Athi-Patra Ruga
Performance & Woven Mythology
Visionary artist constructing alternative myths for post-apartheid SA. Known for spectacular performance pieces and woven tapestries.
Discover the artists shaping South African visual culture β from celebrated masters to exciting emerging voices.
Performance & Woven Mythology
Visionary artist constructing alternative myths for post-apartheid SA. Known for spectacular performance pieces and woven tapestries.
Photography & Video Art
Cape Town artist exhibiting at the Venice Biennale and beyond. Known for powerful explorations of identity and belonging.
Urgent Political Painter
Densely layered, colourful paintings confronting corruption and injustice. A powerful voice in contemporary SA art.
Monumental Drawings
Creator of extraordinary large-scale drawings and pioneering soot works. One of SA's most technically accomplished artists.
Ndebele Artistic Tradition
The painter who brought Ndebele art from village walls to the world. Guardian of a rich cultural heritage.
Figurative Painting
Cape Town painter whose joyful, colour-saturated works are beloved locally and internationally.
Portraiture & Abstraction
Cape Town painter whose large-scale portraits earn global collectors. Classical technique meets gestural abstraction.
Painter
Cape Town-born, Amsterdam-based painter of raw psychological intensity. One of the most significant painters alive.
Charcoal & Printmaking
SA's most celebrated contemporary artist. Charcoal animator and printmaker exploring memory and history.
Visual Activist & Photographer
Documentary photographer celebrating Black LGBTQIA+ lives in SA. Visual activism at its most powerful.
Join South Africa's growing community of artists on Art Market. Connect with serious collectors β free, always.
Apply as Artist β