SculptX
The largest annual sculpture fair in the country
1 September - 27 October 2023
This fair was conceived in response to the increased number of artists adopting this genre in response to the global demand for sculpture. This has translated into the establishment of several outdoor sculpture parks in the country by a number of art foundations and artists primarily working in this medium. “SculptX provides much benefit to those who live, work, and play in the Melrose Arch precinct but also to the artists in terms of exposure and revenue and collectors who wait all year for such a varied and diverse selection to choose from”, adds Craig Mark.
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This annual sculpture fair, the largest of its kind in South Africa, takes pride in its commitment to sustainability. This year, it presents over 200 works crafted from an array of eco-conscious materials, ranging from reclaimed wood and recycled glass to sustainable bronze, organic crystal, and responsibly sourced stone. In an era where environmental consciousness is paramount, SculptX showcases not only the versatility of the traditional art medium but also the dedication of South African artists to sustainable practices.
The artists featured in SculptX 2023 employ a diverse range of sustainable materials to express their artistic visions. Their creations encompass figurative works that celebrate the human body, pay homage to the natural world, or explore the built environment. In contrast, abstract sculptures captivate the viewer with their form, texture, and lines, offering a feast for the senses.
SculptX transcends traditional artistic boundaries to embrace eco-friendly creativity, revealing the richness and depth of sculptural expression. This event is a testament to the abundance of artistic talent in South Africa that has dedicated itself to promoting sustainability through three-dimensional art.
Established in 2017 by The Melrose Gallery in association with Melrose Arch, SculptX will grace multiple venues from September 1st until October 16th. The founder, Craig Mark, explains, 'We aimed to create a platform that not only promotes sculpture and sculptors but also aligns with our commitment to sustainability. We wanted to engage with the local community, art collectors, and enthusiasts to foster an appreciation for art that echoes our concern for the environment.'
The fair's inception was also a response to the burgeoning bronze-casting industry in South Africa, fostering both production and interest in sculpture. Consequently, outdoor sculpture parks have emerged across the country, driven by numerous art foundations and artists primarily focused on sustainable practices.
SculptX offers a space for artists at different stages of their careers, emphasizing sustainability as a core value. Esteemed artists such as Willie Bester, Pitika Ntuli, Andre Stead, and Strijdom van der Merwe share the stage with a younger generation of artists pushing the boundaries of sustainable sculptural expression. Names like Mandy Johnston, Simon Zitha, and Bridget Modema represent the vanguard of sustainable sculpture, alongside emerging and mid-career artists who are still exploring the possibilities.
The fair makes a concerted effort to amplify female voices in sculpture. Notable female artists like Wilma Cruise, Elizabeth Balcomb, Malebogo Molokoane, Rirhandzu Makhubele, and Heike Davies, among many others, debunk the misconception that sculpture is a male-dominated field. Mark adds, 'We've dedicated substantial efforts to sourcing female and young artists from previously disadvantaged communities, providing them with the invaluable platform they often lack and deserve, especially in the context of sustainable art.'
The fair employs a public call-out process that invites proposals from emerging artists, ensuring that SculptX remains an inclusive and dynamic platform. The selection process considered more than 300 submissions, ultimately choosing 200 works by 80 artists. This approach ensures that SculptX remains a place of artistic discovery, continuously surprising visitors with its thought-provoking and sustainable content.
These remarkable sculptures will be showcased at The Melrose Gallery and several indoor and outdoor venues in Melrose Arch. To make the art accessible to a global audience, the fair will once again feature an online viewing room, offering detailed information about the artworks and the artists. Whether you're near or far, you can enjoy and explore the wealth of sustainable creativity on display. Additionally, the fair will host panel discussions and workshops focused on the artists and the role of sculpture as a sustainable form of artistic expression."
