Lebohang Kganye – Overall Winner 2017
Where does your passion for art come from? I actually started out writing poetry and doing storytelling, and then I was introduced to theatre when I was in high
Sthenjwa Hopewell Luthuli – Runner-Up 2017
Where does your passion for art comes from? In my early years back at school I couldn’t read and write and this made it challenging for me to interact
Goitseone Botlhale Moerane – Merit Winner 2017
Where does your passion for art comes from? It’s hard to explain where the internal desire to constantly create something that makes me feel very deeply, and that is
Francke Gretchen Crots – Merit Winner 2017
Where does your passion for art comes from? I grew up with my mother, who taught me everything I know about art and creating. It became a lifestyle rather
Emily Harriet Bülbring Robertson – Merit Winner 2017
Where does your passion for art comes from? My grandmother. Everything she did was art. She loved working with her hands and making things. She taught me how to
Carol Preston – Merit Winner 2017
Where does your passion for art come from? My passion for art comes from a basic human instinct to be quiet, to think and mentally wonder. My art is
Cara-Jo Tredoux Merit Winner 2017
Where does your passion for art comes from? My passion for art comes from my heart and started at a very young age. I grew up with artworks by
Sasol New Signatures Artist Statements
Winner: Lebohang Kganye Artist statement: Ke sale teng confronts how family photo albums no longer have a fixed narrative, but instead, opens us to reinterpret our past. Perhaps this