Open Studios Fish Hoek & Clovelly

  Mashilo was born and raised in Mokopane, Limpopo, where he grew up surrounded by the vibrant visual culture of township life. His interest in art began at the age of 14, when he created a model of a typical township house using cardboard and clay. The work received enthusiastic praise from people in his community and encouraged him to spend more time observing local artists and the ways in which they depicted everyday township life. Although he had always loved art, Mashilo’s parents encouraged him to pursue teaching as a career. After qualifying as a teacher, he continued his studies in fine art and graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 1995, specialising in sculpture. Today, Mashilo is a qualified teacher, artist, sculptor, linguistic translator and media specialist. His practice combines formal artistic training with creativity and craftsmanship to produce distinctive, handcrafted works that are both expressive and enduring. Mashilo ...

Sue Jowell, Akhona Mposelwa and Posent Ncube | Clovelly – Cape Town | Mixed-Media Artists Working from a small, rustic studio in Clovelly, Sue Jowell, Akhona Mposelwa and Posent Ncube create the distinctive metal-clad mirror frames and decorative wall panels for which they have long been known on the Cape Town craft scene. Inspired by the metalwork found on Tuareg furniture and masks, the artists create intricate collages using a variety of beautiful metals. These are carefully riveted into place and embellished with patterns of metal studs. Blues, greens and reds are developed using different patinas and fire. The process is thrilling and unpredictable, ensuring that no two pieces ever turn out exactly the same. Their work is a joyful and often humorous celebration of flora and fauna, featuring wildlife, dogs and cats, dancers, swimmers and underwater scenes. Spanners and other unexpected objects also appear, perhaps inspired by Sue’s self-described tendency towards domestic chaos. A ...

Candice Oppenheim is an abstract artist based at Mothership Studios in Fish Hoek. Inspired by nature as a place of healing and restoration, Candice creates work that explores the emotional experience of landscape rather than depicting it literally. Her background in fashion design informs her instinctive approach to colour, balance and composition, allowing each painting to emerge through a process of exploration and response. Her work seeks to capture moments of stillness, curiosity and connection, inviting the viewer to pause and reflect. Alongside her painting practice, Candice has built a community-centred creative practice through teaching and shared artistic experiences. She is passionate about creating spaces where people can reconnect with themselves and with others. Whether through her paintings or the experiences she facilitates, Candice’s work offers moments of reflection, connection and restoration. Studio Address : Mothership Studios, 16 Dunster Avenue, Fish Hoek Instagram...

Gabriela Gonsalves is a mixed media artist based at Mothership Studios in Fish Hoek. She holds a BA in Visual Communication and works predominantly in watercolour, ink and oils. Through overlapping layers of colour and visible mark-making, Gabriela explores themes of transition and the fleeting, fragmented turbulence of change. Her work seeks to hold both movement and stillness, capturing moments of rest, reflection and reverence within the chaos. Selected Exhibitions The Way the World Works, United Kingdom, 2019 Open Studios, United Kingdom, 2021 Rebirth, United Kingdom, 2023 Studio Address: Mothership Studios, 16 Dunster Avenue, Fish Hoek Instagram: @_giftofthegab Medium: Mixed media, predominantly watercolour, ink and oils

Dudri du Preez is an artist, educator, mother and nature guide whose work is rooted in connection - to self, to creativity and to the natural world. Her practice moves between realism and abstraction. Through detailed watercolour studies of lichen, she explores the quiet, intricate beauty of nature. In contrast, her abstract acrylic works reflect movement, emotion and lived experience. Some of these pieces were created while travelling between New Zealand and South Africa and carry the energy of transition, change and homecoming. Working with acrylic, watercolour and ink, often in conjunction with natural and foraged materials, Dudri’s practice reflects an ongoing interest in nature, belonging and the relationship between inner and outer landscapes. Selected Exhibitions Spirals, Next Level Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2022 Studio Address: Mothership Studios, 16 Dunster Avenue, Fish Hoek Instagram: @dudri_von_art Medium: Acrylic, watercolour and ink with natural and foraged materials

