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 […]
Minnette Vari
From Merit Award Winner… to Regional Judge Minnette Vári was recognised by the Sasol New Signatures judges in 1990 and 1991 when she was awarded prestigious Merit Awards. The saying Life comes full circle is true in Vári’s case, as this year she took on the role of a regional judge in Johannesburg. With adjudicating formalities completed, […]
Daandrey Steyn
Tell us a bit about your winning work, conceptual concerns and processes. The artwork I entered for the 2010 Sasol New Signatures competition was entitled “Skeumorph”. It was, what I call, a “Morph-Motion” video artwork. The process involves taking two still photos and forcing them to morph into one another. Skeumorph is archaeological term for an object […]
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 […]
Frederik Eksteen
Frederik Eksteen completed his Master’s degree at the University of Pretoria in 2000. In addition to exhibiting both locally and internationally, he has won several awards including the Judges’ Prize in the 1997 Sasol New Signatures competition. Inspired by the interface between digital technology and traditional oil painting, Eksteen’s works are visually complex and conceptually […]
Angeline-Ann Le Roux
Angeline-Ann Le Roux was born in Johannesburg during the 1970’s. After matriculating in Riversdale, she studied textile design before embarking on the visual arts journey through UNISA. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts with distinction and is currently completing a Masters in Visual Arts through UNISA. Le Roux says that studying textile design […]
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 […]