Sharday Swanepoel (b.1986) is a self-taught lens-based artist living in Kommetjie, South Africa.
With a degree in Architectural Studies, her affinity for sculpting with light soon lead her to pick up the camera. As a mother of four, photography became a means of documenting and preserving her own stories. Swanepoel’s work is an introspective exploration of social issues, personal identity, and domesticity in South Africa. Through her works, she explores the concepts of memory. The work has a tone of melancholy: “this too shall pass” a prolific notion fed to woman experiencing the difficulties of mothering. The pictures are made using a combination of digital and analogue photography, reminiscent of the family photo album.
Swanepoel has exhibited her photographs in various group shows, including the 2023 Portrait Show, hosted by Through The Lens Collective, as well in the group exhibition, ‘The Wildest Most Beautiful Ugly’, hosted by Too Tired Project and Open Studio Kommetjie, 2023.
Invertebrate
Two of a Kind
Asking The Ancestors
Stuffed Animal
Perlemoen
Cyclops
Grandmothers teeth
Something Fishy
Making Contact
Holding Hands with an Octopus
Heart Opener
NOT FOR SALE
