Sharday Swanepoel (b.1986) is a lens-based artist living in Kommetjie, South Africa.
With a background in Architectural Studies, her interest in sculpting with light naturally evolved into a photographic practice. As a mother of four, photography became both a creative outlet and a way to preserve her personal stories.
Swanepoel’s work explores an interior landscape shaped by memory, domestic life, and the psychological weight of motherhood. Her images often blend the familiar with the surreal resulting in a visual language that is both strange and intimate: nostalgic yet eerie, inviting viewers into a world where childhood memory and maternal identity overlap in unexpected ways.
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Awards
2026 - FOTOFILMIC Open Winner
Exhibitions
2026 - A Sense Of Place, Kingsbridge Art, Cape Town Photography Festival, Cape Town
2026 - Salon Show, Through The Lens Collective, Contra, Johannesburg
2026 - Pretty Serious, Art School Africa & Orms, Cape Town
2026 - The Landscape Is An Emotional Thing, Latitudes Centre For The Arts, Johannesburg
2026 - Love, Art-Icon, Paris
2026 - No Computer, Ultraviolet Gallery, Cape Town
2026 - FOTOFILMIC Open Exhibition, Vancouver
2026 - It’s Been a Year, Through The Lens Collective, Online
2026 - Art School Africa Summer Show, President Hotel, Cape Town
2025 - GUP FRESH EYES Exhibition, Hungry Eye Fair, Amsterdam
2025 - Uno, Ultraviolet Gallery, Cape Town
2025 - Resisting The Pixel, Kingsbridge Art, Cape Town Photography Festival, Cape Town
2024 - Open Studios Kommetjie, Cape Town
2024 - August House Salon Show, Through The Lens Collective, Johannesburg
2024 - The Uncanny, FNB Art Fair Open City Programme, Johannesburg
2023 - Portrait Show, Through The Lens Collective, Johannesburg
2023 - The Wildest Most Beautiful Ugly, Too Tired Project, Online
2023 - Open Studios Kommetjie, Cape Town
Press, Publications, Interviews, Features, etc
2026 - Memory Cult Magazine, Issue 02
2025 - A Photograph Is Not A Photograph, Live Storytelling Event
2025 - Memory Cult Magazine, Issue 01
2025 - Tombe, Issue 03
2025 - GUP Magazine’s FRESH EYES X Hungry Eye
2025 - Chico Photobook Review
2025 - Guest interview on ‘The Real Photo Show’ podcast
2024 - Tombe, Issue 01