Faith47

Faith47 / Faith XLVII (born Cape Town, 1979) is a South African interdisciplinary artist. Her inaugural museum exhibition CLAIR OBSUR took place at the Musee Des Beaux Arts de Nancy (2023). She has held solo exhibitions in Paris (2023), Cape Town (2021) , Miami (2018), New York City (2015), London (2014) and Johannesburg (2012). Quotes “An investigation of light and shadow, of nature, our behaviors, the conscious and the subconscious, connection and dissonance, the outside world and the inside world, the phases of the moon from fullness to absence, creativity and receptivity, sound and silence. An interdependence of the two.” Danysz Gallery: Faith XLVII., Retrieved 22 March 2025. "I am not religious but I pray through my work to unknown devils and gods. I look for my soul in colors and empty my being through parables of rusted, lost metal doors." "In empty buildings that felt like spiritual experiences, exploring holy chambers of neglected architecture... finding something so beautiful in what society disregards, and bringing to life that which usually people throw away or ignore." Edwards, Katie B. (26 February 2015). Rethinking Biblical Literacy. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780567657510. "Miners are waiting for justice. Workers are waiting for a living wage. People are waiting for service delivery. Refugees are waiting for assistance. Men are waiting for jobs. We are all waiting for an honest politician. So many people are waiting for others to do things first. To take the blame. To do things for them. To take the fall. To build the country. To admit defeat. There has been so much waiting in this country that much time has been lost." "The Long Wait – by Faith47". Wooster Collective. Retrieved 22 March. "We have become so distanced from nature, so these murals are an attempt to reconnect us with the natural world." "There's an inherent irony in recreating nature on cement, so the series is a nostalgic reminder of what we've lost but also an attempt to reintegrate that into the present," "Faith47 In NYC". Visi. Retrieved 22 March 2025. “We forget that the dividing lines specifying countries were merely drawn by politically hungry men. In reality, the earth is open. There are no countries, no borders, it belongs to no one. We are transient visitors and should travel as we please," "Streets: Faith47 (New York)". ArrestedMotion. Retrieved 22 March 2025. Quotes About Her “Through her works, FAITH XLVII leads a spiritual search and offers the visitors to follow her on the winding path to serenity. Light and shadow are intertwined in her art and the chiaroscuro explored by the artist is ambivalent. Deeply meditative, it invites us to pause.” “FAITH XLVII’s work questions inner duality and the ambivalence of the world. Shadows intertwined with light, her work is highly inspired by Buddhism, connected to nature, but also haunted by the ghost of post-traumatic stress due to her South African origins. Through her creations, the exploration of the notion of consciousness makes us go through the worst as well as the best of the human experience.” "Mirroring our contradictions, her installations encourage us to turn our inner gaze towards the animality within us. It is only by listening to the non-human in us, by letting nature express itself in culture, that we can reinvent the world, the artist suggests." Danysz Gallery : Faith XLVII., Retrieved 22 March 2025. "A South African artist whose textured imagery brings spirituality and nature to the foreground of urban environments." "10 Women Street Artists Who Are Better Than Banksy". HuffPost. Retrieved 22 March 2025. "A rare incantation of both the earthly and the transcendent." Jamie Maleszka (18 November 2015). "Mass Appeal — Since '96". Mass Appeal. Retrieved 22 March 2025. "Deeply profound visions existing as physical aesthetic gifts for other viewers." "Faith47′s “Aqua Regalia – Chapter Two” at Jonathan...". Supersonic Art. Retrieved 22 March 2025. "Equally at home in grimy alleys as she is in a studio, she creates murals that are both breathtaking and poignant. I challenge anyone to look at her work and not feel a little overawed by her talent." "Faith47: When Walls Speak". Carte Blanche. External Link Category:Artists from South Africa Category:Women artists Category:Women from South Africa