Ilitha Cebisa Taliwe (Bloemfontein) | Artwork 1
Imiyalelo, 2026 Screenprint, Edition 1 of 4 50 cm x 64,5 cm Artist’s Statement I never met my grandmother. She passed away on 24 October 2002, and I was born just a few weeks later, on 9 December. Though only a handful of days separate these two dates, they mark the beginning of a relationship […]
Siobhan Swart (Bloemfontein)
Arachnid Afternoon (with laundry), 2025 Etching on Fabriano, Edition 2 of 7 37,5 cm x 33 cm Artist’s Statement Arachnid Afternoon (with Laundry) shows a scorpion-like figure engaged in the ordinary domestic act of hanging up washing in a vast open landscape. A mundane task is performed by a creature that feels out of place […]
Mckayle Steyn (Pretoria)
All the ways I’ve seen you, 2025 Photographic screenprint on Fabriano, Edition 1 of 3 92,5 cm x 134 cm Artist’s Statement All the ways I’ve seen you examines the relationship between surveillance, self-representation, and the fragmentation of identity. The work consists of fifty-eight photographic stills arranged within a rigid grid structure. Each image depicts […]
Hlumelo Mayekiso (Gqeberha)
Isizukulwane, 2025 Red terracotta clay and copper oxide 25 cm x 16 cm diameter Artist’s Statement This piece is part of my series of my work Abazukulwana Isizukulwane (grandchildren and great grandchildren) produced in 2025. A body of work that tells a story of my growth and how I perceive life as a young man. […]
Janu Snyman (Pretoria)
Obsessive selfishness, 2026 Wood 3 Part: 5 cm x 34,5 cm x 22 cm Artist’s Statement Obsessive selfishness is a series of three utensils with handles that fit the artist’s hand and no other. The handles are made to mimic the artist’s hand and provide a comfortable grip for them and them alone. They accomplish […]
Asanda Sikiti (Gqeberha)
Amabele, 2026 Acrylic on blanket 66 cm x 108 cm Artist’s Statement I grew up around umgidi. I have watched it, participated in it, and felt the weight of what it is supposed to mean, the return of young men from seclusion, transformed, received back into the community. I have watched the women wake up […]
Sethu Sikhosana (Pretoria)
Playing dress-up, 2026 Digital collage Diptych: (2) 45,5 cm x 32 cm Artist’s Statement Playing dress-up explores the intricate web of traditional expectations and values passed down through generations in my family. In the first piece, I depict myself as a child, playing dress-up with my mother and sister. The pervasive lace, symbolising the expectations […]
Thobekile Shange (Durban)
Isthunzi neNtsikelelo, 2026 Grass, beads, cement 53,5 cm x 49 cm x 45,5 cm Artist’s Statement Isithunzi neNtsikelelo emerged through a deeper reflection on my relationship with daily contemporary rural Zulu living. The grass broom is an object I have lived with throughout my life. I have used it within the home, watched the women […]
Sebotse Selamulela (Bloemfontein)
Kobo ya Thuto, 2025 Lithography on Fabriano, Edition 1 of 5 80 cm x 61 cm Artist’s Statement Kobo ya Thuto is a colour lithograph that explores the tangible dimensions of what an image can hold beyond representation. Referencing a photograph of my grandmother whom I was named after, yet never had the opportunity to […]
Trevor Seema (Pretoria)
Ignoring the signs Charcoal on paper 59 cm x 42 cm Artist’s Statement Ignoring the signs is inspired by a recurring reality in my everyday surroundings. Almost everywhere I go, I encounter warning signs that prohibit illegal dumping or public urination, yet those same spaces are often filled with rubbish or used in the very […]