Bentley Pierre van Wyk (Gqeberha)
Stance Culture, 2026 E/W clay, matt black, peony & apollo star glaze 41 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm Artist’s Statement Stance Culture explores stance car culture in Gqeberha as a site of self-expression, identity formation, and community belonging. Drawing from lived experience, I use clay to reinterpret this subculture and its significance within […]
Sarah van Rooyen (Gqeberha)
Scratching the surface, 2026 Drypoint sheets in a solander box 25 cm x 17,5 cm x 27,5 cm Artist’s Statement Knowingly or not, many people collect. For some, it may be antiques or souvenirs from abroad; for others, objects that are regarded as mementos, keepsakes, heirlooms or trophies. This informal archival form – that of […]
Julian van Jaarsveld (Johannesburg) | Artwork 2
Monolith II, 2026 Archival pigment print on Felix Schöller 310gsm Baryte, Edition 1 of 7 80 cm x 45 cm Artist’s Statement My practice is an ongoing study of the psychological weight found within empty environments. I do not approach a location merely to document its design, but rather to isolate its emotional weight. I […]
Julian van Jaarsveld (Johannesburg) | Artwork 1
Access point, 2026 Archival pigment print on Felix Schöller 310gsm Baryte, Edition 1 of 7 45 cm x 80 cm Artist’s Statement My practice is an ongoing study of the psychological weight found within empty environments. I do not approach a location merely to document its design, but rather to isolate its emotional weight. I […]
Klaré van Heerden (Cape Town)
The creation of … The captor, 2025 Wax, acrylic, charcoal, paper 33 cm x 43 cm Artist’s Statement This work is part of my series, No Hand Can Harm or Help Me, which delves into the paradox of protection and isolation, highlighting how the walls we unfortunately must construct to ensure psychological safety can simultaneously […]
Akeel Tsöeu (Pretoria)
uBettina Wethu, 2026 Oil on board 118,5 cm x 84 cm Artist’s Statement uBettina Wethu sits inside a discomfort that South Africa prefers to keep at arm’s length. This is not a gentle picture. It holds a moment of raw intimacy that exposes something we still struggle to name honestly: the resentment, the contradiction, of […]
Ona Tshali (Gqeberha)
Ingubo Yakhe (His blanket), 2025 Rooibos teabags, brewed rooibos tea, binding glue, family photographs 180 cm x 146,5 cm Artist’s Statement Ingubo Yakhe (His blanket) is a sculpture in the form of a blanket made in memory of my late uncle, who played a fatherly role in my life. It explores grief, memory, comfort, and […]
Madeleine Travers (Potchefstroom)
Aequoreal Series: The shape of summer, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 122 cm x 152 cm Artist’s Statement “AEQUOREAL” [(Adjective) archaic, rare, poetic. Latin for marine, oceanic] is an ongoing body of work that explores water as both subject and metaphor—a fluid, reflective medium through which ideas of memory, identity, and belonging unfold. Inspired by a […]
Keitu Thabane (Pretoria)
Am I “Black” Enough?! (series), 2025 Digital photomontage Diptych: (2) 59,5 cm x 84 cm Artist’s Statement Am I “Black” Enough?! is a visual exploration of belonging, displacement, and the politics of Black identity. Through staged self-portraits and photomontages, I place my body within township landscapes that I did not fully grow up in, yet […]
Ilitha Cebisa Taliwe (Bloemfontein) | Artwork 2
Ezibeleni, 2026 Screenprint, Edition 1 of 4 72,5 cm x 51 cm Artist’s Statement In February 2005, we moved into the home my mother built for my brother and me in Komani Ezibeleni Township Zone III. Where I come from, identity is the biggest flex; confidence and pride come as part of the package. Despite […]