Fish Hoek Studios is a shared artists' studio established in 2025, providing dedicated workspace for a community of contemporary artists working across a diverse range of disciplines. The studio is home to eleven individual artist studios, with a woodworking workshop located below. For the Open Studios event, Fish Hoek Studios will present an exhibition in its communal space, bringing together a representative work from each artist. The exhibition will offer visitors an insight into the artists, their individual practices, and the shared environment in which their work is developed. Studio address: 39 on Main Road, Fish Hoek

Cathy Stanley is a South African papermaker whose paper-painting practice is rooted in vulnerability, fragility and connection. Her experience as a breast cancer survivor deepened her awareness of the interdependence of life and death, both within the human body and in the natural environment. These cycles form an important part of her artistic practice. Working with handmade paper, colour, fragmentation and drawings created with her non-dominant hand, Cathy explores uncertainty, resilience and the imperfect nature of lived experience. Plants and beloved community are recurring subjects in her work, reflecting the relationships that sustain and shape us. Her process embraces unpredictability and allows the materials to carry their own history, texture and emotional weight. Follow Cathy 📸 Instagram: @cathy.stanley

Ross Turpin is a tattoo artist and painter based at Mothership Studios in Fish Hoek. Working across painting, drawing and tattooing, Ross has developed a bold, irreverent visual language shaped by humour, desire, popular culture and personal experience.  Ross has exhibited extensively in South Africa and internationally, with work shown in Durban, Cape Town, Berlin, Hong Kong and Sydney. He has also presented several solo exhibitions, including Ross Turpin at Art Experience in Hong Kong in 2017 and Recommended Daily Allowance at Young Soy Gallery in Hong Kong in 2021. Selected Exhibitions Off the Wall, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2006 Off the Wall 2, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2007 Big Wood, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2007 Big Wood, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2008 Off the Wall 3, Artspace Durban, Durban, 2008 Wavescapes, NSRI, Cape Town, 2009 King of Arts, Bean Bag Bohemia, Durban, 2009 Wavescapes, NSRI, Cape Town, 2010 The Strange Future, TGB, Berlin, 2010 Journey to the East, Start From Z...

Nicolene Louw is an illustrator and mixed media artist based at Mothership Studios in Fish Hoek. She studied graphic design at the University of Pretoria before completing a master’s degree in illustration at Stellenbosch University. Her career has spanned educational and editorial illustration, advertising, publishing and graphic recording. Nicolene is currently focusing on publishing work while creating more space for her own artistic projects. Her sketchbooks are the starting point for much of her work and remain her most valuable creative resource. Filled with observations, experiments and visual ideas, they form the foundation of her distinctive drawing practice. Working primarily in pen and ink and mixed media, Nicolene brings together detailed linework, illustration and visual storytelling. Drawing for a living has been a childhood dream come true, and one for which she remains deeply grateful. Selected Exhibitions Cuaderno, Art.b Gallery, Bellville, Cape Town, September 2022 Fu...

Laura Cooke is a Cape Town-based painter and mixed media artist.  She holds a Bachelor of Journalism, specialising in Photojournalism, from Rhodes University. Alongside a senior career in media and communications, Laura has developed her artistic practice over several years through independent exploration, workshops and retreats, as well as several years working with Creative Space Clovelly.  Working across painting and mixed media, her practice reflects a strong visual sensibility and an evolving exploration of landscape, memory and place. She is particularly drawn to the mountains, coastline and indigenous vegetation of the Cape Peninsula, Cederberg and the Karoo, interpreting these familiar environments through expressive colour, layered surfaces and loose mark-making. Her work moves between observation and abstraction, using landscape as a starting point rather than a fixed destination. Through this process, Laura seeks to capture not only the physical qualities of a place...

