The theme for the 2025/2026 exhibition is "Reflect: Beyond the Surface" and curated by Clara Babette of Oude Leeskamer Gallery.
Reflection is more than mirror or echo; it is an act of attention. This exhibition embraces Reflect in its broadest sense: luminous surfaces, mirrored forms, and meditations on identity, memory, and history.
Outdoors, each work joins a wider landscape - trees, wind, sun, and shadow shaping its presence. Reflection becomes both material and metaphor, reminding us that seeing is never passive. Here, each work is both lens and surface, inviting us to linger, notice, and rediscover ourselves, one another, and the natural world around us.
REFLECT: BEYOND THE SURFACE
The exhibition highlights the works of both emerging and established artists, providing a platform to showcase a wide range of creative talent.
Artists were invited to engage with the distinctive landscape, history, and design of the area, fostering a dialogue with the surrounding communities and the urban environment.
CONSIDER PHLEBUS
Etienne De Kock
Welded Steel & Mixed Media
AFTER ALICE
Wilma Cruise
Bronze
CEREBRAL ASPECT, 2016
Marco Cianfanelli
Mild Steel
VETPLANTFEETJIES, 2022
Artist: Fiona Moodie
Writers: Antjie Krog and Ingrid de Kok
Illustrations reproduced on Dibond
TYD VIR TALM / TIME TO CHAT, 2025
Jacques Buys & Rudolf Gouws Bronze
SOLARIS, 2023
Jesse Ede
Bronze
AGAVE LOG HIVE, 2025
Neil Rusch
Base of a Harvested Agave Americana Plant
ONLY EVER THIS NESTING PLACE, 2025
Gabrielle Kruger
Acrylic Paint on Galvanised Steel, Varnished
SHIFTING SHADOWS, 2024
Nina Kruger
Eucalyptus Gum Nuts, Wire & Steel
CARAPAX (BORER), 2023
Walter Oltmann
Anodised Wire and Black Spray Paint
THE EVENING BOTANIST, 2025
Strauss Louw
Photographs Printed on Vinyl with Imitation Gold Leaf on Polished Glass
JOURNEY, 2024
Strijdom van der Merwe Hybrid Aluminium Bamboo Composite Beams
TRANSLATIONS IN SAILCLOTH, 2025
Amy Rusch
Blown-Out Spinnaker Sail, Rope & Thread
SEBABATSO, 2024
Atang Tshikare
Bronze
AMONGST THE GHOST OAKS, 2025
Anna van Pletsen & Charlotte Moss
Acrylic Paint
VELE HANDE, 2021
Jacques Buys & Rudolf Gouws Bronze
EXPLODED GEOGRAPHIES IV, 2024
Ledelle Moe
Concrete & Steel
WALK WITH NATURE , 2025
Stellenbosch Art Mile
Wire & Steal
SERENITY, 2024
Dr. Rose Namubiru Kirumira Ficus, Pine, Yellowwood, Cypress and Norfolk Wood, Metal & Paint
SPEEL SPEEL! , 2024
John de Jager Studio Serpentine Stone & Paarl Granite
WHEN THE WIND SPEAKS, 2025
Reclaimed oak & Reflective Dibond
STELLENBOSCH EXPLORER’S MAP, 2024
Jacques & Lee Buys
Bronze
TIMBERBANK , 2024
Juan Piek
Reclaimed Wood
Works in the Archive
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A PATCH TO PROCESS, 2024
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Grootbos Florilegium
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TOTEMS, 2024
Calling All Creatives!
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