Meet Olwethu de Vos
Olwethu de Vos (b. 1992, South Africa) is a Johannesburg-based multidisclinary visual artist and curator.
Her practice explores healing, lineage, restoration and bodily autonomy through textured figurative and abstract works created with charcoal, pastel and industrial materials.
Her work has been exhibited at Investec Cape Town Art Fair, FNB Art Joburg, Miami Prizm Art Fair and Austria Art Fair. She was a top 15 finalist for the Thami Mnyele National Fine Arts Awards and completed the Lion Sands x SAFFCA Artist Residency in 2026.
De Vos has curated over 15 exhibitions at institutions including the Pretoria Art Museum and Everard Read Gallery. She is co-founder and Art Director of the BNAP Foundation, where she leads its curatorial department and mentors emerging South African artists.