To Shore Up The World at Smac Art Gallery Cape Town | Art.co.za Art Exhibition Listings

A new exhibition series promoting Johannesburg-based artists, with writer David Mann. The series begins with Smiso Cele (b. Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) is a Johannesburg-based visual artist. Cele’s practice is concerned with the ecological questions surrounding migration, gardening, city construction/urban planning, and language. These are often engaged with through diagrammatic drawings and object-based sculptures. He is the 2025 Cassirer Welz Award Winner. He has also exhibited, with notable participation in Shifting Grounds (2025) at Ellis House Gallery, AFFECT/EFFECT (2024) at the UJ FADA Gallery, and Of Place and the Uncertain (2024) at Constitutional Hill. He has also participated in residencies at The Bag Factory Artists’ Studios (Young/Unframed), Kromdraai Impact Hub at Nirox Foundation, and at Ellis House (2025).