Sarah Volker (Gqeberha) | 2025 Merit Award Winner
Taut, tethered and torn Ballet tights, stones and cement blocks Installation: 90 cm x 250 cm x 120 cm Artist’s Statement Taut, tethered, and torn explores the tension between a dancer’s body and mind, where physical endurance intersects with emotional strain. The body retains experiences — some too deeply embedded to be processed by thought […]
Ingrid Vorwerk Marren (Pretoria)
Wistful windows (variation 1) Multimedia 66 cm x 103 cm Artist’s Statement This work is a contemporary conceptual multimedia work consisting of several layers. The rectangles are irregular in colour, size and spacing, and may be read as windows. In some rectangles, there is an enhancement in silver marker as a ‘projection of energy’ to […]
Shaylin Ann Whitlock (Gqeberha)
Lost in translation Bronze forms on welded steel 3 Part: 141 cm x 16,5 cm x 11 cm; 135 cm x 19 cm x 16 cm; 119 cm x 20 cm x 14 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT My work explores the emotional impact of disconnection and the experience of being lost in translation within my Japanese […]
Marilyn Wood (Gqeberha)
Inherited threads Mixed media 8,5 cm x 42 cm x 17,5 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT This artwork speaks to my personal and familial identity by reflecting on my heritage as both Cape Coloured and Cape Malay. This artwork makes use of paper lithography and calligraphy to depict three generations dressed in traditional attire, creating a dialogue […]
Lisa Younger (Johannesburg)
little pink flower, you are safe here | in here, it’s all good morning sun Sliced Fabriano paper with watercolour pencil 2 Part: (2) 76 cm x 76 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT We are hiking through the Kruger. We’ve been walking since daybreak, and our morning thoughts sniff about, as we crunch through the ever-curling winter […]
Vanda Subakov (Durban)
Black sun Mixed media (acrylic, oil, pastel) 118,5 cm x 84 cm Artist’s Statement Representations of days when everything is feeling heavy and despair. Comfort of home looks non existing. Work is becoming meaningless. Interpretation left for viewer.
Wandile Msipa (Gqeberha)
Bhubesini Family Oil on unstretched canvas 149 cm x 106 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT Bhubesini family celebrates a brotherhood and family formed by male members in my township, including my uncle. Their friendship started in their high school days, growing over the years, and the group grew larger. They even started a local football club in […]
Konadi Marcia Ntsoane (Cape Town)
Ruri ke tla loka (Truly I will be made well) Archival pigment on Hahnemühle 308 gsm 58 cm x 46,5 cm We mend in circles Archival pigment on Hahnemühle 308 gsm 58 cm x 46,5 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT This series of hyper realistic digital collages, Ruri Ke Tla Loka and We Mend In Circles, draws […]
Charné Mungur (Gqeberha)
5271 Days behind trauma Screenprint and hand carving on brass 60 cm x 60 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT This work confronts the brutal reality of gender-based violence in South Africa. Based on a specific act of GBV, the rape of a woman on 9 December 2010, this work underscores the trauma inflicted on her. It functions […]
Ayabonga Ngcongo (Johannesburg)
The mentor Mixed media 123 cm x 94 cm ARTIST’S STATEMENT This artwork is inspired by my personal journey of seeking a mentor as a young man who grew up without a father. In my years of maturation, I have had to do a lot of unlearning, particularly when it comes to role models, because […]