Artvark Gallery

Artvark Gallery Contemporary Art Gallery & Restaurant. The idea behind Artvark began in 1991 in Johannesburg. Everyone who visits Artvark leaves inspired and uplifted.

The core of the “company” was the handmade cutlery initiated by Theresa Jo - an artist with a Fine Art degree majoring in jewellery at the University of Stellenbosch and CP Wessels, a designer, previously a Film maker and student of Architecture at the University of Natal. Relocating to Kalk Bay took place in 1998 where Artvark Gallery and a manufacturing studio in Retreat were established. Artva

rk Gallery is classic and contemporary with a keen eye for folk art, specializing in paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, textiles, jewellery, craft and unique custom made steel works. It has been a long time favourite of Cape Town art lovers and tourists visiting Kalk Bay. Artvark Gallery contributes towards the development, investment and management of creative and artistic resources for the benefit of the whole community and its visitors. The works showcased in the gallery are an excellent representation of the art and culture of a diversified South Africa which speaks to the promotion of classic and contemporary Southern African art. This ethos encourages the development of a visual literacy that all can discover, explore amd build upon. Artvark caters to the requirements of a variety of discerning clientele, both local and international. ARTVARK GALLERY's ARTISTS:

(the late) Fred Myburgh
(the late) Isaac Sithole
(the late) Frans Mulder

Asanda Kupa
Andrew James Hofmeyr
Anna Painter
Anton Kannemeyer

Catherine Brennon
Candice Dawn Blignaut
Christine Scheid
CP Wessels

Dave Robertson
Dumisani Mabaso

Elizabeth Vels

Gerald Tabata

Hennie Niemann Snr. Janet Ranson
Jeremy Rose
Joshua Miles
JP Meyer

Keiskamma Project

Laurel Holmes
Lizette Liebenberg
Lyn Gilbert
Lyn Smuts

Margot Hattingh
Marinda du Toit
Mark Hilltout
Mariette Momberg
Martin Wessels
Mimi van der Merwe
Mia Chaplin
Nannette Ranger
Neeske Alexander

Paul Painting
Paul Kristafor
Peter van Straten

Richard Myburgh
Robbie Rorich
Robert Wagener
Ronel Human

Sam Nhlengetwa
Sanelle Aggenbach
Shelley Maisel
Simon Sephton
Sharlè Matthews
Sue Pam - Grant
Sue van Rensburg


Tessa Wessels
Thabang Lehobye
Thelmi Bekker
Theresa Jo

Van Wessels

Walter Battiss
Wendy Rosselli
Wiebke von Bismarck



CONTACT US at [email protected] regarding any enquiries or orders.

27/05/2026

🔥 FIRESIDE CONVERSATIONS 🔥

Join us on Thursday 4 June for
FIRESIDE CONVERSATIONS - A Winter Salon at Artvark Gallery.
We will be presenting classic works alongside new acquistions.

Featuring a LIVE JAZZ performance from Justin Bellairs (saxophone) and Jason Marshall (keyboard).

Performance starts at 18:00.
Hot Glühwein will be served.

We are also delighted to launch
JAZZ ON THE DECK at the Kalkbay Kalk Bay Courtyard - live jazz sessions curated and hosted by Impressario VONITA BATES.
Performances will begin on the 14th and continue every second Sunday.

Settle in for dinner at the Kalk Bay Courtyard.
To book a table call : 021 788 8590 or via the website.



Kalk Bay Kalk Bay and St James

17/05/2026

Just in! A selection of gorgoeous new Mudcloths from Mali, curated by Theresa Jo Wessels. And a Bambara fish.

Come take a look! We are open Mon to Sun from 9 til 5pm.

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT with TANIKA PASCHKE-MOLOI.THURSDAY 14th MAY, 19:00PMR220 per person.BOOK NOW ON QUICKEThttps://www....
05/05/2026

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT with TANIKA PASCHKE-MOLOI.
THURSDAY 14th MAY, 19:00PM
R220 per person.
BOOK NOW ON QUICKET

https://www.quicket.co.za/events/371800-the-butterfly-effect-with-tanika-paschke-moloi-library-art-gallery-edition-artv/ #/

Blending songs from her upcoming EP with stories from her debut novel, Speak the Truth and Run, this 60 minute music & storytelling performance tells the story of a white orphan adopted by a Black family in Soweto shortly after South Africa's first democratic elections.

Tanika Paschke-Moloi is a writer, musician, and multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of storytelling, performance, and social impact. She is the founder of Hatua Kali, a creative studio and social impact organisation that uses storytelling as a tool for connection, healing, and collective understanding.

Her work draws from a deeply personal and complex upbringing—shaped by contrasting belief systems and lived realities—which continues to inform her exploration of identity, belonging, and the question: what does it mean to be free?

Blending music, narrative, and research, her performances create intimate, reflective experiences that invite audiences into emotional and intellectual engagement. Whether through live shows, writing, or collaborative projects, Tanika’s work seeks to dissolve separation and foster a deeper sense of connection—to self, to others, and to the environments we inhabit.