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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS SCULPTX 2023
Alan Ainslie, André Stead, André Prinsloo, Anita Finken, Annemie Odendaal, Arno Morland, Ben Tuge, Bercia Roos, Bridget Modema, Bulumko Mbete, Candice Kramer, Carl Roberts, Carol Cauldwell, Cassian Robbertze, Cecilia Wilmot Ballam, Ciara Dunsby, Clive Sithole, Corne Du Plessis, Cornelia Stoop, David Hlongwane, Debbie Farnaby, Diana Miller, Dominique Albinski, Elizabeth Balcomb, Esther Mahlangu, Gill Glyn-Jones, Gordon Froud, Hannelie Coetzee, Heike Taschner Jeske, Heike Davies, Hendrien Horn, Ilana Seati, Irvin Nkwanyana, James Cook, Jenny Nijenhuis, Jo Rogge, Joanne Mcgilvray, Kathy Robins, Keith Zenda, Keith Calde, Kennth Shandu, Kganya Mogashoa, Landia Davies, Lebohang Motaung, Louis Chanu, Luyanda Mkhize, Malebogo Molokoane, Marieke Prinsloo, Maritza Breitenbach, Mark Chapman, Mark Swart, Martli Jansen Van Rensburg, Mhlonishwa Chiliza, Nicola Roos, Nindya Bucktowar, Olwethu De Vos, Phahlo Mtangai, Philiswa Lila, Phillipah Rumano, Phumzile Buthelezi, Pierre Fourie, Pitika Ntuli, Rirhandzu Makhubele, Sahlah Davids, Samuel Allerton, Sandro Trapani, Sarah Richards, Simon Zitha, Siyabulela Ndodana, St John Fuller, Strijdom Van Der Merwe, Tamary Kudita, Tawanda Mcdonald, Tay Dall, Thato Kokwana, Theophelus Rikhotso, Uwe Pfaff, Willie Bester, Wilma Cruise and Zenande Mketeni
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Artists
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Philiswa Lila
Philiswa Lila is a visual artist, curator and scholar who is fascinated by the socially relevant and timely issues of authorship and agency. She works across different genres and mediums including oil and acrylic paintings, sculpture and beadwork that often show influences of her isiXhosa culture.
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Dr Willie Bester
I am sometimes tempted to go to the seaside and to paint beautiful things from nature. But I do not do it because my art has to be taken as a nasty tasting medicine for awakening consciences.
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Andre Prinsloo
My work is not conceptual but often an emotional response to the world that I experience. Humanrelationships, problems and emotions find expression through the human figure. The construction of theinternal armature is part of the sculpture’s creative journey leading to the shapes and forms in space–line andvolume. At some point during this process the work takes on a life of its own. At this point the dialoguebetween me and the sculpture begins. This is almost the only reason why I sculpt–this innerexploration of myrelationship to the world that I find myself in
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Pitika Ntuli
Following in the tradition of the ‘Renaissance Man’, Pitika Ntuli is a true artistic, political and academic polymath. Interested in exploring the contradictory relationship between tradition and modernity, Ntuli’s witty and dark reflections on our society are captivating and visionary.
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Wilma Cruise
Themes explored in Cruise’s work include the interface between humans and animals with particular emphasis on communication. In her doctoral thesis, “Thinking with Animals: An exploration of the animal turn through art making and metaphor”, she explores conditions of muteness – silent, internal battles in the search for meaning that crosses the species divide.
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Simon Zitha
Simon Zitha wishes to communicate and give voice to those who are not able to speak for themselves and perhaps might be overlooked. In the large-scale bronze tableaux, ‘Sunrise and Bova’, he gives recognition to the relationship between a canine and feline, in a momentary tense yet playful dance. Simon often works in stone and bronze.
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Elizabeth Balcomb
My pieces explore the relationship between human and animal worlds, suggesting that identity is fluid, mysterious and beautiful, and that consciousness is a common condition, not the sole attribute of human beings.
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Ben Tuge
Tuge's love of Africa, life and family and his respect of fellow human beings and the spirit of Africa are captured in every grain of wood he touches.
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Alan Ainslie
Alan Ainslie has established himself as a wildlife artist adept at capturing the untamed spirit of Africa in his drawings, paintings and sculptures. His portrayal of the wildlife of the African savannas gives us an insight into their world in the most striking style.
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Arno Morland
You know what I like? I like looking at things from behind thick, plate glass. You can't hear a thing. I love to watch trees swaying and bending and shivering in the wind in total silence. I love sitting in a downtown coffee shop, watching people walk by. Because glass separates, so that you can imagine other people and other things as distinct from yourself - although, of course, they are not.
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Andre Stead
Andre Stead is a celebrated sculptor who is passionate about the human form. He works across different mediums including plastic, metals, and even carbon fibre to create sculptures that often have a beautiful almost Art Deco form.
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Cassian Robbertze
Humanity is intrinsically self-centered. We 'want', and conservation is never our first prerogative. We will not achieve enlightenment as a species until we realise that it is self-destructive to destroy. What you destroy ultimately has a direct impact on you.
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James Cook
My work aims to capture moments of intense emotion and allow the audience to be temporarily consumed by it. This explains why I am drawn to the themes of love, connection and relationships.
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Briget Modema
My soul mission is to bring visual awareness of subtle energies. Subtle energy is the cord connection you share with the environment around you. It is your body's sensory experience that links to thoughts, feelings, emotions, and other human beings.
