Madlozi Art

16/08/2026

Opening | ‘OUR MOTHERS GARDENS’ — 27 August - 30 September 2026. SAVE THE DATE!
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‘We are the Seeds of our Foremothers Wisdom.
Their stories, deep knowing, and traditions of healing, care for humanity and the Earth lives on in us.

CULTIVATING JOY & LOVE | HEALING THE PAST
Welcome. It is with a deep sense of joy and abundant thanks that we share the details of our new exhibition!
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Madlozi Contemporary Art & GAYA Habitat for Art & Healing is pleased to announce our Spring 2026 exhibition celebrating art as matrilineal wisdom.

Memory, Roots, Identity, Ecologies of Healing
Seeding Truth, Finding Restoration.

WE HEAL IN OUR MOTHERS GARDENS
Beyond the reach of colonial violence, cultural negation, ecological devastation and economic inequity there is the wark - the work of remembering and restoring. healing and tilling the sail of spirit within ourselves and in community.

The conduit for finding our way is illuminated through the practices of making art, writing the stories of our mothers, grandmothers and female matriarchs is critical, and so too is creating with love.

| EXHIBITION VERNISSAGE | JOIN US! 🥂

• 18H00 - THURSDAY 27th August 2026
• 15 Abbotswold Road, Saxonwold, Johannesburg

MAKING ART AS WE RISE & GROW
‘Let us explore the possibilities of growth.
The potential of the seed is determined but how I choose to grow is unlimited.

Intoxicatingly fresh oxygen leaves her green and enters my red, entering through my lungs and teleported to every mitochondrial existence in my body.
I feel her outpourings revitalize my being.
SHE is magical!’ - Shanti Govender, artist & founder of GAYA Habitat for Art & Healing.
| Gaya | Habitat for Art & Healing

TURN THE SOIL WITHIN | RECLAIM BELONGING, LAND & TRADITIONS OF SPIRIT, RENEWAL | BEYOND THE REACH PATRIARCHY |

This exhibition is invocation of ancestral memory, a call to the seed-keepers and storytellers. Matrilineal lineages are ancient maps - an important call to action and beautiful reminder to cultivate love, and renewed respect for our bodies, ancestors, and the Earth. - Curator Beathur Mgoza Baker

| We’re grateful to be working with exceptional artists. See you on the 27th!
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16/08/2026

‘OUR MOTHERS GARDENS’

14/08/2026

💥 to The Artist & Legend | MMAKGABO HELEN SEBIDI, the cultural heritage icon and knowledge keeper of African material traditions, history, and spirituality. A celebration of memory!
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Madlozi Art and Gaya Habitat for Art & Healing in collaboration with A Night of Greatjoy is honoured to present a special tribute to Mme Sebidi whose work is currently being exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2026.
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CULTURAL PRESERVATION
The extraordinary artist is a remarkable storyteller and custodian of rich cultural and art making traditions in South Africa.
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INVITATION | An afternoon of storytelling and culture.
We are pleased to invite you to this exclusive event affording a rare and intimate audience with the artist, sculptor and pioneer in the preservation of indigenous knowledge systems.

📆 DATE | Saturday - 29th August 2026

⏱️ TIME | 14H00 - 17H00

📍GAYA Habitat for Art & Healing
15 Abbotswold Road, Saxonwold
Johannesburg

📥 RSVP | [email protected]
Media Enquiries - madloziart .com

A Night of Greatjoy collaborates with us to bring you the artist in conversation.
We look forward to your company. Reserve your seat early to avoid disappointment.

See you on the 29th of August!
Refreshments will be served after the talk.

