Youngblood Africa

Youngblood Africa Youngblood Arts and Culture development started out as the CSI arm of UAL (Universal Africa Lines).
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Youngblood is an arts and culture organization (NPO) that aims to be platform for artists from all genres to start off from or to continue from. We are based in a three storey gallery in the hip and happening Bree Street.

A Love Supreme Tribute ConcertA Love Supreme Tribute Concert is a homage to the John Coltrane 1964 concept-album. It is ...
23/06/2026

A Love Supreme Tribute Concert

A Love Supreme Tribute Concert is a homage to the John Coltrane 1964 concept-album. It is considered a major jazz album - one of its greatest masterpiece - and one of the most universal collations of music. Art is very rare to come across renditions of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme live because it is notoriously difficult, due to its extreme physical and emotional demands. Coltrane and his Classic Quartet hardly played the four-part suite live because it functions as a highly intense, deeply spiritual declaration rather than a standard set of tunes.

For this very unique concert, we have Justin Bellairs at the saxophone , Brathew Van Schalkwyk at the piano, Kertu Aer on the bass and Kabelo Mokhatla at the drums. These acclaimed musicians will submerge us with spirituality through the famous notes of the beloved maestro.

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GAVIN LARKINARTIST STATEMENTMultidimensional MagicFrom figurative to complete abstract, creating and innovating fine art...
23/06/2026

GAVIN LARKIN

ARTIST STATEMENT

Multidimensional Magic

From figurative to complete abstract, creating and innovating fine art in multidisciplinary techniques. Much emphasis is placed on experimentation with used and new materials/ mediums (mixed media), whilst always striving to be unique and original. Being on the cutting edge of modern art is where my passion lies.

SILUMKO SOTASHEARTIST STATEMENT ART POP ARTMy work explores bright colour patterns and female portraiture, as the female...
22/06/2026

SILUMKO SOTASHE

ARTIST STATEMENT

ART POP ART

My work explores bright colour patterns and female portraiture, as the female figure represents strength in most African families.

Influenced by the Pop Art movement made famous by Andy Warhol, I created my own version, called Atro Pop Art. My version has a deliberate twist in the colour schemes and a more detailed approach, allowing the women to stand out and stand tall.

Ever since I was a young boy, I have been fascinated by drawing portraits of public figures.
That love grew from there and transferred onto canvas years later.

STEPHANIE REITHARTIST STATEMENT I have been an artist for as long as I can remember. My heart is African, and my work is...
18/06/2026

STEPHANIE REITH

ARTIST STATEMENT

I have been an artist for as long as I can remember. My heart is African, and my work is often a reflection of it. I love the diverse cultures and traditions of Africa’s tribes and endeavour to capture them before they are forgotten.

JESS HENRICHARTIST STATEMENTThese paintings began with a simple desire: to spend time looking at horses.For much of my l...
17/06/2026

JESS HENRICH

ARTIST STATEMENT

These paintings began with a simple desire: to spend time looking at horses.

For much of my life, horses have been companions, teachers, and a source of freedom.
They have carried me across landscapes and through different chapters of my life. Yet what continues to draw me back to them is not their power or beauty, but their presence.

In this body of work, I wanted to strip away narrative and spectacle. Removed from the arena, the landscape, and the rider, each horse is encountered as an individual. The paintings are less concerned with what a horse does than with what it is.

Working in oil, I am interested in the tension between strength and gentleness, movement and stillness, familiarity and mystery. The quiet spaces surrounding the horses are as important as the subjects themselves, inviting a slower way of looking.

These works are an attempt to honour the dignity of the horse and the unique spirit each one carries.

FIRST THURSDAYPRESENCE Presence is the quiet moment where becoming pauses and being begins. It is the space between thou...
04/06/2026

FIRST THURSDAY

PRESENCE

Presence is the quiet moment where becoming pauses and being begins. It is the space between thought and breath, where the human experience reveals itself not as a story told in haste, but as something felt—deeply, wordlessly, and without apology. In a world that constantly pulls us forward, Presence asks us to return: to the body, to the senses, to the fragile immediacy of now.

To be present is to witness both beauty and rupture without turning away. It is to recognise that being human is not a fixed state, but a continuous unfolding—imperfect, tender, and alive. In this space, the viewer is not separate from the work but part of its completion.

Presence is not something we achieve. It is something we return to.

Poster art by .henrich
WORKHORSE
Oil on canvas
120 x 84 cm

ZOLILE PETSHANEARTIST STATEMENT ZOLILE PETSHANE (b. 1973) is an abstract artist who lives and works in Kathlehong, near ...
21/05/2026

ZOLILE PETSHANE

ARTIST STATEMENT

ZOLILE PETSHANE (b. 1973) is an abstract artist who lives and works in Kathlehong, near Johannesburg. After studying printmaking at the renowned Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg, he obtained an Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2007, under the supervision of Prof. Karel Nel.