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Pierre Fourie
Born in 1985 in Johannesburg South Africa. Grew up in Krugersdorp. After matriculating in 2003 studied Garden Designing and Horticulture. Three things he loves - Nature, Design and Creating new and unique things. After starting his professional career as a Garden Designer it did not take long for him to fall into the hard landscaping side and construction formed part of this.
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Rirhandzu Makhubele
My work deals with matters that I experience subconsciously and spontaneously. I relive my upbringing memories, trying to understand how one occurrence relates to the next, leading to the person I am today.
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Theophelus Rikhatso
My practice explores thoughts, memories and everyday life scenes, including inequalities and identity in a contemporary South Africa. My artworks aim to provoke thought and engage my audiences intellectually. The images that form my work are inspired by photography and observations. As a multi-disciplinary artist working with sculptures, installations, paintings and drawings, my work combines ready-made objects and various mediums.
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Sandro Trapani
Trapani (Sandro) reflects on a sense of beauty that is redolent of memory and experience in Tragodia Series. The places and moments of nostalgia, and at times melancholia, are recollections that are not always definitive or distinctive but are often fleeting and at times unidentifiable, as if rediscovered in another context. There is a sense of the historical but a loss of milieu. The portraits resonate with a personal experience not quite fully preserved. They become archives of collected or reclaimed memories that occasionally reveal themselves – as if accidentally found while searching for something else.
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Carl Roberts
The emphasis is on magic, accident, irrational, symbols and dreams. Carl Roberts is a master craftsman and sought after visual artist who gently massages natural materials such as bone, wood, bronze, and stone to expose the hidden message in their form, patina, grain and textures.
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Cecilia Wilmot Ballam
Wilmot’s creative destiny was determined from an early age, having grown up in a family of artists. She recalls helping to prepare and frame her Father (Martin Wenkidu’s) paintings every year for the long haul to exhibit at the Grahamstown Festival, where at age twelve she sold her first sculptures from an open suitcase.
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Gordon Froud
Gordon Froud is most well-known for his iconic bright orange traffic cone virus sculptures but he works in many different media, from drawing to animation and multi-media, and at scales from the very small to the extra large. His work is concerned with modularity, repetition, the unexpected use of non-traditional materials, and the underlying sacred geometry to be found in everything including daily life, the city, landscape, the world’s religions and the universe.
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Keith Calder
Whilst working at the Kruger Park many years ago, Keith contracted malaria, and during his recuperation he started to explore an interest in sculpture. Conflicted between his commitment to conservation and a possible career in the arts, the decision to leave the bush and become a sculptor was made easier when he received his first important commission.
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Mark Chapman
My work is generally fun and whimsical. I guess my work is a combination of cartoon and Pop Art. Putting a smile on someone’s face when they see my work is very satisfying. I don’t worry too much about proportions, as they can in themselves, create something interesting. My figurative work literally grows organically from the feet upwards.
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Mark Swart
My work is a process of form reaching towards beauty. Whether it being design, sculptural, architectural or functional. The design philosophy is simple: form follows function, using only the essential lines to define the object, it’s about how form presents itself, the message it conveys and the feelings that it calls forth.
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David Hlongwane
Central to my work is humanity, and most notably, the human head, the center of thought, reason, and creativity. My sculptures reflect an intense relationship between myself and the clay with which I am working.
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Nicola Roos
My work suggests that this shifting state of culture and a resulting sense of rootlessness is so much more apparent at the dawn of what Okwui Enwezor calls post-Westernism – a possibly threatening, unstable no man’s land that we find ourselves in today. However, my characters are no longer individuals, but rather elements of an imagined realm beyond official history. They are the embodiment of a local cultural breakdown and a communal future where beliefs, assumptions and knowledge about place and culture can be deconstructed and re-negotiated.
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Phahlo Mtangai
A performer and puppeteer, Phahlo Mtangai loves his culture and African Religion.
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Sarah Richards
Sarah is experienced and well versed at executing commissioned tasks; from small coffee table pieces, portrait busts and monumental statues. She works closely with her client to creatively express their vision in the bronze works she sculpts.
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Siyabulela Ndodana
A quote from a book, a verse from a poem, a lyric of a song, or a simple chat with a friend becomes a medium to motivate and inspire. Siyabulela Ndodana sees himself as not only as a motivational sculptor. Working in clay he translates the words of the Wiseman into figures to inspire and motivate his audience.
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Carol Cauldwell
Carol Cauldwell was born in Germiston in 1968 and grew up in the beautiful surroundings of Magaliesburg. Inspired by her Father’s love for art, she joined the Johannesburg school of Art, Ballet, Drama and Music, first specialising in music and then changing over to art
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Debbie Farnaby
In 2018, towards the end of my career in the corporate world, I began paining in oils, mainly large format landscapes that rangede between realism and impressionism with a focus on light, specificallt reflected light. I have always been intrigued by the way that light reflects off surfaces and the way that colours are ameliorated by the light source, hence my intrest in shadows . reflections, refraction and shade.
