Origin Art

I grew up in a house full of art. My mother painted, my father collected, and for as long as I can remember the walls were part of the conversation. That world sent me into art history, then into galleries, then into running one, and somewhere in all of that I kept returning to the same thought: that South Africa has artists of serious consequence whose work deserves to reach far more people than walk through any gallery door. Origin Art is what I have been building towards. A curated platform for independent South African artists, where the work is properly represented, where collectors can find it and understand it, and where businesses can do something genuinely meaningful with their spaces. We are not live yet. But we are close. Follow along. — Oliver Antonie, Founder and Director Art, at the source.

Last Friday we had the pleasure of attending the Masks of Modernity Vol II exhibition closing party, Mas(k)querade, at Origin Art - a solo exhibition by the multifaceted Samurai Farai 🥷🏾🎭 The event was a fusion of art, music, dance and energy. A night where art moved, music spoke, and creativity lived in every corner. A true celebration of art in motion on one living canvas 🎨🫟 A massive shoutout to Samurai Farai (@samurai_farai ) for continuously sharing his incredible boundary-breaking work and his passion to collaborate and connect with fellow creatives, while being a living canvas himself ⚡️ A huge thank you to Origin Art (@_origin_art ) for hosting such an amazing experience and continuously creating space for art to live and breathe. Reminding us why art, in all its forms, continues to inspire and connect us ✨ Event: @_origin_art Artist: @samurai_farai Videography & Editing: @swishstarboy #MasksOfModernity #Maskquerade #SamuraiFarai #OriginArt #Art #AfricanArt #Artwork #ArtGallery #ArtMuseum #ArtInMotion #Music #Dance #Creativity #Creative #Creatives #Artists #CreativeCulture #CapeTown #SouthAfrica #Africa #PARK44 #PARK44CreativeHouse #CreativeAgency #Marketing #Advertising #Videography #ContentCreation

31/10/2025 - 🎨: @samurai_farai 📸: @awonkemoko

Our Fish Bag, transformed by @samurai_farai into a one-of-a-kind art piece. A moment where craftsmanship met expression.

✨ The Hunt Begins. ✨ Ten golden Samurai Farai masks are hidden across Cape Town - find one, and you’ll unlock free entry to the Mas(k)querade Closing Party 🥂🎭 Join me for an unforgettable night as I perform live, painting in real time while the music, dance, and energy collide to close Masks of Modernity in true Origin Art style. 💃 Dancers: @gain_collective 🎷 Live Musicians: @Kurtie_b @Joshuanemaire @Brathewvs 🎧 DJs: @man_of_lemon @ChefKD 📅 31 October 2025 📍 Origin Art, Coode acres, V&A Waterfront 🎟️ Tickets via [@_origin_art link in bio] Ten masks. One night. Infinite energy. Stay gold. Stay masked. See you there. 🪩

No White Walls is still up for viewing @africaworks.southafrica - please reach out to make an appointment to view the spectacular works on show! “No one here is at their peak, and that is precisely the point. This is not a retrospective or a grand arrival. It is a glimpse: a first glimpse, a last glimpse, a slightly louder fifth glimpse. It is about emergence - unfinished, raw, full of tension and promise. A glimmer of what stirs just beneath the surface.” 📸 @snapson7th

The countdown begins. The Golden Masks are almost ready to be released into the wild 👀 Find one. Keep it. Win your way into the Mas(k)querade. 10 Masks. 10 Winners. Infinite Bragging Rights. They’ll soon be hidden across Cape Town. Are you ready to hunt? 🥇

𝑵𝒐 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒘𝒚𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒔 Guided by an intrigue with presence and absence and an enduring fascination with community, Bronwyn Davis’s practice is colourful, evolving, and deeply personal. Her palette shifts with experience, from the fever-dream hues of love within her community, to the bubblegum pastels of picnics and portraits, to the dark monochromes through which she translates the atmosphere of the groove. In each work, Davis paints her lived experiences to distill the essence and preciousness of fleeting moments, offering an alternative to the fixity of the photograph. Having moved beyond the mono-cultural and conservative spaces of East Johannesburg, Davis found refuge and inspiration within the diversity of Johannesburg’s social and creative scenes. This shift informs both the energy and perspective of her work. Underpinned by Pan-African and feminist politics, her practice is as much about celebrating community as it is about capturing moments of intimacy, vitality, and transformation. Explore 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒎 | 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 and more from Bronwyn Davis, now available on our website.

