Raniel is an interdisciplinary artist exploring identity, memory, healing, and sustainability through abstract, material-driven processes.
Her practice centres on reclaimed wood, textiles, found materials, and digital media.
Using simplified silhouettes and abstract forms, she evokes presence, absence, and transformation.
Influenced by a background in biochemistry and public health, her work is experimental and process-led.
Bold, primary colours and textured surfaces guide the emotional rhythm of each piece.

Born in Cape Town, Emillio Liebenberg is an interdisciplinary artist who works across illustration, mural painting, and printmaking. His practice is defined by bold linework and expressive, character-driven imagery.

Working primarily in digital media, he develops each piece through layered techniques and intuitive mark-making. His process centres on emotional instinct, colour exploration, and embracing imperfections as a vital part of the creative path. The result is a body of work driven by raw energy, clarity of intention, and unrestricted creativity.

Lasisi Ridwan is a Lagos-based multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, and digital media. His practice explores cultural identity, social justice, and emotional transformation, translating personal experience into collective reflection.

Defined by bold colour, symbolism, and experimentation, Ridwan uses colour as a language—expressing truths and tensions often left unspoken. At the core of his work is Real1, a recurring figure embodying resilience, truth, and youthful defiance, serving as both personal avatar and collective mirror within contemporary African identity.

Swayzefingerrzis a Nigerian digital artist based in Lagos, working with digital collage and painting to create surreal, dreamlike visuals. His work combines stylized figures, floral symbolism, and textured environments to explore themes of self-discovery, growth, and transformation. Rooted in storytelling and emotional depth, his practice celebrates the beauty of nature and the human form while inviting viewers into layered, introspective worlds.

Kagiso Reuben portrays a strong sense of story-telling in his work; exploring his past and environment with a sense of child-like communication, as seen in the vivid use of colour blocking and scenery. His work considers both his personal context against the backdrop of an environment informed by political and social dynamics, with particularly emphasis on portraits with elements of caricature.

Cyril is a Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist transforming everyday moments into striking visual narratives. Working across photography and graphic design, he builds worlds filled with color, symbolism, and depth. His evolving body of work merges artistic intuition with technical precision, positioning him for international exhibitions and collaborations.

Nadia Wamunyu (b. 1993) is a Nairobi-based visual artist whose work feels both intimate and fearless. She began drawing at three, finding in art a language for the things words couldn’t hold. Working with charcoal, oil, ink, and even coffee, Nadia often paints her own body—half Nubian, wholly expressive—as a way to explore womanhood, vulnerability, and strength. Her work, shown across Kenya and abroad, moves tenderly through themes of identity, resilience, and the quiet power of being seen. She is based at Kuona Artists Collective, Nairobi.

Noah March is a creative artist from Durban, KZN, with a background in animation and illustration. Working primarily in traditional pen and ink, their work speaks of disorienting emotions, using physical distortion and unsettling forms to externalize internal discomfort. Through intricate linework and warped imagery, Noah transforms feelings of isolation and disconnection into visual narratives. They like their art grotesque, and sometimes frivolous, but always genuine.

They also just love to draw.

I’m a 23-year-old illustrator based in Johannesburg. My work explores the emotional and psychological landscapes of women, inspired by the strength, humour, and tenderness of those around me. I’m equally fascinated by how global events shape our collective psyche, often reflecting these tensions through vivid colour and layered texture.

Recently, I’ve been experimenting with TouchDesigner to create real-time, dreamlike visuals that delve into consciousness and the ethereal. Whether I’m painting, writing, or working digitally, my practice is rooted in curiosity and the fluid relationship between inner and outer worlds.

Lisa Viljoen is a Cape Town–based illustrator and graphic designer whose work bridges the tactile and the digital. While fluent in all things Adobe, she still finds joy in handcrafting — often bringing the warmth of traditional media into her digital pieces. Her favourite tools include coloured pencils, charcoal, gouache, ink, and markers. Drawn to dark, desaturated palettes (with the occasional pop of colour for thrill), Lisa’s work reflects both precision and play, blending craft and creativity in equal measure.

Neha Misra is a multidisciplinary artist working across installation and digital media. Using discarded plastics, makeup, and everyday craft materials, she creates playful yet critical works that explore femininity, identity, and the aesthetics of internet culture. Her practice reflects on brown girlhood, online archetypes, and the ways bodies are stretched and shaped by trends, values, and screens.

Billy treads the line between fantasy and reality, the twilight zone where the magic happens. There, he pools together those elements into a vibrant ethereal scene that bursts with life and energy.

A master of mixed media, Joel drapes his forms in fabric, weaving rich narratives into every fold. His paintings don’t just depict people—they dress them in their own stories, blending texture and emotion into a stunning visual experience.

Nicki's practice is driven by a fascination with the subtle dynamics between people, finding meaning in gestures, silences, and unspoken tensions.

Sizwe Majola, born in 2002 in Mahikeng, explores deep existential themes in his art, such as identity, fate, and the passage of time. His work doesn’t offer answers but instead reflects an ongoing internal dialogue rooted in struggle, growth, and the tension between knowledge and ignorance.

Ginger Simelane's work is a journey into the surreal, where she navigate the complexities of existence. Influenced by spirituality, astrology, and metaphysical ideas, Ginger explores abstract concepts and the complexities of the human mind, weaving together imagination and reality in her art.