EBONY/CURATED, announces the representation of Kamohelo Blessing Rooi and will present new paintings by Rooi at EXPO CHICAGO in April 2026 and RMB Latitudes Art Fair in May 2026.
Born in 2001 in Gauteng, South Africa, and based in Soweto, Rooi’s practice is grounded in a sustained engagement with the social and spatial dynamics of township life. His work considers Soweto not only as a site of lived experience, but as a complex cultural and psychological landscape shaped by memory, identity, and collective presence.
Working primarily in acrylic on canvas, Rooi’s ongoing body of work, Kasiflavour (“location flavour”), operates as both homage and archive. Drawing on personal encounters, photographic references, and quotidian observation, his paintings are characterised by saturated colour, flattened perspective, and a confident approach to figuration. These works frequently evoke nocturnal scenes in Soweto, where gestures of style, intimacy, and social exchange unfold within carefully constructed pictorial spaces.
Rooi’s practice resists straightforward documentation, instead producing images that occupy a space between remembrance and reinterpretation. His figures, often poised within familiar yet stylised environments, articulate both individual presence and shared experience. Through this approach, Rooi advances a nuanced visual language that foregrounds dignity, complexity, and the evolving textures of contemporary urban life in South Africa.
Look forward to seeing Rooi’s work in Cape Town!
WHAT: Representation of Kamohelo Blessing Rooi
WHERE: EBONY/CURATED,
INFO: T +27 (0)21 424 9985 |E jade@ebonycurated.com | VISIT
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