Work
2025 – present
The Work of Water
Master's research into the ritual of holding grief in the artistic practice of papermaking.
Sheets are made from the pulp of my own disintegrated undergraduate artworks, combined with kōzō, banana, pine and abacá — destruction reformed into something that can hold more than it reveals.
Selfbound
Paper string and handmade paper, 3 parts · 180 × 175 × 2155 mm; 140 × 175 × 22 mm; 70 × 165 × 220 mm
Three bound stacks of over 11,000 handmade sheets — the self, a religious upbringing and a queer identity. The book cannot be opened. It does not offer access. It offers presence. Sasol New Signatures 2026 finalist.
Partial Witness
Paper string and handmade paper · 190 × 180 × 210 mm
A single stack bound shut with black string, each section bound three times over. Only the words partial and witness surface through the pulp.
Immersion without Conclusion
Handmade paper (kōzō, pine, abacá, banana) · 135 × 97 mm
Double-sided, printed with paper itself — a submerged body on one side, pure colour on the other.
Words that Refuse to Dry
Photography and digital collage · 1000 × 1000 mm
Words appear on damp, warped sheets, making their presence uncertain. Photographs of the sheets act as archives, preserving the moment when word and material meet — when meaning was still unsettled.
Submerge, Reflect, Dissolve, Repeat
Video stills · 1220 × 300 mm
A handmade paper bowl slowly placed into water. As the reflection of the artist's face emerges, the bowl dissolves — immersion as ongoing rather than final.
A Study of Paper And Self
Photography · Undetermined size
A Study of Paper And Self II
Photography · Undetermined size
2024
Sacred Offerings: The Queer Sacrifice
A deeply personal exploration of the relationship between identity, desire and religious expectation. Through pyrolysed apples, apple charcoal and handmade paper, the work confronts the narratives of sacrifice and purification imposed on queer individuals by religious institutions.
Burning apples into charcoal becomes a metaphor for the pressure to strip away the true self. Yet the altered materials retain traces of their original form — much like queer identity persists despite attempts at erasure.
The Cost of Purification
Apple charcoal, pyrolised apples and tins on paper · 720 × 2020 mm
Exhibited on the floor like a scroll — drawings made with charcoal from the same apples whose tins and remnants lie on the paper.
Sinful Sketch I
Apple charcoal on paper · 2480 × 1500 mm
Large-scale still lifes drawn with charcoal made from apples and apple-tree sticks, hung like ancient scrolls.
Sinful Sketch II
Apple charcoal on paper · 2650 × 1000 mm
Sinful Sketch III
Apple charcoal on paper and used objects · 2650 × 800 × 850 mm
Unspoken Sacrifice
Pyrolised apples and cloth · 550 × 1450 × 450 mm
A sculptural still life — charred apples on an altar-like cloth.
An Atlas of Sin
Handmade paper with apple charcoal · 1060 × 810 mm
A Collection of Sin
Photography · 1060 × 810 mm
Apples to Ashes
Photograph of handmade paper with apple charcoal · 550 × 360 mm (each)
Vessels of Ash
Photograph · 550 × 360 mm (each)
Self Tithe
Tins, handmade paper and pyrolised remnants · 230 × 1800 × 2020 mm
2022 – 2023
In the Beginning was the Word
An exploration of space, temporality, the queer identity and the intersection of Christianity and the queer community — through symbolism, fabric, print and text, including my handwritten confirmation speech.
Ek Belowe
Ink transfer with charcoal and pit on Fabriano Academia, triptych, 2500 × 1000 mm each.
The Forbidden Fruit
Copper etch, chine-collé and embossing on Fabriano, 350 × 500 mm.
Who’s Going to tell Eve? II
Linocut and ink on Fabriano, 500 × 350 mm, version of original.
Chasing Studio Fragments
Artivived reduction linocut on Fabriano, 500 × 350 mm.
Beyond the Silver screen III
Lithography and embossing on Fabriano, 420 × 580 mm.
Ripened in Faith
Copper etch and chine-collé on Fabriano, 170 × 150 mm.
Sown and Sewn
Drypoint etch with chine-collé and embossing on Fabriano, 500 × 700 mm.
A Harvest of Hope
Digital drawing and Artivive playing AI-generated poetry · 810 × 3000 mm
A reimagined Last Supper. Scanned apples come alive with poems. Phatsoane Henney New Breed 2023 runner-up and Digital Category winner.
Forbidden Indulgence
Digital drawing on Fabriano Academia, triptych · 950 × 700 mm each
The apple seen through lancet windows. Sasol New Signatures 2023 finalist.