Angela “Angie” Buckland is a photographer based in Clovelly, Cape Town. She relocated from Durban to Cape Town two years ago, bringing with her an extensive career spanning photography, education and publishing. Angie lectured in photography at the Durban University of Technology for six years. Before moving into academia, she worked as a freelance photographer for 25 years, specialising in architectural photography, editorial assignments and projects within the NGO sector. Alongside her commissioned work, Angie has developed a substantial personal photographic practice. Her work has been exhibited both locally and internationally and often reflects a sustained interest in people, place, architecture and the social environments that shape our lives. She has published three books: Zip Zip My Brain Harts, Light on the Hill: The Building of the New Constitutional Court and Quiet Place. For Open Studios Fish Hoek & Clovelly, Angie will present a selection of portraits of Abakwetha phot...

Janine Venter is a figurative artist based in Fish Hoek, Cape Town. Working primarily in oil, she creates deeply personal portraits that explore the relationship between figure and ground. Through colour, composition and spatial interplay, her work evokes intimacy, vulnerability and the personal narratives held within each sitter.  Colour is central to Janine’s practice and forms part of what she describes as the emotional architecture of the work. Inspired by the people closest to her, she works intuitively, drawing on relationships, lived experience and a strong visual sensibility. Her dream-like portraits seek to reveal the uncanny inner worlds of their subjects.  Backgrounds and foregrounds work together to deepen the meaning and liminal atmosphere of each painting, creating a dialogue between the figure and the space surrounding it. Through this interplay of subject, colour and environment, Janine’s work reflects the emotional landscapes, connections and stories that s...

Jasper Wolfeman (b. 1998) is an American artist based in Cape Town, working across painting and floral design. During their early twenties, Jasper lived in Germany, where they worked with local nonprofit organisations focused on community involvement in the arts. This experience encouraged an ongoing exploration of different cultures, creative practices and media. After developing a deep interest in flowers and oil painting, Jasper became involved in establishing a floral concept studio in Cape Town. They later found a creative home at Mothership Studios in Fish Hoek. Jasper’s work explores themes of queer softness, strength and intimacy through gentle mark-making, oil and acrylic painting, and sculptural floral arrangements. They have exhibited locally and internationally, with recent and upcoming exhibitions including As Human As A Woman at Ink Box Gallery in 2026, Landing Light and Harmony at ArtKlub Woodstock in 2025, and Echoes of the Unwritten and Embodied Homes at The Commo...

Anthea Czech is a Cape Town-based artist with a BSc in Computer Science and Psychology from the University of Cape Town. After painting part-time for many years, she has recently moved into a studio at Mothership Studios in Fish Hoek.  Her work explores landscapes, portraiture and abstraction. She draws inspiration from people, their emotions and body language, and the ways in which the psyche can be expressed unconsciously through gesture and form. Anthea is particularly interested in how light interacts with colour and form to create imagery and mood.  Her practice is exploratory, allowing each subject and composition to guide the direction of the work. She has completed a number of painting courses, including working under the guidance of artist Debbie Field. Anthea has participated in various group exhibitions in and around Cape Town, including exhibitions at Steenberg Golf Estate, Alliance Française, Trill Road in Observatory, the Gill Alderman Gallery, Nova Constantia...

James Grimstead is a Cape Town–based artist who works primarily in watercolour and mixed media sketching. Through a daily sketching practice, he documents everyday life, focusing on ordinary moments, local places, and the details that often go unnoticed. Drawing on a background in photography and design, his work explores observation, place, and the idea of what makes a place feel like home. Instagram: @grimstead_james Studio Address: Mothership Studios, 16 Dunster Avenue, Fish Hoek

