About

Selwyn Steyn [b. 1997] completed his master’s degree in architecture in 2022 at the University of Cape Town which was then followed by an executive master's degree in digital building design at École des Ponts Paris Tech. Selwyn has however always been deeply interested in visual arts and has a dual studio practice involving design and artistic production.

Solo exhibitions

Studies From The In Between - FNB Art Joburg with Untitled Art [2023]

Group exhibitions

Manifest - SixtySix Gallery, London [2023]
Naming a River Mud - GalleryDeMoveOn, Cape Town Art Fair [2023]
Sasol New Signatures - Pretoria Art Museum [2021]
The Blind Alphabet with Willem Boshoff - UJ Art Museum [2021]
Conversing the Land - National Arts Festival, Makhanda and UJ Art Museum [2020]
Continuing Conversations - National Arts Festival, Makhanda and UJ Art Museum [2020]
Winter Salon - 99Loop Gallery [2020]
Sasol New Signatures - Pretoria Art Museum [2019]
PPC Imaginarium - UJ Art Museum [2019]
A Letter To My 22 Year Old Self - BKHZ and Absa Art Gallery [2018]
Talent Unlocked - RMB Lattitudes Art Fair [2018]

Collections

MTN Art Collection
Spier Art Collection

Education

Bsc Architecture - University of Pretoria [2016-2019]
Barch Honours - University of Pretoria [2021]
Masters of Architecture - University of Cape Town [2022]
Executive Masters Digital Building Design - École des Ponts Paris Tech 2023-2024]

Awards

PIA top design student at University of Pretoria
Corobrik Second runner up award Master's of Architecture at University of Cape Town
Winner of the UJ and MTN Continuing Conversations Art Prize
French Embassy in South Africa scholarship recipient