Featuring emerging artists
Collectable pieces
Fresh talent
New work
Alternative styles
Every First Thursday of the month
Upcoming
Exhibition
3 April 2025
Kyle Jardine & Careshia Esperanza
Previous Exhibiton
6 March 2025
It's Only Human
Andrina Darja & Careshia Esperanza
6 march 6-9pm
by Andrina Darja & Careshia Esperanza
Andrina Darja
sitting, 2021
61.5 cm x 89 cm
Archival Inkjet print on
Hahnemühle Photo Rag®
walnut frame & Museum glass
(no reflection)
R12,000
Andrina Darja
Hold, 2023
43.5 cm x 63.5 cm
Archival Inkjet print on Hahnemühle
Photo Rag®
Winston red duco frame & Museum glass
(no reflection)
R7,200
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Careshia Esperanza
Karma
912 x 912 mm
Acrylic, ink, koki,
oil sticks on canvas
framed in kiaat
'snagged' aka SOLD
Careshia Esperanza
Pink Pony Parade
1560(w) x 955(h) mm
Acrylic, oil sticks, koki
and ink on canvas
framed in kiaat
'snagged' aka SOLD
we’re a pop-up gallery showcasing delicious art every First Thursday (for now). You have 3 hours to see the work and “snag-it” before someone else does. The work is hot and it’s happening.
what is the deal with ‘Snag’?
63 Hout str - The Mercantile Building
First pop-up: 6 March 2025
First Thursday
6-9pm
Careshia Esperanza
Flower Man
360 x 485 mm
Ink on paper
framed in kiaat
R2,500
Careshia Esperanza
Death of Man
Ink on Paper
565 x 710 mm
Framed in kiaat
R6,000
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artist statement of
Andrina Darja
(born 1993) is a Cape Town-based artist working predominantly with lens-based mediums. For her, the camera is both mirror and window — a way to look inward while also reaching out. Working with both digital and analog photography, she experiments with other materials, allowing her process to remain fluid and intuitive.
Through her work, she searches for emotions that live just beneath the skin, those feelings too fleeting and fragile for words. Her photographs emerge as a byproduct of inner reflection — a gentle search to understand her subconscious and the shared experience of being human.
The interplay between the human form and nature — and the relationship of each — forms the heart of her imagery.
Andrina spends time with her subjects, building personal bonds and creating space for quiet, authentic moments to surface, witnessed by the lens. Similarly to the relationship built with her subjects, she understands nature to be an important
collaborator in her work. Although these spaces almost become anonymous in her photographs, they are deeply considered, explored and reflected on as they form an important pillar of the conceptual layer of her practice. Through her work, Andrina creates surreal fragments — moments suspended between the real and the imagined — gently reminding us that beauty often lives in the in-between.
artist statement of
careshia esperanza
Fine artist and Illustrator creating in her studio here in Cape Town. Her work ranges from illustration, painting and sculptures. Sense of humour and playfulness is what she aims for.
“We should be able to play while making art.” she says.
She thrives on mixing things up, working with everything from acrylics and oil sticks to kokis and ink. Her work brings together human forms, often a bit disjointed and warped, with an eclectic cast of creatures and monsters.
Each piece is a little adventure—fun, weird, and titillating, with unexpected twists and a sense of playfulness.
She aims to create art that catches you off guard, makes you look twice, and lets you dive into a world where anything (and anyone) can take shape.
