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 […]
Hanneke Benadé
Hanneke Benadé has come a long way since she matriculated from the Pro Arte High School in Pretoria in 1989. Since then she has completed her BA (Fine Art) at the University of Pretoria (majoring in graphic printing and lithography) undertaken a stretch of lecturing and most impressively received a Sasol New Signatures Judges’ Award […]
Amita Makan
“I am an artist. I paint and embroider to express myself,” says Amita Makan, who was a runner up in the Sasol New Signatures competition in 2009. Port Elizabeth-born Makan has an MA degree in International Relations from Rhodes University and a Diploma in Gender Policy and Planning from UCL University College London. Her work has […]
Micaela Gabriela Balie (Bloemfontein)
Ghost in the machine Digital drawing and photography Edition 1 of 5 90 cm x 60 cm Artist’s Statement Ghost in the Machine is a deeply personal reflection on grief and depression, especially as they unfold away from the comfort of a safe, “home-like” space. This work weaves together fragments of memory and loss, beginning […]
Tammy Lee Baikie (Johannesburg) | 2025 Merit Award Winner
Book worms, 2025 Mixed media 25 cm x 33,5 cm x 46 cm Artist’s Statement Book worms uses sustainable, wild harvesting of mopane worms to explore knowledge systems and how one knowledge system can overshadow others. The book, etching and specimen collection are tokens of the dominant western scientific paradigm. But in small ways – […]
Hester Badenhorst (Pretoria)
Aloe Trees Mixed media 63,5 cm x 94 cm Artist’s Statement The musician Stef Bos wrote a song called “Is dit nu later?”, where an adult asks if this moment is really “Later.” That question really speaks to me, because for most of my life I’ve put off my dream of becoming an artist. I […]
Sundus Saad Altalib (Cape Town)
Mesopotamia Banana silk on hardwood 46 cm x 103 cm Artist’s Statement Mesopotamia draws its name from my paternal heritage — an ancient region known for its innovation, complexity, and cultural richness. This work reflects on this history, evoking the grandeur of a place that once thrived at the crossroads of empires and trade routes. […]