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Dominique Albinski
Dominic Albinski was born in Johannesburg, in 1975. He started sculpting at a young age at the Art classes of Mercia Desmond. From the start, he was in contact with the themes that would follow him his whole life. He had an exhibition on Mandela Square in 2004 in Sandton. After finishing St John’s College he left for Paris and later Warsaw where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. His first major exhibitions where in Normandy France and at the Canadian and South African Embassies in Warsaw.
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Glen Cook
Glen Cook, born 1988, studied Product Design at the Cape Town University of Technology. Growing up north of Cape Town in a small coastal community, was introduced to art at a young age and encouraged to create. Drawing inspirations from the works of Ralph Steadman, his dark illustrations and eclectic style. South African artist William Kentridge and his mastery of mix medium and Alex Garant with her expression of mental issues
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Jean Doyle
Jean Doyle’s work is renowned all over the world and her veneration of the fuller female figure has become a trademark of her work as well as a tool for social commentary. Her work is an investigation into the character of woman. The woman is presented as bold, capable and confident. Her body is as bounteous as her beauty. She lacks nothing. Her self-image remains intact and indifferent to fashionable trends. She exudes resilience, strength and warmth.
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Jenny Nijenhuis
My work explores identity and our place in the world through the use of the human body. This exploration draws on how you come to accept “who you are” or rather “who you have identified with being” and how this identity is influenced by life in society. I am particularly interested in stereotypical beliefs which lead to stereotypical behaviour patterns. Belief systems which keep us trapped in binary opposition and acts which cast us in conformity or complacency and result in lonely crowds and the radical absence of freedom.
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Uwe Pfaff
Uwe Pfaff is a dreamer-artist whose fertile ideas continually spring to life in dream-driven mythological figures, creatures and animals that dance, prance, or swim, whether birthed in his signature stainless steel or expressed in a myriad of diverse media of which he is master. His works also explore the concept of identity and what it is to be human. Pfaff’s works tease engagement by virtue of their irreverence, wit and often tactile presence. They whisper a joyful playfulness which can stimulate equally serious reflection.
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Annemie Odendaal
Annemie Odendaal is afemaleSouth African artist residing in Pretoria. She obtained her BAInformation Design degree at the University of Pretoriain 1991. After working a few years ingraphic design, she took a break to doextensive travelling and explore other businessopportunities. After 25 years in construction, she finally made the leap of faith to returnbackto art in 2019, exploringartthrough a variety of fine art mediums.
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Bercia Roos
Bericia Roos is an artist who finds beauty and purpose in discarded items. An interior decorator and fashion designer by profession, she continued creating three-dimensional art from discarded and pre-loved materials after completing her first recycled art figurine as a birthday gift for a speech friend. She explores rebirth and connections to the past through the repurposing of junk and scrap from various sources, from found objects to her husband’s workshop and Johannesburg salvage yards.
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Candice Kramer
Born 1974 in Johannesburg, Candice Kramer holds a BA in Fine Arts from the University of the Witwatersrand. Candice’s first solo shows in Johannesburg were held at Obert Contemporary and NIROX projects respectively. Her work has been acquired by both private and corporate collections including Spier, Nandos, RMB and First Rand and South African workers museum. Kramer was selected to be on the emerging painters show at T.A.F 2017 curated by Jessica Webster and was the winner of the Multi & New Media Category Award of the Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards 2018 as well as a recipient of Lizamore and Associates Mentorship award for 2019. In 2020 she held her third solo exhibition with Kalashnilovv gallery.
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Ciara Dunsby
Ciara Dunsby (b.2000, Cape Town, South Africa) is a sculptor and installation artist currentlyliving in Cape Town. She graduated with a BA(FA) from the Michaelis School of Fine Art(University of Cape Town),withdistinctions in both her theoretical andpractical studies.She wastherecipient oftheSimon Gerson Awardfor her graduateexhibition.In 2023,shecompleteda two month residency at FEDE Arthouse studio, Cape Town,which concludedinanexhibition. She wasshortlistedfor theCassirer WelzAward,issued by Bag Factory Artists’Studio, and exhibited her workatStrauss & Coi n Johannesburg.She will be completing a three month residency with SouthernAfrican Foundationfor Contemporary Art. (SAFFCA) in September 2023
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Corné du Plessis
I have had a varied career from working in the corporate sector to owning a franchise store, part of an international brand. In 2013 my life journey once again took a new direction when I decided to pursue my passion for photography as a full-time career. My own fitness goals and understanding of the male physique has quickly led to me honing the skill of male portrait and fitness photography, which naturally evolved into DUDOIR photography. I enjoy the challenges each client presents and with “out of the box” thinking, I aim to make each session different and special.
