(1972 - ) Contemporary Coming from an education in the discipline of architecture, now working as an artist, my artmaking has always engaged instances of the missed, the ignored and the overlooked. I am captivated by the less legible – but no less important – aspects...

(1991 - )Contemporary “I like to maximize playfulness within a very narrow set of parameters. First and foremost, I consider myself to be a formalist. Fundamental aspects of composition, form and colour are the things that I think about. Working within an established...

(1984 - )ContemporaryWhat matters is matter – flesh, bone, muscle – and then another dimension – dimensionless – that makes us human. Human embodiment is the anchor and ground from which Christiaan Conradie departs into the groundless. Nothing in his world is possible...

(1972 - ) Contemporary “My purpose behind the work is to question and find understanding in the craziness, tragedy, vulnerability, beauty and power of mankind.” – CLR Christy Lee Rogers is a visual artist from Kailua, Hawaii. Her obsession with water as a medium for...

(1968 - )ContemporaryMy work is about visual perception, which began as a contemporary extension of 1960s Op art into the realm of figuration. Op art introduced the notion of the artwork as an experience rather than an inert object, by foregrounding the act of...

(1970 - )ContemporaryGabrielle Raaff  lives and works in Lakeside, Cape Town.Raaff's works begin with a photographic image, and while this image serves as a jumping-off point only, we are repeatedly brought back to the photographic process. The medium of photography,...

(1980 - )ContemporaryGaelen Pinnock, born in 1980, is an architect and artist based in Cape Town, South Africa. He graduated in 2001 from the University of Cape Town with a degree in architecture and later completed his postgraduate studies in 2005.  His creative...

(1948 - )Contemporary Born in 1948 and having received her education at Central Primary School and the Girls High in Potchefstroom, Behrmann's artistic journey began with studying art at Bill Ainslie Studios, which eventually evolved into the Johannesburg Art...

(1951 - )Gary KomarinContemporaryBorn in New York City, the son of a Czech architect and Viennese writer, Gary Komarin is a risk taker and considered a modern master in post painterly abstraction. Komarin’s stalwart images have an epic quality that grips the viewer...

(1949 - )Henry SymondsContemporaryHenry Symonds has been closely involved with the broader Art Community both as a practicing artist and educator for more than half a century. He has exhibited his paintings and drawings extensively and has works in public and private...

(1979 - )ContemporaryKnown primarily as an abstract artist, Jacob Van Schalkwyk uses lithographic ink as a medium for drawing and painting. His work on paper and aluminum conflates the distinction between drawing, painting, printmaking, and low relief sculpture. This...

(1980 - )ContemporaryBorn in 1980 in South Africa artist Jan-Henri Booyens lives and works in Cape Town. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Durban Institute of Technology in 2004. His work is often described in terms of a struggle between the representational...

(1981 - )Jared AufrichtigContemporaryJared Aufrichtig is an Internationally renowned  Multidiscipline Fine Artist and Photographer pushing the boundaries of Expression. Originally gew up in Long Beach California, visiting his grandmother Grandmother Edith in South...

(1971 - )Contemporary Jennifer Morrison was born in South Africa in 1971, it is here that she began her art studies, and later continued in London, where she graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Morrison’s work deals predominantly with...

(1972 - )ContemporaryBorn in 1972 in Johannesburg, O’Connor is currently working in Cape Town.  She graduated in 1994, cum laude, with honours in Fine Art from the University of Nataal. O’Connor engages in various mediums, from drawing, sculpting, video, installations...

(1970 - )Karen StewartContemporaryKaren Stewart works in paint, paper and clay and makes bespoke jewellery from her studio in Cape Town. She loves working with off cuts and discarded bits and pieces, which she collect in my studio, she reshapes these to create new...

(1982 - )ContemporaryBorn in 1982 in Freestate, South Africa. Kobus grew up on a farm in Viljoenskroon, a small town between Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom.  Matriculating in 2000, he received his schooling in Klerksdorp. He moved to Pretoria in 2001, studying at the...

(1994 - )Kpe InnocentContemporaryInnocent, a self-taught visual artist, strives to create work that focuses on representing the commonality the entire human race share, regardless of geographic or sociological limitations. His work accommodates themes surrounding...

(1970 - )ContemporaryBorn in 1970 in Shandong, China. In 1999 Kristin moved to South Africa and settled in KwaZulu-Natal. In 2013 she went back to Beijing and created the Kristin NG-Yang Art Studio in Song’zhuang, Beijing. Currently, she lives and works between South...

(1984 - )Contemporary In my artistic practice, I am deeply fascinated by the representation of female characters who defy the rigid black and white constructions imposed by society. I am driven by a desire to challenge and disrupt the conventional narratives and...

(1963 - )ContemporaryMargot Muir in discussion on her Lightness of being; Rain Series: This work is indebted to exposure to diverse, celebratory, ceremonial, spirited music and monody, to cigarette smoke and seeing, to the restorative power of rain and landscape, to...

