1 DEC 2020 – 5 FEB 2021 The Bag Factory and Strauss Education are delighted to announce Levy Pooe as the winner of the tenth edition of the Cassirer Welz Award! The Cassirer Welz Award, named after South African auctioneers Reinhold Cassirer and Stephan Welz, is an annual award presented by the Bag Factory in partnership … Read more Levy Pooe – Cassirer Welz Award
5 OCT 2020 – 8 JAN 2021 The Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Cheriese Dilrajh and Hemali Khoosal have been selected as joint recipients of the annual Young Womxn Studio Bursary, funded by Bag Factory alumni artist Sam Nhlengethwa. They will share a fully funded studio bursary at the Bag Factory for twelve … Read more Lebogang Mogul Mabusela – Young Womxn Studio Bursary
5 OCT 2020 – 30 SEP 2021 The Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Cheriese Dilrajh and Hemali Khoosal have been selected as joint recipients of the annual Young Womxn Studio Bursary, funded by Bag Factory alumni artist Sam Nhlengethwa. They will share a fully funded studio bursary at the Bag Factory for twelve … Read more Hemali Khoosal – Young Womxn Studio Bursary
5 OCT 2020 – 30 SEP 2021 The Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Cheriese Dilrajh and Hemali Khoosal have been selected as joint recipients of the annual Young Womxn Studio Bursary, funded by Bag Factory alumni artist Sam Nhlengethwa. They will share a fully funded studio bursary at the Bag Factory for twelve … Read more Cheriese Dilrajh – Young Womxn Studio Bursary
1 SEP – 30 NOV 2020 We are very excited to introduce Luamba Muinga (Angola) and Sara Carneiro (Mozambique/Portugal) as (virtual) curators in residence for our Luso-Linkup project. By focusing on networking and research, the Bag Factory’s Luso-Linkup residency project facilitates short- and long-term professional development, allowing curators to broaden their knowledge base, develop new … Read more Luso-Linkup (Angola/Mozambique)
1 JUN – 31 DEC 2020 Henrietta Scholtz, is interested in the human condition, meta narratives and the study and development of cultures both ancient and modern. She has exhibited in various group shows including Turbine Art Fair, The National Arts Festival, MTN & UJ Continuing Conversations, top 100 Sasol New Signatures (2019) and Top … Read more Henrietta Scholtz (RSA)
1 JUN – 31 AUG 2020 Joe Turpin is a South African visual artist. Born in Johannesburg in 1995, his practice focuses on historically charged & informed narratives and semiotics, and the physical expansion of painting as practice. Turpin is drawn to temporal conversations of decolonization, so called ‘positionality’, race and what it means to … Read more Joe Turpin (RSA)
1 MAR – 30 APR 2020 Andreas R Andersson (born. 1982 in Västerås Barkarö) is an artist living in the small village of Arvidsjaur, near the Arctic Circle in Sweden/Sápmi. With his violent sterile installations, the burnt-out blackness in his sculptures and an ability to combine hand-crafted materials with mass-produced everyday objects, Andersson creates a … Read more Andreas Andersson (Sweden)
ABOUT THIS YEAR’S WINNERDuduzile (DuduBloom) More (b. 1990) is a visual artist from Soweto, Johannesburg, currently working from Artist Proof Studio completing her 4th year in Professional Practice. She has been participating in various art competitions and her work has been included in various group exhibitions and art fairs including the FNB Joburg Art Fair. … Read more Dudu More ( dudubloom )
1 FEB – 29 APR 2020Georgina Maxim is known for both working as an artist and curator with over a decade of arts management and curatorial practice. Maxim together with Misheck Masamvu co-founded Village Unhu in 2012, an artist collective space that has been providing studio spaces, exhibitions, workshops and residency programs for artists – … Read more Gina Maxim (Zimbabwe)