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Cornelia Stoop
Cornelia Stoop obtained a BA fine arts degree at Tshwane University of Technology in 2006.RecentGroup exhibitions: SculptX (2022) Melrose gallery, Rust en Vredegallery in Durbanville, IS Artgallery Stellenbosch, Trent gallery Pretoria,Turbine art fairwith Carol Lee in JHB.With IS Art at Linteloo inZeist, Holland 2017, and Fynarts festival in Hermanus 2013.Private collections including Ellerman House, Capetown, Barloworld, “Speenvarkie” (Sculpture, cement ensteel), UNISA Collection, “Abacus” (Ceramic paper and steel) acquired in August 2006, UNISA Collection,“Untitled” (Ceramic and wood) acquired in August 2006
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Diana Miller
The main premise underlying my work is biocentrism, where all living components are seen as central and I have been working predominantly with environmental and societal issues for the past 29 years, my work may loosely be seen to fall within the ambit of Ecofeminism which ”grounds the ecological perspective in social realities” which suggests that the unequal treatment of women is allied to the mistreatment of all else. Although in creating my work I try to use as much recycled media as possible, such as found metal, broken glass, found flying ant wings. I also use clay which is only fired once in an electric kiln and sometimes re-fired with sawdust, dead aloe leaves or other used found materials in place of glazing and the refiring in an electric kiln. I do however use more traditional materials such as oil and acrylic paint and cold wax. I enjoy mixing painting and sculpture in the same work or using traditionally seen female craft techniques such as embroidery or beading in both sculpture and painting.
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Gill Glyn-Jones
GillGlyn-Jones is a contemporarySouth AfricanartistspecializinginthepreciousmetalSilver.My father was asculptor,and my mother was a writer.Ihave always had the need to create and havetriedmany different mediums throughout mylife andmajored in arthistoryin my undergraduate degree.WhenImoved to Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) as a young married woman,Ifell in love with the emerging Shonasculpture.Thishas been anenduring influence on my work, together with Celtic art in terms of fluidity andtensions of curves in whatever mediumIwas using
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Hannelie Warrington-Coetzee
Hannelie Warrington-Coetzee (b. 1971, South Africa) is a visual artist based in Johannesburg. Herrelational practice regularly centreson public spaces, where she produces artwork that rangesfrom ephemeral to permanent. Originating out of her respect and concern for the environment,Coetzee employs found materials, most often reclaimed industrial waste, to form unlikelypartnerships with the surrounding land. Research into these materials and the context of theirdeployment on-site remains a fundamental component of Coetzee’s process, allowing her toorient her work around its immediate community and locate meaning inherent to the materialsused. Across disciplines, Coetzee’s practice seeks to marry environmental science and socialaction to better encourage empathy for and engagement with nature.
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HEIKE ALLERTON - DAVIES
HEIKE ALLERTON - DAVIES was born in Johannesburg in 1976 and grew up in the Eastern Cape city of East LondonAfter matriculating from Clarendon Girl’s High School she travelled for year before returning to South Africa to do afoundation course in art and design at the East London TechIn 1997 she moved to Cape Town to study art at the Michaelis School of Art at UCT where she completed a 4 year honoursdegree majoring in paintingSince graduating Heike has worked as a painter and produced a number of exhibitions which have been shown in both CapeTown and Johannesburg.She has shown works in a number of galleries in the UK, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, as well as Australia
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Heike Taschner Jeske
Heike matriculated from the German School in Pretoria.She studied Fine Art at the Tshwane University of Technology, enjoying 13 subjects including textiles, ceramics, painting, life-drawing with Carl Jeppe, art theory, sculpture, photography and print making.Heike then joined the Interior Architecture Department, finishing with a BTech Cum Laude. After studying,she dedicated her time to the exploration of the rose and managing the family’s farm restaurant.She has created ample rose related artand spoken on radio and TV shows, sharing her knowledge of this flower.After 13 years of rose business, she acquired a studio at Dionysus Sculpture Works in 2021 and now enjoys the discourse amongst the artists.She devotes her time to her calling and gift–ART.Her worken compasses mixed media,printmaking,installationart and from small to massive, light weight,suspended artworks.
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Hendrien Horn
When I finally grasped that I had pushed my body too far, it was already too late. A chest injury from overworking on my pottery wheel in 2019 halted my work abruptly and without warning. Being unable to create hand-made pottery works at the time, I tried to fathom my future as an artist. As my body took the time it needed to heal well into the Covid 19 Lockdown, I felt completely isolated in my fear. I preoccupied my time with research where I stumbled across a headline that would become a catalyst, propelling me into an artistic movement I never knew existed.
