AVA 100 | Building Common Space for Artists

As a membership-based organisation, building a community has been an important part of AVA’s mission through the years.

Bringing back the AVA Members Exhibition is an important step in bringing the AVA community together, not just through virtual membership, but in a very tangible way: on the walls of the AVA Gallery at 35 Church Street, which has been the locus of so many artists’ lives for over 55 years, even before the current Association for Visual Arts was officially formed as an independent entity. It is also an opportunity to build bridges between different generations of artists, creating a space for connection, dialogue and a sense of belonging around something continuous and important: the common space that is AVA.

As part of the 2026 Members Exhibition, we have selected 100 artworks from our current members that showcase both AVA’s recent history of helping launch and support artists’ careers and its present, with works by exciting emerging and independent artists who are building their creative journeys today.

Featured Artists

100 Exhibiting Artists:

Aimee Elizabeth Hare · Ala Alhourani · Alexis Schofield · Alison Hector · Alyson Smith · Andrew Mokgatla · Angela Briggs · Anneke Potgieter · Anthony Morrison Cain · Ashley Walters · Benjamin Mitchley · Bonita Alice · Bonolo Kavula · Botlhale Zwakala · Bruce Bowale · Catriona Towriss · Chantal Coetzee · Chantal Masinga · Chas Unwin · Cheryl Traub Adler · Chulumanco Dywili · Clare Menck · Daniel Bradfield · Danielle Vorster · Debbie Field · Elske Henderson · Emily Rice · Emma Wootton · Ethel Ettie Flax · Fadiel Hermans · Frauke Louw · Gabrielle Guy · Gaelen Pinnock · Gill Allderman · Grady T Zeeman · Holly Birkby · Igshaan Adams · Ilja de la Guerre · Ishmael Chitambire · Jan Ludik · Jill Mary Trappler · Joanne Milne · Josephine Grindrod · Kamyar Bineshtarigh · Karen Stander · Karin Hopkinson · Kathy Robins · Keely Shinners · Kerry Lee Chambers · Khanya Zibaya · Khaya Bobotyana · Kimshay Philander · Kirsty Tinkler · Kristen McClarty · Lamont Khoza · Lara Frances · Laurel Holmes · Leah Dominique Johnson · Leandri Erlank · Lelani Nicolaisen · Lionel Tazvitya Mbayiwa · Lisakhanya Ngqoba · Lisl Barry · Liza Grobler · Madeleine Kooyman van Manen · Madelize van der Merwe · Mandy Shindler · Many Libuta · Mary-Jane Morris · Mathabela Madiela · Max Wolpe · Maxine Fitz-Patrick · Michele Fiona Jane Sandilands · Natasha Norman · Nicola von Bratt · Nirveda Alleck · Norman O’Flynn · Nozuko Madokwe · Olivier Baudry · Oscar Henning · Owethu Mtshali · Paul Birchall · Phillippa Duncan · Pia Truscott · Sera Holland · Siyakholwa Kala · Sonia Martins Mateus · Sophie Peters · Stefanie Eins · Suzanne Leighton · Swain Hoogervorst · Tanja Truscott · Tsediso Joans Mnkhenga · Tusevo Landu · Ulric Roberts · Wonder Marthinus · Yasmine Yacoubi · Yazeed Kamaldien · Zaitoon Ebrahim · Zandri Oosthuysen

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