Annual Exhibitions
ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2024 EXHIBITION
Theme: " LOVE MY SOUTH AFRICA"
Artist of the Year
Exhibition
2024
WINNERS
Overall winner:
Dirk van der Merwe
Overall winner: Dirk van der Merwe
DIRK VAN DER MERWE (We Are South Africans)
Overall Runner-up:
NADINA COETZEE (Shadow and Light, more than Black and White)
Painting Winner:
ALET RIES (Glittering Water)
Painting Merit:
ANNA DE BEER (Kaas en Olywe)
Watercolour Winner:
ILSE ROUX (Lafenis naby Clarens)
Watercolour Merit:
CECILIA ALLEN (Embedded)
Conceptual Art Winner:
KARIEN VAN WYK (Amandla!)
Conceptual Merit:
LOUIS DE JAGER (Deep Dark Secrets!)
Mixed Media Winner:
ALET RIES (Magical Forest)
Mixed Media Merit:
MELINDA AUGUSTYN (Heritage Heart)
Photography Winner:
HELENA STUART (Always finding a way)
Photography Merit:
RONEL OOSTHUIZEN (Quiver Tree: I watch over you)
Drawing & Sketching Winner:
NAOMI FOSTER (Jabula)
Drawing & Sketching Merit:
MELINDA ENGELBRECHT (Coffee Shop in Dorp Street)
Artist of the Year
Exhibition
2023
WINNERS
Overall winner:
Machtild Husselman
Overall winner: Machtild Husselman
Overall Winner:
MACHTILD HUSSELMAN (Sea Urchin IV)
Overall Runner-up:
DIRK VAN DER MERWE (Sophisticated Contrast)
Painting Winner:
TREVOR BEACH (Sunken Feeling)
Painting Merit:
ANNELIE VOLSCHENK (Ungoverned)
HETTIE ROELOFSE (All Creation Is Groaning)
Watercolour Winner:
GLYN DE JAGER (& Sketching)
Watercolour Merit:
BARBARA BREED (Freedom)
Ceramics Merit:
ELIZE VAN ZYL (Coral Pool Bowl)
Conceptual Winner:
KARIEN VAN WYK (I’m Drowning In Myself)
Conceptual Merit:
JOHN SOLMS (Endangered Seabed)
Mixed Media Winner:
MACHTILD HUSSELMAN (Sea Urchin I)
Mixed Media Merit:
MICHAEL ANGELO ABRAHAMS (Underwater Fishing I)
Graphic Design Winner:
BLANCHE PRICE (Gliding Through)
Photography Winner:
HELENA STUART (Hold Your Breath)
Photography Merit:
TESSA DE WET (Nearing Vortex)
Drawing & Sketching Winner:
DIRK VAN DER MERWE (Into The Light)
Drawing & Sketching Merrit:
JUANDRE VAN BREDA (The Ocean Drowning)