Chris Bladen is a South African sculptor known for his finely detailed bronze sculptures of fish and birds. An avid catch-and-release fly fisherman and keen birder based in Cape Town, Chris spends much of his time observing animals in their natural habitats. These encounters give him a deep understanding of movement, anatomy and character, which he brings into each sculpture. Working from sketches, photographs and careful study, Chris creates works that capture both the physical presence and spirit of his subjects. He is involved in every stage of the bronze-making process, from the initial sculpting and casting through to the final patina. Through his work, Chris hopes to inspire a deeper appreciation for the beauty, complexity and fragility of the natural world. Medium: Bronze Instagram: @chris_bladen_sculpture Website: chrisbladen.com Email: info@chrisbladen.com Studio Address: 6 First Avenue, Fish Hoek

Mandy Lake is a Cape Town-based artist whose painting practice captures the shifting, translucent character of the ocean. She holds a degree in History and Art History from the University of Cape Town and received formal training at the Foundation School of Art. After a successful career in design and illustration, Mandy turned her focus to oil painting. Her current work explores the complex abstraction of water surfaces. Through close observation, she translates the interplay of light, currents and iridescent movement into fluid forms. By focusing on these surface details, her paintings invite viewers into an immersive experience of the ocean’s depth, rhythm and energy. Mandy has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions, including Solstice Earth Song II at The Cape Gallery, Reimagine: World Ocean Day at Studio50, Quiet Wilderness and Held by the Sea at Noordhoek Art Point, and Abstract – Synchrony Revealed at the Jan Rupert Art Centre. Her solo exhibitions include Sheer Wat...

Kay Price-Lindsay is a Cape Town-based landscape artist who embraced a creative practice later in life. Following a successful 30-year career running a casting company in the film industry, Kay now balances her work as a Rapid Results coach with the freedom to explore her artistic practice. Primarily self-taught, she is currently enjoying the process of working with a limited, monochromatic palette using charcoal, raw umber oils and chalk pastels. Her work is inspired by the breathtaking, off-trail wilderness regions she has hiked through across Southern Africa. She captures remote and hard-to-reach landscapes - places that stir the imagination and make the heart sing. During a three-month journey through Europe, Kay is expanding her focus to include gentler, historic landscapes. She is finding new inspiration in coastlines, country lanes, meadows, rivers and forests. Kay has participated in two collaborative exhibitions at Studio Muse in Kalk Bay, as well as a solo exhibition tit...

Heidi Benn is a Cape Town-based mixed media artist with a background in Fashion Design and Fine Art. Her process-led practice brings together paper, natural yarn, hand stitching and ink. Rather than beginning with a fixed outcome, Heidi allows the materials to guide the work, responding to texture, tension, line and form as each piece develops. Her current body of work explores Touch and the histories carried through hands - what is learned, remembered, made and held. Working between fine art and textile traditions, Heidi creates quiet, tactile pieces that invite close looking and reward attention to detail. Heidi has exhibited in various group exhibitions across Cape Town since 2008. Her work has also been available at Willow & Co in the Chelsea Village Courtyard, Wynberg , since August 2025. Mediums: Paper, thread, natural yarn, embroidery and ink Instagram: @bennheidi1 Studio Address:  Mothership Studios, 16 Dunster Avenue, Fish Hoek

SUBMISSION CRITERIA FOR OSFHC 2026 Event dates FRI 9th, SAT 10th, SUN 11 th OCT 2026 10am to 4pm each day APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS OPEN on Instagram and Facebook Sunday 1 March 2026. APPLICATIONS CLOSE Wednesday 1 April 2026 midnight. Notification of acceptance and invitation to join OSFHC 2026 will be emailed mid to end of April 2026. Defined by the mapped boundary lines of FISH HOEK and CLOVELLY. Must be engaged in a sustained and creative art practice. Applicants must demonstrate an active and evolving studio practice. Applicants must have a permanent studio space in the area or home work space. Open to artists and makers who create unique, handmade works within the creative arts, with a distinctive recognizable voice. Individual artists in the area may apply. No teaching institutions. COST Non-refundable application fee of R200: on receipt of yoco payment ...