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Ilana Seati
Ilana Seati is an establishedSouth African contemporary painterwho createsfigurative and abstractworks that explore concepts of truth and fantasy. In particular, she searches for the ways in which we moveacross the boundaries of reality and fiction in our lives and how these two concepts can shape our worlds.Shewas born in Israel and moved to South Africa inthe eighties, whereshestudied artat theBillAinsley Johannesburg Art Foundation. Ilanaonlystarted focusing on her art career and exhibitingregularly after 2000
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Irvin Nkwanyana
Irvin Mlungisi Nkwanyana is a Johannesburg based visual artist specializing in Cold casting as a main medium for his sculptures. He has a National Diploma in Graphic design. He uses his art to instigate some social issues and to unwrap the core values of African livelihood, their traditions and customs. His love for art took direction when Sarah Richards saw his potential and dedicated her time in refining his natural talents. He has showcased his work in different exhibitions around Johannesburg, Durban, working with renowned art curators in South Africa. His latest collection was exhibited at the Bloemfontein Museum as part of the ArtBank commissioning program 2020-2021. He also took part on various projects including the execution of the late Dr AB Xuma for the National Heritage Monument which has greatly shaped his career as an Artist.
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Jo Rogge
“Where to begin when being an Afrikaner was a shame? Being German of any sort was shameful.Being a woman was a shame and it became increasingly obvious that being lesbian and, in currentterminology, non-binary was, well, the cherry on top.”–Jo Rogge,‘Marij van Angola, Paul Kruger and the caretaker of the Stellenbosch Cemetery:territoriality, belonging and loss’This excerpt from current writing by the artist Jo Rogge, on their interrogation of heritage and familialroots,rather than providing answers to their questions, posits more questions. It is a deep reflection ontheir position in the constructs of family, community and history
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Joanne McGilvray
Studied sculpture at the Ruth Prowse Art College under MaureenLangley andworkedat the Bronze Age Foundry in Simon’s Town.Shefacilitated the Life Modelling classes at the Ruth Prowse,taughtsculpture privately for many yearsandcontinues to teach from herstudio in Kalk Bay.
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Kathy Robins
Kathy Robins is a Cape Town based artist working in sculpture, installation and print making Media. She holds a BA in Social Science from UCT, a Textile and Product Design degree from Parsons School of Design in NY and an MA in Fine Art from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT. Her practice combines a commitment to social development, a deep concern for the environment and explorations of the life cycles of materials and objects. Her recent outdoor installations included solo exhibitions at Creation Wines Estate in Hermanus (Re-Turn) in 2022-23 and at Tokara, Stellenbosch (Axis) in 2018-19.
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Keith Zenda
Keith Zenda is self taught artist born in Chirumanzu rural area on 19/06/85 and is amulti award winnner Artist. He discovered his talent at the young age of ten. Hebecame a full time artist in 2003 after finishing his secondary school.His work is inspired by his rural life background and his work also projects theZimbabwean and African Ubuntu spirit, it also portrays the essence of our rich cultureand belonging.Keith Zenda has done exhibitions locally and internationally. He is also doingmentorship programs ,training the upcoming artists to be more skillful on their art
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Kenneth Shandu
Kenneth Shandu was born in 1993 in KwaMbonambi in the north of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Shandu is currently based in Durban where he practices his creative work. He is a South Africanpracticing contemporary artist who works with a variety of materials and mediums to make drawings,prints, sculptures, and installations. The body of his work generally addresses the issues ofeconomically marginalized masses in Post-Apartheid South Africa which includes the everydayexperiences of homelessness and subsistence farmers. He is a founder the art program called Unlearnto Learn under the Bhuju Art and Design where he works with Durban based artists to run artworkshops. Shandu is currently finisheshis master’s degree of Fine Art and work as a teachingassistant under the Art Extended Program at the Durban University of Technology (DUT).
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Kganya Mogashoa
Kganya is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist who primarily creates mixed media and oil paintings. She focuses on portraiture, and her artwork is inspired by people in and around her life, her journey with God, her momentous life events, and the desire to resolve social ills closely related to women and mental health.
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Landia Davies
Landia is a contemporary South African sculptress working in clay that is then cast in bronze. Her work is modern and off-beat. She aims to evoke a naive sense of joy through her works and encourage the viewer to embrace the power of vulnerability
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Lebohang Motaung
Born in Sebokeng, South Africa, Lebohang Motaung studied at the Vaal University of Technology where she got her degree in fine art with a major in printmaking. Her career accelerated when she earned a certificate of excellence in printmaking at Artist Proof Studios in Johannesburg in 2015 and international opportunities started to come her way.