(1976 - )ContemporaryUsing oil paint as the primary medium and the suburban landscape as a departure point, the paintings suggest a collision of inner and outer realities, an impression that meaning is fleeting and intimately personal. Focusing on themes of doubt,...

(1971 - )ContemporaryI see the painting not as a window looking out, but rather as a container in which I can freely arrange and rearrange things.  Painting is entertainment for me, so it’s got to be fun! I start with one mark or a set of delicious colours. This...

(1984 - )Contemporary Matthew Prins is a visual artist currently living and working in Cape Town. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Communication Design from Stellenbosch University.   Prins derives his subject matter from careful observation, responding...

ContemporaryMichael Meyersfeld lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa. His entire working life has embraced photography in various forms. A veteran of both fine art and advertising photography, he has an extensive local and international portfolio of...

(1995 - ) ContemporaryMookho Ntho is an upcoming visual artist. Though her foundation in the art world at a young age was in fashion illustration, as she grew up, she was exposed to more explorations of self-expression, mediums, and art movements. Her early works...

(1988 - )ContemporaryBorn in 1988, South African artist Mncedi Madolo completed a diploma in Fine Arts at Walter Sisulu University in 2014, majoring in painting. While studying he founded Smoked Beef Studios in East London in 2013 to pursue graphic design work. In...

(1976 - )ContemporaryBorn in 1967 in Cape Town, South African artist Mustafa Maluka studied at the De Ateliers, Post-Graduate Art Institute in Amsterdam, and at the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam.  He has lived in Amsterdam,...

(1977 - )Contemporary Artist Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi, born in 1977, is a South African painter based in Cape Town. Though he studied at Community Arts Project in Cape Town, he is mostly a self-taught visual artist. Ngqinambi’s work is inspired by sound, films, body...

(1970 - )Contemporary Nicholas Hales is a contemporary artist living in Cape Town, South Africa. He works across a number of disciplines, including painting, drawing and video/film. He has a Advanced Diploma in Fine Art (1992) from the University of Cape Town and a...

(1989 - )Contemporary Prudence Chimutuwah- born in 1989 in Harare, Zimbabwe- is an emerging contemporary visual artist. Between 2009 and 2011, she studied at the National Gallery Visual Art School and began working as an artist, working mainly with mixed media on...

(1967 - )Renee AllemContemporaryMy Art is a spontaneous expression of my energy, emanating from an infinite source of pure creativity – Renee Allem Ren (Renee Allem) is a creator, an abstract expressionist compelled to create. Exploring and experimenting with...

(1955 - )ContemporaryRobert Slingsby in discussion of his work "The Blue Lotus" in 2021: The Blue Lotus defined my art in 2021. The colour blue dominated, with shades of purples, pinks and greens, the colours of the sky and riverbanks reflected on the river. The blue...

(1972 - )ContemporaryRobyn Denny is a painter and video artist whose powerful multimedia installations are internationally recognised. Their energy is a creative catharsis born of intensely opposing forces. Denny’s most recent work, Traces of Untold Stories, explores...

(1983 - )Contemporary My body of work draws on links between, cleansing, healing, dislocation, and relocation. My paintings are an attempt to trace and understanding my lineage as a Mosotho woman born, raised, and still living in KwaZulu-Natal. I bring together an...

(1969 - )Contemporary The accomplished self-taught artist, Stephen Allwright, has dedicated himself to his craft since 1998. He resides and works in the charming town of Barrydale, situated on the border of the Overberg and the Klein Karoo regions. Allwright holds a...

(1959 - )Contemporary“Art for me is stepping into the unknown. Sometimes the materials lead me, trying to dictate, and sometimes I am the leader. It’s like a dance that creates something out of nothing. When the work sings to me I know it’s done. ​My work focuses on...

(1972 - )ContemporaryBorn in 1972, South African artist Tanya Bonello currently lives and works in Cape Town. She graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. Bonello’s works can be found...

(1965 - )ContemporaryEastern spirituality, sexuality, and the dual nature of life are consistent threads running through my work. Our world is out of balance and a reckoning is afoot. In 2012, I took up residence in India for three months. My pilgrimage was as much...

( 1968 - )ContemporaryVanessa Berlein is a South African artist. Primarily a painter, throughout her career she has explored and worked in many mediums, including photography, various print mediums, and sculpture. Her work has been and continues to be exhibited in...

(1951 - ) Contemporary “I guess, any curious and sincere viewer, irrespective of origin, religious beliefs and art accomplishment, is able to get close to Vladimir Zagorov’s world, get into its spirit, to live in it.” – Aleksey Boyko (professor, art critic, curator...

(1998 - )Xanthe Scout Lardner-BurkeContemporaryXanthe Scout Lardner-Burke (b. 1998, South Africa) is an artist, curator and writer. Her practice is process-based and expressive of [her] interest in materials, language and structure as it pertains to storytelling and...