NEW EXHIBITION - See the artist’s works:
You can also view select works by the artist in our upcoming new exhibition, ‘OUR MOTHERS GARDENS’ which opens on Thursday 27th August 2026 at 18h00 at GAYA.
Please Join us!
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09/08/2026

Who Create | A Month, a Year of Women as Fire Seeds. ❤️ Art Love & Growth & Place Making!
2026 - Empowered Creatives!
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We are proud to be working with artists whose voices lift and rise in the spirit of the women who marched for racial equity and the end of apartheid discrimination.
1956 - 2026 we are the seeds of their resilience!
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We’re excited to pick up this baton and run with it, coming together to collaborate in community spirit with a group of exceptional artists and photographers for our upcoming exhibition opening 20 August 2026.
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‘OUR MOTHERS GARDENS’
20 August 2026
A Group Exhibition

MCA Contemporary &. GAYA Habitat for Art & Healing
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Watch this space!
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08/07/2026

🪐HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎁 Nandipha ✨ Please Join Us in wishing the super talented artist, designer and photographer a blessed birthday and year ahead!
🖤NANDIPHAJANTJIES
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Series
Exclusive New Limited Edition Prints
Now Available!
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We invite you to explore and enjoy the artist’s beautiful new print collection featured here.
*Enquire about sales with the gallery.

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03/07/2026

🐾 NEVER LOOSE SIGHT OF THE WILD WOMAN WITHIN | ART EXHIBITION | 08.08.2026
SAVE-THE-DATE! 🌟

01/07/2026

20/06/2026

💥 Weekend In Focus | Artist SEGUN AIYESAN - Limited Edition Series: ‘THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS’ - an artistic exploration in figurative abstraction.

20/06/2026

💥 2026 Tribute | ROMARE BEARDEN | Masterful Collagist & Visual Artist.

We join the Bearden Foundation in paying homage to the seminal artist, his life, and work in a quest for artistic freedom of expression.

His life and art are marked by exceptional talent, encompassing a broad range of intellectual and scholarly interests, including music, performing arts, history, literature and world art.

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Born in September 1911, Bearden was also a celebrated humanist, as demonstrated by his lifelong support of young, emerging artists.

Romare Bearden began college at Lincoln University, transferred to Boston University and completed his studies at New York University (NYU), graduating with a degree in education.

The Artists Guild
After joining the Harlem Artists Guild, Bearden embarked on his lifelong study of art, gathering inspiration from Western masters ranging from Duccio, Giotto and de H***h to Cezanne, Picasso and Matisse, as well as from African art (particularly sculpture, masks and textiles), Byzantine mosaics, Japanese prints and Chinese landscape paintings.

Active in many arts organizations, in 1964 Bearden was appointed the first art director of the newly established Harlem Cultural Council, a prominent African-American advocacy group.

Read more about the iconic artist at:
https://beardenfoundation.org/romare-bearden/

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MCA Contemporary Art
Tribute to the Icons

15/06/2026

🎤 Tomorrow🕶️JUNE 16 • ART-MEETS-POETRY• Culture Connect - You’re Invited to Join Us!
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JUNE 16 1976 - JUNE 16 2026 - 50 Years of Youth Voices & the Power to Create Change.

GAYA* | Habitat For Art & Healing & MCA Art Gallery.

YOUTH DAY • 12H00 Onwards.
Spoken Word Artists & Performers.

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JOIN US • Bring your poems, your passion, your writing and friends - share with fellow storytellers and writers, performers to celebrate the of story.
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Join the open mic 🎤 and live readings andor just enjoy and applaud. All are welcome!

Date • 16 June 2026
Time • 12h00 Midday
Venue • GAYA Habitat for Art & Healing
Address • 15 Abbotswold Road
Saxonwold, Johannesburg.
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Bring a picnic basket, a friend and your family to enjoy Gaya’s garden!
We’re lifting our voices in the spirit of community & creative freedom!
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*Refreshments on sale at the venue.
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Attend an inter-generational event honouring literary and creative freedom as we observe history:
🎙️June 16 1976 - 50 Years On!*

Art Exhibition
Don’t miss our new art exhibition by the iconic Sheila Jarzin Levinson: ‘THE SOUL SPEAKS’
31 May - 31 July 2016
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SHARE & SEE YOU THERE !!!
Gaya | Habitat for Art & Healing |