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Winner Q&A

Congratulations on being announced as one of the 7 winners in the Sasol New Signatures Competition 2021. Tell us what your reaction was when you received the news.

At first, it felt like being in one of my many dreams, I was above the clouds with excitement for quite a long while.

This is something I would randomly envision in the past few weeks, a lot of times I would zone out to imagine the possibilities of such an outcome. Upon “returning” I would inwardly have a laugh about it and think of myself as extremely grandiose. I’ve always held a sense of belief in such a possibility. This is one of the highlights of my journey that I shall always cherish.

Is this the first time you have entered the competition?

A first entry was in 2019, it was a collaboration with another emerging artist and student from WSU. It was unsuccessful but it sparked something in me to return with many more other entries until such a possibility breaks through.

Tell us a little about your artistic journey up until the point of entering Sasol New Signatures 2021?

I believe that this something inborn. From childhood I grew up very in tune with my imaginary world, I always had an in interest in creation and using objects around me to integrate them with my imagination.

We used to herd cows in my village, for entertainment we moulded the world around us, mostly cows and other livestock. Although we were unaware at the time, this was a practice that nurtured an inborn creativity and prepared me as the artist I was to become https://www.sasolsignatures.co.za/blo...