ARTIST STATEMENT Jean-Claude Desmergès’ work unfolds at the intersection of phenomenology, anthropology, and poïetics, forming a practice grounded in lived experience. Trained as both an artist and a theorist, he initially developed a gestural abstract painting practice before stepping away from the art world to pursue academic research on perception. This rupture proved foundational. Influenced […]

Hanlazuli

ARTIST STATEMENT I’m a mixed-media visual artist, with a focus on utilizing acrylics and charcoal to produce captivating works on paper and canvas. I view art as a powerful tool for storytelling, weaving narratives that resonate across cultures while drawing from my own heritage and personal experiences. My artistic approach involves a deliberate exploration of […]

Tyron Appolis

ARTIST STATEMENT The Moment is Now To Tyrone, the Artist In the quiet hours,your brush moves with intention,each stroke a testament to your journey—a dialogue between the canvas and your soul. You navigate the chaos,the weight of expectations,the critics who linger,their voices like shadows.But you stand firm,anchored in your truth. Your art is a reflection,a […]

Melany Ismail

ARTIST STATEMENT “I use my lens to challenge societal stereotypes of colouredpeople and give an authentic portrayal of coloured people,celebrating our resilience, culture and humanity. Rather thanfocusing on the hardships imposed by apartheid, I challengesocietal stereotypes, reclaiming dignity and pride for mypeople who have been too often overlooked.” As with the nature of impoverished communities, […]

Sepid

Sechi Art Studio treats the book as something built and worn at the edges - forgotten books and handcrafted notebooks are folded and layered into sculptural installations that turn text into texture.

Nduvho Mphidi

ARTIST STATEMENT I’m a mixed-media visual artist, with a focus on utilizing acrylics and charcoal to produce captivating works on paper and canvas. I view art as a powerful tool for storytelling, weaving narratives that resonate across cultures while drawing from my own heritage and personal experiences. My artistic approach involves a deliberate exploration of […]

Michael Oliver Love

Michael Oliver Love's Changing Shape explores the relationship between light and shadow — the sun's passage across the sky captured in fleeting, transformative moments.

SIBUSISO NGWAZI

Praying Mantis is a body of work rooted in the cultural, spiritual, and physical landscape of Cape Town's Bo-Kaap. Through sweeping gestures and rhythmic compositions, the collection explores the threshold where sacred reverence meets fluid movement — drawing on the daily echoes of prayer, the Nalayn Shareef, and the expressive textures of marbled calligraphy to create a choreographic dialogue between tradition and abstraction.

DION CUPIDO

Dion Cupido responds directly — and unapologetically - to the fractured realities of contemporary life, using painting as a space where ambiguity is not only allowed, but necessary.

Peter Webber

The paintings are my young vision of Table Mountain and Cape Town's light, and the happiness it gives us, in shape, colour and sound.

Guto Bussab

Lighting up each canvas with explosions immaculately placed in the death of the moment, Guto Bussab returns with another unbounded exhibition

That's Ash

My name is Ashley Algeria Ferreira otherwise known as That’s Ash, born & raised in the East of Johannesburg, I now call Cape Town my home.

HAGE MUKWENDJE

Hage Mukwendje is a Namibian visual artist based in Windhoek, working in mixed media that combines painting with newspaper collage to explore identity, history, and social narrative.

Catalogue - April 2026