Nosiviwe Matikinca (22), a third year student from Gqeberha, has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. Matikinca walks away with a cash prize of R100 000 and an opportunity to have a solo exhibition at the Pretoria Art
The winner of the 2022 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, Mondli Mbhele, will hold his first solo exhibition, Ingoma Yothando, alongside the Sasol New Signatures 2023 exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum from 7 September to 29 October 2023. Hailing from Cato Manor, Durban, Mbhele’s
The regional judging phase of the highly anticipated Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2023 has concluded across South Africa. A total of 765 entries were submitted nationwide. Out of these submissions, 118 exceptional works have been selected to proceed to the final round of judging,
Patrick Rulore, winner of the prestigious Sasol New Signatures Art Competition in 2019, has shared the impact that the competition has had on his life and career. Since his victory, Rulore‘s career has experienced a significant boost, affirming his artistic journey and providing him with
Entries are now officially open for the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2023. For the past 33 years, the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, founded by the Association of Arts Pretoria in the 1960s, has been a beacon for unbridled creativity and artistic exploration
The 2022 Sasol New Signatures Exhibition is officially open to the public, following the announcement of the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition Overall Winner, Mondli Mbhele, Runner-up Winner, Omolemo Rammile, and the five Merit Award winners at a ceremony in Pretoria on 24 August.
Full-time artist Mondli Mbhele (28) from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. Mbhele walks away with a cash prize of R100 000 and an opportunity to have a solo exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum
Two key events in the history of South Africa converge in Mondli Augustine Mbhele’s winning artwork for the 2022 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. The Durban-based artist references the Sharpeville massacre of 1960 and the 2020 protests around COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in Iphasi nesiphesheli, a
The Sasol New Signatures Art Competition is calling on all emerging artists to go beyond imagination by entering their artwork/s at one of several collection points across the country on Tuesday 7 June and Wednesday 8 June from 10:00 and 16:00. Thinking of entering? There are
It’s that time of year again – the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition is open for entries from emerging artists across the country. Being the longest-running competition of its kind in South Africa, Sasol New Signatures plays a pivotal role in unearthing new talent and
Entries are now officially open for the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2022. Being the longest-running competition of its kind in South Africa, Sasol New Signatures plays a pivotal role in unearthing new South African talent and providing a platform from which emerging artists
In 2019, the artist Patrick Rulore won the title of overall winner for the Sasol New Signatures competition. As part of his prize, he received the opportunity to have his own solo exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum in November 2021. Rulore was born in
With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, our lives have changed immeasurably. Now, more than ever, we are being called upon to seek out more innovative ways of navigating the world and our places in it. The arts industry has not been immune to this
In 2012, beneath the shade of a tree alongside the main road, Patrick Rulore began to explore the art of paint on canvas. A few years later, while he was busy completing a National Diploma in Fine Arts at the Tshwane University of Technology in
Entries are now officially open for the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2021. Being the longest-running competition of its kind in South Africa, Sasol New Signatures has become a platform for unknown artists to break into the mainstream art stage. Sasol has sponsored this
The call for entries for one of South Africa’s oldest and most respected art competitions, the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition, is now open. Now in its 31st year of existence, the competition calls on this year’s entrants to enter works that are ‘imaginative, transgressive,
The Sasol New Signatures Art Competition is presented annually in collaboration with the Association of Arts Pretoria and is the longest-running art competition in South Africa. Now in its 30th year, this prestigious competition has attracted thousands of entries from across the country and has
Pretoria student Patrick Rulore, 24, currently completing a National Diploma in Fine Arts at the Tshwane University of Technology, has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. Patrick Rulore has won the coveted award for his oil on canvas
This month sees the celebration of National Women’s Day on 9 August, ushering in a month-long opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements and the important role that women of all races and religions have played and continue to play in South Africa. In addition, 21 August
Sasol New Signatures Art Competition is the longest running competition of its kind in South Africa and has over the years provided a platform for unknown artists to break into the mainstream. In 2019 Sasol celebrates 30 years of sponsoring the competition in partnership with
The development of South African art and its artists owes a great deal to the longstanding presence of its nationwide art competitions. Competitions for emerging and established artists help the country to take stock of its many art-makers, and they also serve to motivate and
Entries are now officially open for the annual Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. Being the longest running competition of its kind in South Africa, Sasol New Signatures has over the years provided a platform for unknown artists to break into the mainstream. In 2019 Sasol
Meet Mulatedzi Simon Moshapo one of the awesome Sasol New Signatures 2018 Merit Winner Where does your passion for art come from? I am definitely influenced by the political instability happening across my mother continent, Africa where people are being forced to move to nearby countries and
Meet Pierre le Riche one of the amazing Sasol New Signatures 2018 merit winners Where does your passion for art come from? I was introduced to conceptual art about nine years ago and with academic training my thinking about art has developed into what I
Meet Debbie Fan, one of the awesome Sasol New Signatures 2018 Merit Award Winners. Where does your passion for art come from? Seeing and being inspired by other artists’ amazing creations. Briefly describe your artistic journey up until the point of entering Sasol New Signatures. I took