Catalogue - February 2025

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ARTIST STATEMENT In commemoration and remembrance of SS Mendi and South African NativeLabour Corps Supported by Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, uct’sCentre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Study.

LAURA STÖCKL

ARTIST STATEMENT I am a German-Luxembourgish artist based in Amsterdam. My work moves between color, fashion, and storytelling. With a background in high fashion — having worked with houses such as Louis Vuitton and Karl Lagerfeld — I developed a deep sensitivity to craftsmanship, material tension, and visual precision. Today, I use that foundation to […]

Frank Malaba

ARTIST STATEMENT When I think about the space we occupy as humanity, I see a world filled with a culture of ritualistic behavior at any given moment. By rituals, I mean not only ceremonial practices but also the everyday acts we perform out of habit or necessity—actions that, over time, become reflections of our identity […]

Rob Keith

concieved and conceptualised by Mandla Mbothwe ARTIST STATEMENT Sibebanye no SS Mendi” Rob’s craft in fashioning surreal photographic moodscapes and Mandla’s unique ability to create worlds that transform dreams into live performance form a powerful synergy—a collaboration that pushes both their chosen forms toward new and unpredictable testing grounds of ideas and energies. Their stories […]

ESMELINDA VISSER

ARTIST STATEMENT Through my work, I seek to challenge the silence that enables patriarchy to persist and to inspire meaningful social change. My portraits of women celebrate diverse cultures, highlighting their shared experiences under patriarchal systems. Initially, I focused on anonymous women, but as my work evolved—particularly after the tragic case of Rebecca Cheptege, who […]

ORY KATALAYI

ARTIST STATEMENT Red and blue are the most common colours we encounter around the world. Usually, red represents danger, while blue is associated with calmness. My personal preference is red, because it represents both vitality and warning — energy and power, courage and dominance — often increasing heart rate and demanding attention. It has the […]

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.

Buhle Nkalashe

Cape Town-based artist Buhle Nkalashe has always been interested in his African cultural heritage, the visual elements associated with it, and how it is evolving in response to a developing and changing world.

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.

JOOJ

A Capetonian Guinness World Record holding artist that works in a unique medium & loves film, reading & art history. JooJ paints, cuts & folds thousands of Origami Butterflies & gluesthem to perspex to tell his story.

NUSENU P MAWULI

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Nusenu Prince Mawuli, a Ghanaian artist born in 1987, is recognized for his unique artistic vision. He pursued tertiary education in arts, textile design, and technology in Ghana. In 2012, a move to South Africa marked the beginning of an artistic exploration that blends painting with textile collage to create captivating works on […]

BRUIN FESKENS

nothing is permanentnothing is finishednothing is perfectI show beauty without a face.Something away from lust, an expression of the moment.I believe in our strength, and that we are capable of more.To free the mind and let the body create.That a part of beauty is honesty.Free from the bondage of restrictions.True creativity in a grainy silence.Creating […]

SIMONE MARIE FARAH

Simone’s work presents realities that imply a deeper evaluation of the human experience. As an artist, she is intrigued by the interplay of spiritual and cultural traditions and how they can be conveyed through abstract expression.