Kholosani Somhlahlo, a 29-year-old fashion designer, creative director, and visual merchandiser was born and raised in Umthatha, Eastern Cape. His fascination with the fashion industry began when he was a kid, watching The Bold and the Beautiful on weeknights and playing a game where they...
Mbhali Manzini is an illustrator, art director, and one of the self-love movement's early pioneers. She graduated from the Open Window Institute in Centurion with a degree in Arts and Visual Communication in 2015, which led to her working in advertising. She has worked on...
Pia Truscott is a Cape Town-based abstract artist now studying in her third year at Michaelis School of Fine Art. Growing up next to the Newlands Forest instilled in her a love for nature and a sense of connection to it, which she incorporates into...
“What ultimately inspires me is the pursuit of imperfection, and knowing that no matter how perfect I would want something to be creatively; a piece of work, a piece of art, it will never get there so pursuing the imperfections in my idea of imperfection...
Sithembile Twala, affectionately known as ‘S’the’, is a photographer and co-founder of fashion brand, Inkomo Eswenka Yodwa. He comes from Johannesburg but is a regular in Cape Town. When asked why he does photography and dabbles in fashion, his answer is simple, "It runs in...
What does it mean to be unashamedly black? Zilungile Hanise, a 29-year-old illustrator, textile designer, and founder of Uhambo Concepts, as well as a recent V&A Waterfront Artist Alliance Incubatee, responds to these questions. She completed her studies in interior design at the Inscape...
"I've always been someone who wants to solve real problems outside of my art, and I think there are communities who are deserving of good design ideas. So in a lot of my architectural work, I'm very cognizant of the people I'm designing for because...
Nkhuwemi Kumwenda is a member of the Artist Alliance Incubation Programme, a Malawian digital artist and fine art student at the Ruth Prowse School of Art in Woodstock. “I think a lot of kids grow up drawing, and then there are just those who just carry...
I met the creative duo over a Zoom meeting, and I was welcomed by the most pleasant and warm-hearted smiles from the best of friends who have incredible chemistry. We chatted about them, their personal backgrounds, and what their baby represents to them. OWAM was...
Creating work that is narrative-based and conceptual by nature is Artist Alliance mentee Mikhailia Petersen, a producer, creative director, and stylist signed under Disco Creatives as an Independent Practicing Artist from Cape Town. Her work is largely influenced by her culture and her love for...
Jozua Gerrard, the 20-year-old Cape Town-based artist, whose work often depicts his personal struggles with depression, anxiety, and maneuvering his journey with his sexual identity, has recently been accepted into the V&A Waterfront Artist Alliance Incubation Programme, pushing his artist career into the business realm...
Read as we reveal what went down in the Halls Breathing Space with Karabo Poppy and mentees...
Spirited and passionate Mozambican artist Isaac Zavale speaks proudly and profoundly of his work as an artist and where draws inspiration from. He grew up in Vosloorus, in the east of Johannesburg where the culture inspired him in his creative pursuits to be an artist...
Learning is lifelong and thanks to the internet, we've seen a multitude of creators honing their skills through unconventional ways, like Huston Wilson, a self-taught artist from Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, who hasn’t let a lack of resources and opportunities affect him, but rather creates those...
Think clothing with no conformity to gender binaries employing rich and vibrant colours and bold prints, tailor made for wherever you may fall on the spectrum....