04/05/2026

This THURSDAY at Artvark Gallery at 6.30pm.
Join us for an Artist-led walkabout while enjoying a glass of Glühwein around our cosy new fireplace.

Artists Gill Allderman, KMVH (Klàre van Heerden), Brett Williams, Sue Pam - Grant and Miche Fabre Lewin will be talking about their work on our currently running exhibition INTERPLAY which has been extended until the end of May.



First Thursdays Down South Kalk Bay Kalk Bay and St James Kalk Bay Community

20/04/2026

Thresholds – into liminal space, crossing from one life to another.
This sculpture by Di Smith, speaks of displacement—the force that compels so many people to leave behind everything familiar and journey into uncertainty. Migration is rarely a free choice; it is usually a means of survival. When
home becomes untenable—when violence shatters safety, when tyranny crushes freedom, when hunger becomes starvation, when faith becomes a crime—people hopefully carry what they can and move toward the possibility of a safer tomorrow. The figures here represent that paradox of human resilience: the extraordinary courage required to take each
step away from what was known, driven by something stronger than fear of the unknown. It is the instinct to preserve life, to protect loved ones, to seek dignity. They move because staying would mean erasure.
They move because hope, however fragile, still outweighs despair.

12/04/2026

GILL ALLDERMAN on INTERPLAY.
Now showing at Artvark.

The Gap Between (I and II)
Paint on board
32.5 x 32.5 cm
Framed.

Where Strangers Meet in Water
Diptych
Oil & acrylic on canvas
82.5 x 82.5 cm
Framed

Gill Allderman is a contemporary artist working primarily in mixed media, exploring themes of movement, history, and belonging.
Her work is created in series, each unfolding a narrative through texture, colour, and structure
Gill has exhibited locally and internationally, her works reflect a balance between concept, abstraction, and storytelling, always searching for meaning in the spaces we cross and inhabit.

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The works presented from Where Strangers Meet in Water interrogate the ocean as a contested space of passage, foregrounding the precarious conditions under which bodies traverse it. Through the recurring motif of the boat and the use of repeated, tally-like marks, Allderman invokes temporal systems associated with waiting, counting, and survival—gestures that allude to experiences of confinement, migration, and crisis.

The smaller works extend this inquiry through the physical extraction of paint from the surface, where absence becomes a generative device. Here, subtraction operates as both formal strategy and conceptual register, indexing loss, displacement, and the instability of presence.

❗️SOLD OUT ❗️We have reached capacity and are unable to accept any more bookings. Thank you! MIKI KRJNAK will be playing...
08/04/2026

❗️SOLD OUT ❗️

We have reached capacity and are unable to accept any more bookings.
Thank you!

MIKI KRJNAK will be playing a live set of ITALIAN SWING 'N ROLL from 6pm - 8pm for us to dance to!
Feel free to dress up Italian style with a red scarf and beret.

​5-6pm: Beginner drop in class: R170
6- 8pm: Social dancing with live music

Enjoy a delicious meal.
Call 021 788 8590 to book your table or message us on WHATSAPP via our restaurant's website.

Take a look at the Kalkbay Courtyard website for the menu.

Kalk Bay Courtyard



Kalk Bay Community Kalk Bay Kommetjie Kommunity Kalk Bay and St James
Village Vibes Muizenberg

06/04/2026

Artvark welcomes
BRETT WILLIAMS.

Brett's practice explores the relationship between
emotional states and constructed environments, using landscape as a site where memory, loss, and introspection converge.
His work examines emotional
endurance through themes of grief, heartache, envy, and the tenderness that follows loss.
Abandoned pools and emptied landscapes serve as metaphors for psychological states, suggesting spaces once
animated but now suspended in liminality.

Layers are applied and reworked, allowing traces of earlier gestures to remain visible. These accumulated
marks form a kind of emotional sediment, recording
shifts in thought and feeling over time. Imperfection
becomes part of the structure, much like memory, which never settles into one fixed image.

"Eclipse' sits firmly within Brett Williams' exploration of
"emotional landscapes," where external environments mirror interior states. The towering, eroded structures evoke both progress and ruin; the interplay between human ambition and inevitable decay through hubris,
focusing suggests a world shaped-and undone by its
own making.
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Brett Williams
Eclipse
Mixed media and acrylic
2m x 2m.

Now on exhibition at Artvark Gallery on INTERPLAY



Theresa Jo Wessels

Its our last SWING SOCIAL of the year tonight at Artvark. R140 for the beginner class. https://capetownswing.co.za/dance...
13/12/2025

Its our last SWING SOCIAL of the year tonight at Artvark.

R140 for the beginner class.
https://capetownswing.co.za/dance/payment/
Book your spot now.

Drop in! We accept card payments at the door.

All welcome. No experience or partner needed.


Cape Town Swing

Kalk Bay Kalk Bay Community Kalk Bay and St James

Theresa Jo Wessels

08/12/2025

Michael's Cape Town, an exhibition of Cape Town prints by Michael Beckurts currently on at Artvark.

Come for a dip at Dalebrook and enjoy a meal in our leafy Kalk Bay Courtyard.

Address

48 Main Road, Kalk Bay
Cape Town
7945

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+27217885584

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