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    Victoria Ayo
    Birth Reborn
    USA
  • Adria van Rooyen
    Adria van Rooyen
    Designer
    Adria van Rooyen specializes in 100% hand-stitched leather bags
    South Africa
  • Tristan Shaun Henry
  • Lunga Mzimba Standard
    Lunga Mzimba
    Fashion Designer
    25-year-old fashion designer and entrepreneur
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nikiwe Dlova Standard
    Nikiwe Dlova
    Designer
    Nikiwe Dlova is a Hair Artist from Diepkloof, Soweto
    Soweto, South Africa
  • Azola Tanzi Standard
    Azola Tanzi
    Fashion Designer
    Azola Tanzi holds diplomas in Business Management and Clothing Design.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Mashoto Tshoga Standard
    Mashoto Tshoga
    Accessory Designer
    Mashoto a self-proclaimed “novice in the field”
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Tristan Shaun Henry Standard
    Tristan Shaun Henry
    Fashion Designer
    SAINT SHAUN HENRY is a brand for queer kids by a queer kid.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Akhona Mbange Standard
    Akhona Mbange
    Graphic Designer
    Akhona's artwork is dominated by vividly sketched, somewhat abstract portraits rendered in monochromatic lines.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Alizwa Mnyatheli Standard
    Alizwa Mnyatheli
    Publisher
    Alizwa is fascinated by African cosmology and feminine energy.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Boikanyo Mashigo Standard
    Boikanyo Mashigo
    Boikanyo’s company name is BoikanyoArt and she works predominantly in the field of Fine Arts.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Brad Jackson Standard
    Brad Jackson
    Artist / Graphic Designer
    Brad Jackson’s work is inspired by the landscape and identity of his home province.
    South Africa
  • Danielle Jordaan Standard
    Danielle Jordaan
    Artist
    Each of her paintings is inspired by warm colours, her love of Realism, travel and the urgency to capture moments in real time.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Gerald Khumalo Standard
    Gerald Khumalo
    Artist
    Gerald's work is largely influenced by Pop Culture, Cyber Punk, Bebop, The Now, Jean Baudrillard and Indie and Art House cinema.
    South Africa
  • Thando Phenyane Standard
    Mboma
    Artist
    Thando Phenyane chooses to go by the name Mboma as this is the name of his forefathers and the Greats that came before him.
    South Africa
  • Pule Magopa Standard
    Pule Magopa
    Artist
    Pule uses art as a tool to engage and create understanding around the belief system of ancestry.
    South Africa
  • Nhlakanipho Mashinini Standard
    Nhlakanipho Mashinini
    Filmmaker
    After completing a Fakugesi Digital Art Residency, Nhlakanipho worked on a short film titled Intsimbi with SAFTA.
    South Africa
  • Zenhlanhla Myeni Standard
    Zenhlanhla Myeni
    Zenhlanhla is challenging the status quo by creating content that is unique to the South African township experience.
    South Africa
  • Fiona Davhana Standard
    Fiona Davhana
    Photographer
    Fiona's work has been largely influenced by historic aspects of fine art photography.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Magrietha Labuschagne Standard
    Magrietha Labuschagne
    Magrietha Labuschagne’s work is designed from the inside out
    South Africa
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    Kgothatso Michelle Malatjie
    Kgothatso Michelle Malatjie, a young, black, female creative who is always in search of creative outlets.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Ontlametse Molefe Standard
    Ontlametse Molefe
    Interior Designer
    Ontlametse Molefe is a Greenside Design Center interior design student.
    South Africa
  • Khayalethu Likhuleni Standard
    Khayalethu Likhuleni
    Interior Designer
    KDH prides itself on designing spaces that have an intimate connection with clients.
    South Africa
  • Clement Maenetja Standard
    Clement Maenetja
    Artist
    Clement's body of work Memories, is inspired by nostalgia
    South Africa
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    Victoria Ayo
    Birth Reborn
    USA
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