He is known for building richly layered surfaces on canvas, where colour operates like a language. Working across media such as pastel, acrylic, and mixed media, he constructs fields of colour into energetic, sometimes landscape-like compositions, then disrupts them with scratched textures, marks, fragments of text, numbers, and symbols. These additions act as visual “notes” that hint at lived experience-belief systems, consumer culture, politics, and memory-without becoming literal illustration. The work rewards close looking: beneath the vibrancy of colour lies a dense, deliberate structure and a restless, investigative intelligence.

Petshane has exhibited extensively both locally and internationally, and his work can be found in several corporate collections, as well as in the permanent collection of the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG).

DARIA BALUTAARTIST STATEMENT This exhibition marks an important milestone, introducing a new body of work centred on her...
20/05/2026

DARIA BALUTA

ARTIST STATEMENT

This exhibition marks an important milestone, introducing a new body of work centred on her distinctive use of epoxy resin and pigment.

While resin has become a popular material in design and craft practices, very few contemporary painters have adopted it as a primary fine art medium. Daria has developed a technique in which layers of resin and colour interact to produce luminous, glass-like surfaces that appear to shift with changing light and perspective. Through this process, the works achieve an unusual sense of depth.

Pigment flows and merges beneath translucent layers, creating compositions in which colour, reflection, and movement become central elements of the image. The material itself plays an active role in the final outcome, allowing chance and fuidity to shape the work alongside the artist’s intention.

The exhibition title, What’s the Matter, reflects Daria’s interest in both the physical properties of her medium and the inner processes of thought and emotion. The layered structure of the works echoes the idea of transformation-how materials, like the mind, can evolve and take on new forms over time.

Born in Russia, Daria moved to South Africa in 2008, where she began refining her painting practice. Her work often draws inspiration from natural phenomena such as clouds, water, and light, resulting in images that balance abstraction with emotional presence.

As a WORLDARTIO winner, Daria represents a new generation of artists being introduced to collectors through the programme. Her debut solo exhibition signals the next step in what is shaping up to be a compelling artistic trajectory.

TAFADZWA MASUDIARTIST STATEMENT Tafadzwa Masudi (b. 1988) began painting at an early age in Harare, assisting a family f...
20/05/2026

TAFADZWA MASUDI

ARTIST STATEMENT

Tafadzwa Masudi (b. 1988) began painting at an early age in Harare, assisting a family friend who introduced him to the visual arts. In 2010, he moved to South Africa and worked in a clothing factory unfil 2020, when he was laid off. He used this as an opportunity to begin painting full-time, and his work soon featured in group exhibitions at galleries in Cape Town.

“Circumstances forced me to leave my country of birth. I relate to people who have had to travel elsewhere to create a better life, and this is what I currently paint-images that reflect their sense of self, their dreams, and their aspirations.”

The displaced migrant often experiences a sense of loss of identity when settling in a new country. Without an established presence or equal access to opportunities, they can become nameless and faceless. Masudi’s characters also represent moments of introspection, where individuals reconnect with their dreams and aspirations.

Masudi’s paintings remind us that people are more than the popular narratives associated with their places of origin. Through his lens, individuals are presented with dignity, pride, dreams, and optimism.

NCUMISA SPELLINGARTIST STATEMENT My work is an expression of what goes on in my head, as well as the world around me. If...
19/05/2026

NCUMISA SPELLING

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is an expression of what goes on in my head, as well as the world around me. If I had the ability to write, I would; instead, I paint. I have always been interested in philosophical ideas about existence, ever since I asked my mother as a child, “Why is there something rather than nothing?”

For the past few years, I have had an ongoing theme, The Puppet Show, which pokes fun at the idea of free will. This particular series is a show of portraits and objects. The subjects are displayed with objects that point to each of their life’s work, a calling, or simply the continuous mastering of an individual talent.

It gets tricky when the object becomes the master of the subject, as life happens and mastery turns into a means of survival. When the show, or the puppet, controls the master, the fun is gone and the plot is lost. Life becomes a series of chasing the reins until we take a breath, disconnect, and reconnect again to the reason why we do what we do.

For now, I have resolved to let “The Calling” be the master. As much as I love the idea of free will, when you surrender to your calling, life is a ride-just like the puppet floating about on stage, every step pulled and taken for her until the story is complete.

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BeautifuLL Life, 70/74 Bree Street
Cape Town
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Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 10:00 - 14:00

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