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Louis Chanu
Louis has been sculpting since childhood, following and learning from the patterns in nature.Having lived in mainlyrural:South Africa, Swaziland and Elgin, has influenced his work immensely.What sets Louis’ workapart is his innovative use of materials and his ability to transform these into creative worksthat evoke a powerful response from the viewer. His organic shapes and human figures are signatures of his style.He has exhibitied both locally and internationally; from a career which has spanned 30 years
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Luyanda Mkhize
Luyanda Mkhize is a Johannesburg based artist. Born & raised in a township called Kwamashu in Durban. He spent most of his childhood doodling comic characters & writing comic book story lines. After he matriculated at Rossburgh High School he went on to study Human Resources Management at Berea Tech, he later dropped out to go study Fine Art at Durban university of Technology where he would major in painting & sculpture.
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Malebogo Molokoane
Malebogo Molokoane was born on 22 September 1990 in Rustenburg, North West. Upon graduatingfrom High School and later graduating at the Impala Platinum Sports Academy, she then worked as amechanical assistance for 4 years. Thougheducated in top tier environments, she continued to enrolwith the Tshwane University of Technology and obtain her Postgraduate Diploma in Fine and AppliedArt. She is currently specialising inglass andis employed as a parttime lecturein the glass studio.Molokoane is the 2022 Gerard Sekoto winner, awarded as the most promising South African artistfor continual growth in her work.
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Marieke Prinsloo-Rowe
Having grown up on a farm, Marieke Prinsloo-Rowe has been sculpting with whatever she could find ever since she can remember. She completed her BA Fine Art Honours degree at the University of Pretoria, with a major in sculpture and is currently completing her Masters Degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. A constant theme of Prinsloo-Rowe's body of work, is an exploration of the sculpted human figure. She is intrigued by the way in which sculpture mimics the three dimensionality of the human presence and thus the powerful dialogue it invites - from human to human look-alike.
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Maritza Breitenbach
I am the author of the national and international award-winning non-fiction book, The Cookie Book: Celebrating the Art, Power and Mystery of Women’s Sweetest Spot. The book was inspired by a long-held desire to dispel misconceptions that hamper women’s self- and body image, growth and happines. I am not formally educated in the arts but attended Studio Visio Art School under the guidance of Barend Grobelaar in Potchefstroom for three years before relocating to the Western Cape. After a nearly 20-year absence in the art world, I am a relatively ‘new face’ in the art arena.
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Mhlonishwa Chiliza
Mhlonishwa Chiliza’s first exhibition was Imago Mundi. Luciano Benetton Collection. Mappa dell’arte nuova at Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice in 2015, and the most recent exhibition was Ikhono Lasenatali at KZNSA - KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts in Durban in 2019. Mhlonishwa Chiliza is most frequently exhibited in Italy, but also had exhibitions in South Africa. Chiliza has at least no solo shows but two group shows over the last 4 years (for more information, see biography). A notable show was Imago Mundi. Luciano Benetton Collection. Mappa dell’arte nuova at Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice in 2015. Another notable show was at KZNSA - KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts in Durban. Mhlonishwa Chiliza has been exhibited with Pepe Cerdá and Lucia Coray.
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Nindya Bucktowar
Nindya is a multi-disciplinary artist who experiments with clay and mixed media to create installations inspired by natural and urban landscapes. She specialises in topographical ceramic sculpture as a medium for space-making to create and immersive experiences of objects in space. The realisation of her technically and conceptually complex work is made possible through her cumulative experience in art, science and architecture.
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Olwethu de Vos
I want to advocate and create a space for healing with my art for this body of work. Myself and the world have been in turmoil for the past 3 to 4 years due to the COVID 19 pandemic, thankfully because of the advancement of technology and medicine we have passed the worst stage of it, we are now able to control and prevent the virus. Albeit there is still an ongoing battle of mental health and well being in a variety of ways including through isolation and loneliness, job loss and financial instability, illness and grief.
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PHILLIPAH RUMANO
My work displays a personal and intimate self discovery, self exploration and self embracement.Born in a family of male sculptors and existing in a world where stone sculpting seems masculine and male dominated fueled my passion to explore the balance of femininity and societal gender norms in my work hence also emerging as the first female stone sculptor in my family.The spring stones I use, mainly found in my home country Zimbabwe, makes me feel groundedand connected to my roots as a person who is living in a foreign land often struggling with thelack of belonging.
