Berman Contemporary

Berman Contemporary Berman Contemporary is a pioneering gallery dedicated to women artists.
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Through mentorship, visibility, and sustained support, we nurture creative practices and amplify women's voices. Berman Contemporary is rooted in the growing understanding of the cultural richness and diversity of South African contemporary art. The gallery’s collection centres on a vibrant group of artists living and working in South Africa.

Artist Thirza Schaap transforms plastic gathered from the shoreline into sculptures that pull you in with their beauty, ...
09/09/2026

Artist Thirza Schaap transforms plastic gathered from the shoreline into sculptures that pull you in with their beauty, then reveal the waste beneath.

Thirza Schaap
Assemblage in white No. 2, 2026
Ocean plastics and white coating, unique piece
63 x 33 x 38 cm

On view until 28 November 2026
Berman Contemporary, Cape Town

03/09/2026

What remains when everything else has been discarded?

In After the Tide, Thirza Schaap works with plastics collected from coastlines, transforming consumer residue into carefully composed still lifes that hold beauty, tension and balance in unexpected places.

At the exhibition opening, Candice Berman spoke about the ideas and materials at the heart of Schaap’s body of work.

On show at Berman Contemporary, Cape Town | 1 August – 28 November 2026

Featured in After the Tide by Thirza Schaap at Berman Contemporary.THIRZA SCHAAPMonochrome, 2020Archival inkjet print on...
02/09/2026

Featured in After the Tide by Thirza Schaap at Berman Contemporary.

THIRZA SCHAAP
Monochrome, 2020
Archival inkjet print on Felix Schoeller adhered to diabond
75 x 50 cm
framed 77.5 x 53 x 3.5 cm
Edition of 7 ( #1/7)

On view until 28 November 2026
Berman Contemporary, Cape Town

Featured in After the Tide by Thirza Schaap at Berman Contemporary.

THIRZA SCHAAP
Wrap, 2020
Archival inkjet print on Felix Schoeller adhered to diabond
45 x 30 cm
framed 47.5 x 33 x 3.5 cm
Edition of 7 ( #2/7)

On view until 28 November 2026
Berman Contemporary, Cape Town

Featured in After the Tide by Thirza Schaap at Berman Contemporary.

THIRZA SCHAAP
Musselmania, 2017
Archival inkjet print on Felix Schoeller adhered to diabond
45 x 30 cm
framed 47.5 x 33 x 3.5 cm
Edition of 7 ( #1/7)

On view until 28 November 2026
Berman Contemporary, Cape Town

Installation views from After the Tide by Thirza Schaap, as we count down to the opening this Saturday at Berman Contemp...
27/08/2026

Installation views from After the Tide by Thirza Schaap, as we count down to the opening this Saturday at Berman Contemporary.

The exhibition brings together photographic works and selected sculptural arrangements from the series, offering a closer encounter with the materials, forms and compositions that shape Schaap’s practice.

The opening will also include a special presentation by VIVIERS Studio, bringing the two practices into dialogue through a shared interest in transformation, materiality and the beauty of the unexpected.

We’re looking forward to welcoming you into the exhibition this Saturday.

After the Tide
Saturday, 29 August | 11:30–14:30
Berman Contemporary
Silo 5A2, Silo District, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

RSVP via the link in bio.

This Saturday, After the Tide opens at Berman Contemporary with a special presentation by VIVIERS Studio.Presented in di...
26/08/2026

This Saturday, After the Tide opens at Berman Contemporary with a special presentation by VIVIERS Studio.

Presented in dialogue with Thirza Schaap’s practice, VIVIERS will showcase a curated selection of garments connected through a shared interest in transformation, materiality and the beauty of the unexpected.

Using discarded couture fabrics, production waste and found materials, VIVIERS gives new life, meaning and value to materials that might otherwise be overlooked.

Image Credit: Dicker & Dane

Join us for the opening of After the Tide by Thirza Schaap, with VIVIERS Studio.
Saturday, 29 August | 11:30–14:30
Berman Contemporary
Silo 5A2, Silo District, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

RSVP via the link in our bio

See this work in person at the opening of After the Tide this Saturday.THIRZA SCHAAPIllusion, 2017Archival inkjet print ...
25/08/2026

See this work in person at the opening of After the Tide this Saturday.

THIRZA SCHAAP
Illusion, 2017
Archival inkjet print on Felix Schoeller adhered to diabond
30 x 20 cm
framed 32.5 x 23 x 3.5 cm
Edition of 7 ( #1/7)

Join us at Berman Contemporary for After the Tide by Thirza Schaap.

29 August | 11:30-14:00
Berman Contemporary, Cape Town
RSVP via the link in our bio.

See this work in person at the opening of After the Tide this Saturday.

THIRZA SCHAAP
Chapel, 2019
Archival inkjet print on Felix Schoeller adhered to diabond
30 x 20 cm
framed 32.5 x 23 x 3.5 cm
Edition of 7 ( #1/7)

Join us at Berman Contemporary for After the Tide by Thirza Schaap.

29 August | 11:30-14:00
Berman Contemporary, Cape Town
RSVP via the link in our bio.

See this work in person at the opening of After the Tide this Saturday.

THIRZA SCHAAP
Peace, 2017
Archival inkjet print on Felix Schoeller adhered to diabond
30 x 20 cm
framed 32.5 x 23 x 3.5 cm
Edition of 7 ( #1/7)

Join us at Berman Contemporary for After the Tide by Thirza Schaap.

29 August | 11:30-14:00
Berman Contemporary, Cape Town
RSVP via the link in our bio.

See this work in person at the opening of After the Tide this Saturday.

THIRZA SCHAAP
Shelter, 2017
Archival inkjet print on Felix Schoeller adhered to diabond
30 x 20 cm
framed 32.5 x 23 x 3.5 cm
Edition of 7 ( #1/7)

Join us at Berman Contemporary for After the Tide by Thirza Schaap.

29 August | 11:30-14:00
Berman Contemporary, Cape Town
RSVP via the link in our bio.

Next Saturday, join us at Berman Contemporary for the opening of After the Tide by Thirza Schaap.The exhibition brings t...
20/08/2026

Next Saturday, join us at Berman Contemporary for the opening of After the Tide by Thirza Schaap.

The exhibition brings together Schaap’s photographic works with selected sculptural arrangements from the series, offering a closer encounter with the forms and materials behind the images.

For the opening, VIVIERS STUDIO will also present a curated selection of garments in dialogue with Schaaps’s work, bringing together shared ideas around material, transformation and give no new value to what is overlooked.

Saturday, 29 August | 11:30-14:30
Berman Contemporary
Silo 5A2, Silo District, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

RSVP via the link in our bio.

For the opening of After the Tide, Berman Contemporary welcomes VIVIERS Studio for a special collaborative presentation....
18/08/2026

For the opening of After the Tide, Berman Contemporary welcomes VIVIERS Studio for a special collaborative presentation.

In dialogue with Thirza Schaap’s practice, VIVIERS will present a curated selection of garments shaped by a shared interest in transformation, materiality and the beauty of the unexpected.

Working with discarded couture fabrics, production waste and found materials, VIVIERS reimagines what might otherwise be overlooked -giving fragments new life, meaning and value.

Join us for the opening of After the Tide by Thirza Schaap, with VIVIERS Studio.

Saturday, 29 August | 11:30–14:30
Berman Contemporary
Silo 5A2, Silo District, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

🔗 RSVP via the link in our bio

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