ARTISTS
Azael Langa
Azael Langa (b. 1988, Johannesburg) is a South African contemporary artist renowned for his pioneering use of smoke as a medium.
Treatwell Mnisi
Treatwell Mnisi (b. 1989, Mpumalanga) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his mastery of charcoal drawing.
Arlindo Maunde
Arlindo Maunde (b. 1983, Mozambique) is a Mozambican-born South African visual artist known for his intricate use of mixed media and found materials to explore themes of identity and migration.
David Tsoka
David Tsoka (b. 1993, Johannesburg) is a South African contemporary artist known for his vibrant, multi-layered paintings and murals that explore the intersections of geometry, nature, and the human psyche.
Sanusi Olatunji
Sanusi Olatunji (b. 1986, Nigeria) is a contemporary visual artist renowned for his innovative "fabric-collages" that breathe life into the waste of the fashion industry to celebrate African identity.
Steve Maphoso
Steve Maphoso (b. 1990, Luanda) is an Angolan-born visual artist celebrated for his emotive portraiture and mastery of charcoal and acrylic.
Nelson Makamo
Nelson Makamo (b. 1982, Modimolle) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his vibrant, emotive portraits and his mastery of charcoal and mixed media.
Kwandiwa Dlwati
Kwandiwa Dlwati (b. Eastern Cape) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his vibrant depictions of communal township life and his mastery of acrylic and charcoal.
Danisile Njoli
Danisile Njoli (b. 1993, Johannesburg) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his intricate storytelling and his mastery of charcoal and mixed media on paper and canvas.
Nisty Chatha
Nisty Chatha (b. Malawi) is a Malawian-born visual artist celebrated for his celebratory depictions of African life and his mastery of intuitive oil and acrylic painting.
Simphiwe Mlangeni
Simphiwe Mlangeni (b. Soweto) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his bold monochromatic works and his mastery of black enamel paint and printmaking.
Thandazani Ndlovu
Thandazani Ndlovu (b. 1985, Bulawayo) is a Zimbabwean-born visual artist celebrated for his soul-stirring portraits and his mastery of reverse-highlighting on black canvas.
Blessing Ngobeni
Blessing Ngobeni (b. 1985, Tzaneen) is an award-winning South African visual artist celebrated for his searing social commentary and his mastery of complex mixed-media collage.
Patrick Seruwu
Patrick Seruwu (b. 1972, Kampala) is a Ugandan-born visual artist celebrated for his profound portraits of women and his mastery of textured charcoal and acrylic.
Dario Manjate
Dario Manjate (b. 1971, Maputo) is a Mozambican-born visual artist celebrated for his innovative "Collage-Painting" technique and his mastery of recycled magazine fragments.
Dean Kelly
Dean Kelly (b. 1962, KwaZulu-Natal) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his large-scale public murals and his mastery of abstract African expression in acrylic.
Zakes Msane
Zakes Msane (b. 1986) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his evocative township narratives and his mastery of oil and acrylic on canvas.
Sylvester Falata
Sylvester Falata (b. South Africa) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his "Afro-Chic" silhouettes and his mastery of merging fine art with sartorial design.
Shadrack Bosman
Shadrack Bosman (b. South Africa) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his tactile, emotive portraits and his mastery of oil painting integrated with velvet and ribbons.
Isaac Mkhwanazi
Isaac Mkhwanazi (b. 1970, Soweto) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his sensitive narrative portraiture and his mastery of charcoal and pastel.
Conrad Bo
Conrad Bo (b. 1972, Pretoria) is a South African visual artist celebrated for founding the Superstroke art movement and his mastery of "Calculated Chaos" across painting and manifesto-driven art.
Nandipha Blaqrose
Nandipha Blaqrose is a South African visual artist celebrated for probing unsettling narratives of identity and her mastery of critiquing misconceptions surrounding masculinity and gender.
Anelle Steyn
Anelle Steyn (b. 1983, Middelburg) is a South African visual artist celebrated for her luminous, evocative portraits and her mastery of charcoal and oil on canvas.
Vanessa Lomas
Vanessa Lomas (b. Johannesburg) is a South African visual artist celebrated for her versatile natural studies and her mastery of the rare and precise medium of Indian Ink.
Leonard Baloyi
Leonard Baloyi (b. 1992, Soweto) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his introspective, line-heavy portraiture and his mastery of "scribble" techniques in oil and acrylic.
Navel Seakamela
Navel Seakamela (b. 1991, Soshanguve) is a South African visual artist celebrated for his evocative, gender-ambiguous silhouettes and his mastery of intimate, large-scale portraiture.
Teboho Makoatsa
Teboho Makoatsa (b. 1993, Boipatong) is a South African visual artist whose work explores the intricate relationship between human identity and the socio-political architecture of his surroundings.
Ofentse Motsoane
Ofentse Motsoane is a South African contemporary artist whose work explores the relationship between cultural identity, community, and the everyday experiences that shape South African life.
Semi Lubisi
Semi Lubisi (b. 1980, Ivory Park) is a self-taught South African artist whose work celebrates the beauty, energy, and resilience of everyday township life. Working across charcoal, watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media, Lubisi draws inspiration from the people, children, and communities around him, transforming familiar moments into expressive narratives.
Ramarutha Makoba
Ramarutha Makoba (b. 1984, Soweto) is a South African contemporary artist whose practice explores family, community, history, and the connections between people and place. His work combines figurative realism with vibrant, layered mark-making to create deeply personal reflections on South African life and the communities that shape it.
William Kentridge
William Kentridge (b. 1955, Johannesburg) is one of South Africa’s most internationally acclaimed contemporary artists. Working across drawing, printmaking, animation, film, sculpture, theatre, and opera, Kentridge explores memory, history, politics, and the complexities of South African identity. His celebrated charcoal drawings and animated works are characterised by their expressive mark-making, layers of erasure, and constant transformation, creating a distinctive visual language in which drawing becomes a record of both thought and time.
Sthu Manaka
Mthuthuzeli “Sthu” Manaka (b. 1986, Soweto) is a self-taught South African contemporary artist known for his abstract portraiture and surreal visual language. His work explores the spirit realm, identity, masculinity, and the universal nature of love, often transforming the human figure into an expressive exploration of the unseen. Through his distinctive approach to portraiture, Manaka creates works that exist between abstraction and representation, reflecting the emotional, spiritual, and psychological dimensions of contemporary life.