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Phumzile Buthelezi
Phumzile Buthelezi was born during the Soweto Uprising and her artistic journey began with early recognition, winning a drawing competition during her time at Thulani Primary School. She continued to develop her craft and pursued formal art education at Artist Proof Studio. Over the years, Phumzile's art has garnered patronage from notable figures and organizations, and she has participated in numerous exhibitions both locally and internationally. Her work showcases a diverse range of themes and has been featured in prestigious galleries and events. As a prolific artist, Phumzile Buthelezi continues to captivate audiences with her thought-provoking and dynamic creations.
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Sahlah Davids
Sahlah Davids was born in 1998 in Cape Town. Delving into the mediums of textiles and beadwork, mixed media artist Sahlah Davids, uses her heritage and strong affiliation to the realm of religious politics to sow the seeds of her creativity. Since completing her bachelor’s degree in Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 2020, Sahlah has pursued the intricacies of religion and politics within the field of art and their relationship as one. Thereafter furthering the search for connection between these elements and the curation of pieces that embody it. Through this plight began the creation of the foundation that her work is built on today.
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Tamary Kudita
A product of dual heritage, Tamary Kudita was born in Zimbabwe whilst her ancestry can be traced back to the Orange Free State, historical Boer state in Southern Africa. An award-winning photographer, she maintains an active studio practice and has exhibited in Zimbabwe and outside the country. Her investigation into the legacy of colonialism in family structure, has resulted in exhibitions around the world; they delve into the history of the Post-colonial identity.
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Zenande Mketeni
In my work I explore the discourse around black women in post-colonial South Africa in relation to Xhosa culture. There is a need to reimagine the representation of what A black Xhosa woman is, re-invasion the spaces she resides and in which she exists within her culture. I believe that black women contribute to the importance of cultural theologies. They bring their gender not as fragile but as a strong culture and their socioeconomic conditions wanting these theologies to address their whole beings which are complex and have duality. Due to patriarchy woman get little to no recognition of their significance within their cultures and community. So, I have fashioned a world where there is potential for a realm of pure possibility, where the human and non-human, ghosts and cultural being occur in a matriarchal world, one where women reign supreme.
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St John Fuller
Initially I was very much into the purity of creating images with the cameras that I built. Over the last while I have started to take things further. Not only I have started to explore the social and political aspects of living in South Africa, I have also started to explore further how I take photographs, what I take photographs of, and then finally, what I then do with the results. If you are interested in any of the works shown on my site please do not hesitate in contacting me. I would be more than happy to assist.
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Samuel Allerton
Samuel Allerton (°1976) was born in the Eastern Cape of South Africa where he enjoyed the freedom of a carefree childhood, first living on the banks of the Bonza Bay river and later on a farm surrounded by open spaces. He was the second son of four children and grew up in a household where music was an integral part of family life.
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Strijdom van der Merwe
Strijdom van der Merwe is a South African award-winning land artist who uses materials he finds on-site to create his artworks. His materials include sand, water, wood, rocks and stone. Strijdom is also a sculptor and contemporary artist whose art, sculptures, limited edition prints, and art installations form part of art collections, art routes, sculpture parks, and residences internationally. His work makes a statement about our relationship with the land and is informed by an open dialogue with sites and spaces. View his artist profile for more information, contact him about commissioned art, and view his Land Art, Installation & Sculptural Art, Wood Sculptures, Drawings, And Videos.
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Martli Jansen van Rensburg
Since graduating from Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa) in 2000, Martli has dedicated 3 focused years training and practicing as an apprentice, artist and designer in England, Germany, and Scotland. In 2004 she studied Glass design at Kalmar University in Sweden and did an artist residency in Scotland. In 2003 she established a glass company called MOLTEN, where they produce recycled glassware. Whiles designing for Molten, Martli lectured 4 years part time at Tshwane University of Technology, Fine Arts department. Molten design work was chosen for Crafts Now award and she has won best Tableware section in the Elle Decorations Edida Awards.
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Tay Dall
Tay Dall has been a fulltime painter for over 30 years. She started taking art classes at 8 years old and followed her education to a Bachelor’s degree at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT. She has done more than a hundred exhibitions in her long and successful career and is represented by galleries throughout South Africa and internationally. Tays art studio is located in the beautiful seaside village of Hermanus in the Western Cape, South Africa.
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Thato Kokwana
Thato Kokwana is a anti-disciplinary artist born and bred in Morokweng,North West, South Africa. The 26 year old specialised in glass forming in hisBtech studies in 2019 and he now works in various mediums including charcoaldrawings. The artist’s passion spreads into graphic design and his work isinspired by the beauty and inexorable flow of time in everyday life experiences,the socio-political issues in South Africa and the ever-evolving street culture
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