Sharday Swanepoel
Sharday Swanepoel is a lens-based artist working in maternal identity and childhood memory
Artist statement
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. Using flash and hard light she reveals her subjects in stark, unflinching detail. The result is 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 surreal and unexpected ways.
Details
- Born
- 1986, Durban, South Africa
- Based in
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Mediums
- Photography +4
- Education
- Barch, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
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Bio
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.
b. 1986, Durban, South Africa
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Portfolio
Single work · 2025 · Audio Visual
Single image · 2024 · photography
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Single image · 2023 · photograph
Single image · 2023 · Photograph
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Single image · 2022 · photograph