We are pleased to announce our participation in the main section at Investec Cape Town Art Fair. The fair will run from 19 February - 23 February 2026. We will present an extensive group presentation with works by Taqwa Ali, Yonela Doda, Dana James, Ana Sant'Anna, Cinthia Sifa Mulanga, Mhlonishwa Zulu. You can visit us at booth C2.
Tawa Ali, b. 1997 in Sudan, lives and works in the Netherlands
Her work involves painting, sculpture, and performative interventions, frequently exploring themes of translocation, integration, memory, and reconnection through the symbolism of various materials Ali’s artistic practice is defined by her interest in organic materials and their ability to evoke sensory and cultural memory, especially in the context of diasporic experiences. She employs materials like Hibiscus, soil, clay, Arabic gum, and dust to merge personal, political, and collective narratives. Her work investigates how displaced bodies and objects reverberate in new spaces, aiming to stitch gaps caused by migration and resettlement.
Yonela Doda, b. 1998 in Western Cape, ZA, lives and works in Cape Town, ZA
Doda is a based multimedia artist specialising in collage and mainly draws inspiration from the Catharsis Theory, which was first used in a psychological context by Josef Breuer. By experimenting with collage and thread in her engagement with human pathology, Doda communicates processes of purging and cleansing in line with notions of catharsis. She confronts how and why the body comes to matter, its materiality and function, as well as the fraught entanglements of race, gender, and medical science. Accordingly, it could be said that Doda’s work falls within the representational domain of ‘abject art’, as theorised by Julia Kristeva. Looking closely at dermatological afflictions, Doda’s work conveys the vulnerability of an open wound. Her collages counterpose beauty and abomination, sickness and health, in the unseen struggles of recovery and self-acceptance.
Dana James, b. 1986 in New York, NY, US, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Dana James is an American artist who primarily works in painting. In her practice, James playfully challenges viewers' notions of line and shape by contrasting materials and processes next to one another. She creates a spectrum of pastel-toned colours which she applies to create notes of contradiction in darker, vivid fields of color in fractured multi-panel constructions. Creating multi-dimensional layers, throwing pigments, mark-making, and drawing, her work oscillates between energetic impulsive strokes, which can be at once dark but then combines matt-colored surfaces with a determination of drawing in straight lines and forms.
Ana Sant'Anna, b, 1992 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, lives and works in Salvador
Ana Sant'Anna works across multiple media. The artist develops a practice that seeks to make visible what is subtle: luminosity, transience, and the experience of non-chronological time. Her work emerges from displacement and attentive listening to the places she inhabits and traverses, fueling a continuous investigation in which enchantment and sensitive perception are transformed into material for creation. Between simplicity and complexity, her research highlights the power of natural phenomena, opening itself to what continues vibrating in silence. Her practice unfolds as a cartography of impermanence, where each work holds the vibration of the instant and invites the gaze to inhabit the interval between dissolution and permanence.
Cinthia Sifa Mulanga, b. 1997 in Lubumbashi, CD, lives and works in Johannesburg, ZA
Cinthia Sifa Mulanga is an independent contemporary artist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo whose practice is deeply rooted in her experiences growing up in South Africa. After her studies, Mulanga became preoccupied with painting and collage, mediums that have come to define her practice. They serve a dual interest in engaging with the history of western art and popular culture thus delving into African art. The focus of Mulanga’s practice is on the representation of Black women. Through their depiction, she looks to engage with different personas, emotions, or states of mind. Mulanga trained as an artist at the Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg.
Mhlonishwa Zulu, b. 2002 in South Africa, lives and works in Cape Town, ZA
Mhlonishwa Zulu’s artistic practice is deeply rooted in storytelling and symbolism, shaped by reflections on human experience and personal observation. Inspired by vivid stories from his childhood, shared within his family, he embraces narrative as a powerful and transformative force. His work navigates the boundaries between fantasy, spirituality, and everyday life, presenting reimagined environments and objects through a surreal lens. A key aspect of Zulu’s methodology is collaboration through dialogue, using conversation as a means to bring together different viewpoints and generate layered meanings. By blending the familiar with the unexpected, he creates immersive, in-between spaces that encourage viewers to contemplate both their inner worlds and the realities around them.
