Tag: Southern African artists

SASOL New Signatures Visual Art Competition 2025


This afternoon, five merit award winners, a runner-up up as well as the overall winner for this year’s edition of SASOL New Signatures Visual Art Competition have been announced through an opening ceremony presided over by Ms. Nozipho Mbatha, Group Brand Sponsorship Senior Manager for SASOL. Tammy Lee Baikie (Johannesburg), Rebecca Louise (Beck) Glass (Tshwane), Snelihle Asanda Maphumulo (Gqeberha), Vian Mervyn Roos (Pretoria) and Sarah Volker (Gqeberha) walked away with merit awards worth R 10 000.  While Thabo Treasure Mofokeng (Johannesburg) was announced as the runner-up, walking away with R 25 000, Juandré van Eck (Gqeberha) was confirmed as the overall winner for 2025.… Read More SASOL New Signatures Visual Art Competition 2025

Mmutle Arthur Kgokong/Intraparadox

Intraparadox, interview with Lelani Nicolaisen. Ode to UP. 04 Aug 23.


Despite the change in the ensembled artists in the present exhibition, in both Textured surfaces and Pieces and the world they inhabit exhibitions, both exhibitions give us the same insight into the nature of practices that these artists are engaged in. The difference is that the curator has elected to focus on close colleagues that she has worked with at the University of Pretoria. This intimacy is punctuated by the setting at the Pretoria Arts association.… Read More Intraparadox, interview with Lelani Nicolaisen. Ode to UP. 04 Aug 23.

Mmutle Arthur Kgokong/Intraparadox

Intraparadox, interview with Shenaz Mahomed. Curator, TAF’23 Talent-Grad Show. 28 Jul 23.


Shenaz Mahomed has curated TAF’23 Talent-Grad Show exhibition. I sat with her on the aternoon of 28 July to get an insight on this exhibition titled ‘I Now Pronounce You A Community’, Turbine Art Fair and the visual arts industry in general. … Read More Intraparadox, interview with Shenaz Mahomed. Curator, TAF’23 Talent-Grad Show. 28 Jul 23.

Mmutle Arthur Kgokong/Intraparadox