𝑵𝒐 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝑵𝒕𝒐𝒌𝒐𝒛𝒐 𝑴𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒖 Ntokozo Mudau’s practice is a visual inquiry into the essence of Being and the opacity it holds. Through abstraction, he navigates the fragile terrain of existence, engaging line, form, colour, and gesture as elemental expressions of presence and impermanence. His mark-making embodies both control and surrender, balancing tracing and layering with erasure and revelation. For Mudau, each mark carries the weight of a question — not to be answered, but to be dwelled in. The forms that emerge are not representations but manifestations: echoes of the invisible, fragments of time, and contours of emotion. They arise from an intuitive yet deliberate process, one that listens closely to what resists language. By engaging as deeply with absence as with presence, Mudau reflects on how we come to know ourselves through what disappears. His work is less about resolution than resonance — capturing the fleeting not as something lost, but as something continually becoming. Explore 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 and more from Ntokozo Mudau, now available on our website.

𝑵𝒐 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝑲𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒐 𝑺𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒑𝒂 Kamogelo Sebopa’s work interrogates the intersection of the geological and the biological, uncovering unseen narratives within these interactions. Through abstraction, escapism, and performative mark-making, Sebopa explores the therapeutic and meditative dimensions of creation while critically engaging with questions of historical preservation and the role of archives in shaping and erasing cultural memory. Deeply influenced by South African art, Sebopa’s practice revisits and reimagines the legacy of rock art. This engagement serves both as a critique of institutional preservation and as a personal calling, tracing genealogies to understand the innate human urge to make a mark. For Sebopa, excavation is not simply an act of recovery but one of “linear misplacement,” where historical material acquires new contexts when re-situated in archives, museums, or educational settings. His work suggests that history can only ever be consumed in fragments and clues, and that attempts at preservation often render the past increasingly inaccessible. By grappling with these tensions, Sebopa reflects on how the essence of history shifts with time, questioning what is remembered, what is lost, and how meaning is continuously reimagined. Explore 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟕𝟏𝟑𝟒𝟏 and more from Kamogelo Sebopa, now available on our website,

𝑵𝒐 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝑰𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒕𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒊 Itumeleng Mtshali is a visual artist from Thabazimbi and Polokwane, Limpopo, currently based in Johannesburg. Her practice engages deeply with themes of Black identity, colourism, Christianity, and the ongoing journey of self-acceptance. Rooted in personal memory, spirituality, and social critique, her work uses painting and mixed media to explore how childhood, community, and environment shape one’s sense of self. In her most recent series, Mtshali reclaims faith as a space of affirmation, healing, and belonging. By reflecting on the beauty and tension that arise from the coexistence of Christianity and Blackness, she creates artworks that are both intimate and resonant. Emotional honesty, cultural reclamation, and narrative lie at the heart of her practice, as she seeks to produce art that not only speaks to her own lived experience but also offers others a mirror, a way of seeing themselves clearly and with compassion. Explore 𝑺𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 and more from Itumeleng Mtshali m, now available on our website.

𝑵𝒐 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒗𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒊𝒓 Chevy Noir is a contemporary expressionist whose practice reflects on the unseen tensions of artistic creation. Central to his work is the idea that every artistic decision carries hidden sacrifices, explored through the expressive use of negative space. By balancing presence and absence, Noir makes visible the invisible dynamics embedded in the act of making. Drawing on metaphors from quantum physics and astronomy, such as quantum entanglement, eclipses, and black holes, his work imagines a creative universe where boundaries dissolve and meaning is constantly hidden, transformed, or revealed. This approach positions creativity not as a linear process, but one shaped by hidden forces, shifting knowledge, and complex ideologies. His current series reinterprets Renaissance humanism through a Black South African lens, moving away from traditional motifs to foreground layered philosophical ideas. By dramatizing economic language, science, and art history, Noir transforms Renaissance ideals of balance, beauty, and inquiry into a concept-driven exploration that speaks to contemporary concerns of consciousness, perception, and identity. Explore 𝑳𝑬𝑴𝑴𝑬 𝑾𝑨𝑻𝑪𝑯 𝑰𝑰 - 𝑨𝑵𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑰 and more from Chevy Noir, now available on our website.