Sonia Martins Mateus
Deep Ground
Curated by Liza Grobler
[ April 2025 ]
Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn,
South Africa
Alka Dass, Asanda Kupa, Catherine Ocholla, Diano October, Elise Vossgatter, Franli Meintjes, Hanien Conradie,
Hannelie Coetzee, Jeanne Hoffman, Joe Roets, Johan Thom, John Murray, Kamyar Bineshtarigh, Lien Botha, Lisl Barry,
Leanne Olivier, Luan Nel, Miné Kleynhans, Niel Jonker, NomThumzi Mashalaba, Noramn O'Flynn,
Richard John Forbes, Ronesca Cloete, Sereste Molestane, Sonia Martins Mateus, Stephané E. Conradie,
Swain Hoogerworst, Tamlin Blake, Trevor Rizzato, Ulric Roberts (Namasun),
Vanessa Berlein, Vincent Meyburgh, Wonder Marthinus, Zietske Saaiman.
" Highlights included Seretse Moletsane’s soil-and-dung paintings sourced from local roads, Sonia Martins Mateus’s durational performance Under the Red Soil, and Zietske Saaiman’s sound and light installation built from calcified riverbed plants. Meanwhile, Lien Botha’s In Afterland (Dürer) transformed a police station wall into an unexpected portal between landscape and art history."
ArtAfrica Magazine, "Deep Ground: A Layered Landscape Built One Conversation at a Time", 30 Mai 2025.
https://artafricamagazine.org/deep-ground-a-layered-landscape-built-one-conversation-at-a-time/
Under The Red Soil, Installation, April 2025.
Aloe Ferox I, From the serie Silent Dance
Bleachpainting on black fabric,
2025
Private collection, Cape Town, South Africa..