overall Winner
Ndiziphiwe – They were given to me Ceramics (10) 8,5 cm x 10 cm x 13 cm Biography Nosiviwe Beauty Matikinca was born in the City of Cape Town and grew up in Hermanus. During her educational stint in Cape Town, she attended Cedar High School of the Arts and took extra art classes at […]
Themba Mkhangeli | 2023 Runner-up
Amawele Ballpoint on paper 92,5 cm x 136 cm Biography Themba Mkhangeli is a multi-award-winning visual artist and environmentalist with a penchant for entomology. He grew up in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, in a small village called Julukuqu. Currently, he is based in Nyanga East, Cape Town. His preferred medium is a ballpoint pen […]
Michelle Czarnecki | 2023 Merit Award Winner
There is still time I Ribbon thread on linen 66,5 cm x 66,5 cm There is still time I is part of a series titled “Landscapes of Time”. This series of fibre and textile works of imaginary landscapes viewed from above represent life in progress and the passage of time. The uniform ribbon thread and the […]