2020 / REWRITE THE STORY
2020
REWRITE THE STORY
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
Cow Mash was born in Limpopo (birth name Kgaogelo Mashilo) and raised in Pretoria where she is currently based. In 2016 during her third year in University, Cow created her first life size public figure, representing freedom fighter Francis Baard, which forms part of the National Heritage Monument.
MULTI-DISCIPLINE ARTIST
Nkhensani Rihlampfu is a South African based multidiscipline artist born in the country’s northern province of Limpopo. Nkhensani studied fine arts at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, where he went on to obtain a B-Tech in Fine Arts. His art has been featured in a number of group and curated exhibitions in the Absa Gallery, Grahamstown Arts Festival, Pretoria Art Museum, RMB Turbine Art Fair and the FNB Joburg Art Fair, to name a few. Rihlampfu has worked at Workhorse Bronze Foundry, where they were involved in casting multiple artist’s sculptures including William Kentridge’s bronze pieces.
ABSTRACT ARTIST
Jo Roets’ background is in the film industry where she worked in the art department. She also had a full-time lecturing career, lecturing in painting, prosthetics, special effects, props fabrication, sculpting, mould-making and casting at a multimedia film school. In 2017, after 14 years as a senior lecturer, Jo exchanged her lecturing cap for that of a full time artist. Her abstract works conceived in ecru, ivory and earth tones, show the inspiration of patterns and shapes found in the visually and symbolically rich cultures of indigenous South Africans.
FINE ARTIST / PRINT MAKER
Lebohang Motaung was born in 1992 in Evaton but grew up in Sebokeng. She studied at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) where she earned both her Diploma (2012) and B-Tech (2013) in fine art, majoring in printmaking. Following was a certificate of excellence in printmaking at Artist Proof Studios (2015) in Johannesburg where her art career took an accelerative turn through local and international opportunities that came her way.
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTOR
This Artist is a dedicated contemporary African sculptor, installation artist as well as performance artist and fashion enthusiast, who currently lives and works in the small town Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa.
FINE ARTIST
Collen Maswanganyi was born in 1977 from an artistic family in Noblehoek village near Giyani, Limpopo province. He is a third generation artist in his family. His father Johannes Maswanganyi was a well-known artist who has exhibited internationally and his works forms part of prominent Private and public Collections worldwide.
JEWELLERY DESIGNER / BUSINESS WOMAN
James is a contemporary painter, printmaker and sculptor who works from a studio in Victoria Yards, near downtown Johannesburg. His work looks at the relationship between people and their environment, and he has become a campaigner for public green spaces, after restoring The Wilds, a 40 acre park in Johannesburg over a 6 year period. He has won several awards, including a BASA (Business Arts South Africa) Award for the 100 steel sculptures installed in The Wilds, and from the South African Institute of Architecture for the same project. His work has been shown in over 20 solo and group exhibitions in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Philadelphia and New York.
FASHION DESIGNERS / ARTISTS
Carlo Gibson and Dominique le Grange are both fashion designers and artists, with years of design experience, working in collaboration for this piece and future creative projects. “We would like to work towards uplifting women in our society though creative expression. Positive, strong feminine role models are so important for our girls. Women who are thoughtful leaders are our future.”
Gordon Froud has been actively involved in the South African and international art world as artist, educator, curator and gallerist for more than 30 years. He has shown on hundreds of solo and group shows.
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
Usha Seejarim is best known for her reinterpretation of ordinary and domestic objects. Making use of common materials such as safety pins, wooden pegs, irons and brooms, her work has a distinctly Dadaist influence. Her compositions result from repetitive acts of mark making alluding to themes related to time, chance, space and displacement.