Sebotse Maggy Mahlako Selamulela (Bloemfontein)
Morongwa (The one who is sent) Perspex, candle wax, wicks, carpet imprint and beads 2-Part: 121 cm x 70 cm; 114 cm x 70 cm Artist’s Statement This installation challenges unilateral views of spirituality through a series of two floor carpets resembling prayer mats. Made from found objects such as red, blue, white, and yellow […]
Tinyiko Girly Sekobi (Bloemfontein)
What was never meant to be known Lithography Edition 1 of 2 51 cm x 65 cm Artist’s Statement What Was Never Meant to Be Known explores the tension between awareness and suppression through the act of looking. It questions the relationship between what is seen, what is hidden, and what was never meant to […]
Kamogelo Violet Sebopa (Johannesburg)
2024092600021351 Monotype 51,5 cm x 73,5 cm Artist’s Statement My work interrogates the intersection of the geological and biological, exploring the unseen narratives embedded in these interactions. By drawing on themes of abstraction, Escapism, and performative mark-making, I investigate the therapeutic and meditative aspects of creation. This journey critiques the dynamics of historical preservation, challenging […]
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. […]