Vela Projects is pleased to present eGoli, a group exhibition presenting works by Johannesburg based artists. The title eGoli is a colloquial term in both Zulu and Xhosa for Johannesburg, derived from 'City of Gold'. The city's history is defined by the 1886 discovery of the Witwatersrand, rapid industrialization, extraction and the systematic inequalities of apartheid.

Today, the city remains a vibrant yet complex economic and cultural hub. What makes Johannesburg distinctive is its sense of continual becoming. Unlike older cities with a fixed identity, Johannesburg often feels unfinished constantly demolishing, rebuilding, migrating, adapting, and reinventing itself. Neighborhoods rise and fall; populations shift; informal and formal economies overlap. It is a place where aspiration is highly visible, but so are the barriers to achieving it.

Featuring works by Joburg-based artists Khanya Sibaya, Lady Skollie, Michael MacGarry, Nyakallo Maleke, Nthabiseng Kekana, Kay-Leigh Fisher and Chuma Adam, the exhibition is a friendly enquiry into the lives of our neighbours, with an acknowledgement of the incomplete stories we may receive.