Shelflife Artist Series is Back!
Our Artist Series has returned! Starting in 2018 as one of our most popular collaborative projects, we had some of our favourite local artists create S-inspired works for our stores. With the return of the series and the first artist for 2022 dropping this week, here's a look at the 9 artists we've hosted on our tees in the past. Keep a look out for new artist tees dropping fortnightly as well as interviews with the artists.
Ninja Breadboy
Ninja, real name Richard Moir, is a freelance illustrator and handpoke tattoo artist from Cape Town, while also doing illustration work. With his distinct line-based style and love for graffiti, we knew we had to get Ninja Bread Boy on for our debut artist series.
Dr.Z
A founding member of Team Shelflife, Dr.Zulu aka DR.Z is an internationally established artist/designer and entrepreneur. He has a visual background in graffiti and street art, which led to collaborating with major brands like Nike, New Balance, Mini, Puma, Casio, K-Swiss, Sneaker Pimps, KiksTYO, New Era and Montana.
Mpumelelo Bhengu
Mpumelelo is graphic designer, illustrator and art director based in Cape Town that's known for his unique cartoon style. He is a big Cartoon fan and an avid Comic Book collector, themes that are very present throughout his work. His art always seems to reference pop culture in some way, with references to modern and retro brands, hip-hop, sports and even retro gaming being paid homage to.
Jade Klara
Jade studied at UCT and Vega, before starting her own illustration studio in Woodstock. Her work is characterised by a strong and feminine style as she plays with whimsical imagery and narrative.
Bushy Wopp
Bushy Wopp is no stranger to Shelflife, with his unique style combining digital illustration and street art with popular and sneaker culture.
Studio Kim
Kim Van Vuuren is a South African artist currently based in Barcelona. Having recently collaborated with New Balance, Kim specialises in Identity Creation, Website UI Design, Art Direction and Illustration. We love her abstract and colourful designs and knew it would be great on a tee in 2019.
Lazi Mathebula
Lazi is an award-winning illustrator and independent designer who believes real creativity involves transforming the ordinary and in a sense, turning realism on its head. His bold illustration style can be found on heaps of items like wallpapers, iPhone and laptop covers, stickers, product labels and of course, a Shelflife Artist Tee!
Ben Eagle
Ben is a painter and artist based from CPT (recently relocating to the UK) that's known for his paintings with simple amorphous shapes and amazing colours. Besides selling his own artworks, he has collaborated with Sol-Sol and Rich Mnisi in the past to name a few.
Tyla Mason
Tyla is an illustrator known for her whimsical art and serious eye for colour. Her work has been seen on wine bottles, tote bags, posters, plates, chocolate bars and in 2019, on a Shelflife tee.
