Bloemfontein Sculptor Miné Kleynhans Wins 2024 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition
Miné Kleynhans (34), a project manager at the University of the Free State Art Gallery, has been announced as the winner of the 2024 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition for her installation piece titled Meditations on Resentment. Kleynhans takes home a cash prize of R100 000 and an opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the Pretoria […]
Ukungalingani Kwezemfundo (Educational Inequality) – A Solo Exhibition by Nosiviwe Matikinca, Sasol New Signatures Winner 2023
Nosiviwe Matikinca (23), winner of the 2023 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition and recent graduate from Gqeberha, will hold her first solo exhibition, titled Ukungalingani Kwezemfundo (Educational Inequality), alongside the Sasol New Signatures 2024 exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum from Thursday, 5 September to Sunday, 3 November 2024. Matikinca was born in Cape Town and grew […]
Entries open for Sasol New Signatures 2024
The search has begun for South Africa’s new artistic talent in the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2024. The competition has served as a symbol for unrestricted creativity and artistic exploration in the country’s Visual Arts community for 34 years. The slogan for the Sasol New Signatures 2024 campaign is Articulate. The concept celebrates the universal […]
Ingoma Yothando (Song of Love): A Solo Exhibition by Mondli Mbhele Winner of Sasol New Signatures 2022
The winner of the 2022 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, Mondli Mbhele, will hold his first solo exhibition, “Ingoma Yothando,” alongside the Sasol New Signatures 2023 exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum from 7 September to 29 October 2023. Hailing from Cato Manor, Durban, Mondli Mbhele’s artistic journey began with a a year-long visual art […]
Gqeberha student Nosiviwe Matikinca wins 2023 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition
Nosiviwe Matikinca (22), a third year student from Gqeberha has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. Matikinca walks away with a cash prize of R100 000 and an opportunity to have a solo exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum in 2024. Matikinca won the coveted title for her […]
Sasol New Signatures Art Competition: Regional Judging completed across the country
The regional judging phase of the highly anticipated Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2023 has just concluded across South Africa. A total of 765 entries were submitted nationwide. Out of these submissions, 118 exceptional works have been selected to proceed to the final round of judging, which will take place at the Pretoria Art Museum […]
Patrick Rulore, winner of Sasol New Signatures 2019 encourages emerging artists to pursue their dreams and enter the 2023 competition
Patrick Rulore, winner of the prestigious Sasol New Signatures Art Competition in 2019, has shared the impact the competition has had on his life and career. Since his victory, Rulore’s career has experienced a significant boost, affirming his artistic journey and providing him with numerous opportunities. One notable milestone is his second solo exhibition hosted […]
Sasol New Signatures Art Competition | Call For Entries 2023
Entries are now officially open for the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2023. For the past 33 years, the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, founded by the Association of Arts Pretoria in the 1960’s, has been a beacon for unbridled creativity and artistic exploration within the visual arts ecosystem in South Africa. “Expressions Unbound, […]
Durban visual artist Mondli Mbhele wins 2022 Sasol New Signatures
Full-time artist Mondli Mbhele (28) from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. Mbhele walks away with a cash prize of R100 000 and an opportunity to have a solo exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum in 2023. Mbhele won the coveted title for his work […]
Regional judging completed across South Africa
The Sasol New Signatures organising team was delighted and slightly overwhelmed by the fantastic turnout of entrants at all seven regions. Some of the highest submission numbers in the competition’s history were recorded this year and this interest is reflective of the artistic energy and passion to produce that exists in all parts of the […]