Seth Pimentel
1995
Seth Pimentel is an illustrator, painter and experimental visual artist who currently living and working in Johannesburg.
Pimentel focuses on pushing the boundaries of contemporary portraiture by merging painting, digital illustration and drawing into a hybrid of experimentation. Continuously developing his style and approach towards addressing themes of identity, mental illness and modern life in the digital age, he uses his practice to highlight his lived experiences in post-colonial South Africa.
Pimentel channels all of his energy and emotion into newer, bigger bodies of traditional and digital pieces and has collaborated with numerous brands and artists from South Africa and around the world such as Netflix, Converse, Redbull, SneakerLab, Jameson and Adobe.
Untitled
2021
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 92 cm
Available
Artworks
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023: Sisyhus’s Smoke Break - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2022: Why So Blue, Brown Boy? - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2021: An Ode to Catharsis - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg & Cape Town, RSA
Selected Exhibitions & Projects
2021
Reform - The Gallery, 44 Stanley, Johannesburg, RSA
From Present to Pivot - Kalashnikovv Gallery in collaboration with The Bag Factory - FNB Open City,Oxford Parks, Johannesburg, RSA
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt - Keyes Art Mile - FNB Open City, Johannesburg, RSA
The Next Movement - Kalashnikovv Gallery in collaboration with Merchantec Capital and Turbine Art Fair, Illovo Point, Johannesburg, RSA
Winter Salon 2021 - P72 Projects, Johannesburg, RSA
Hello And Goodbye - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Cape Town, RSA
2020
(re)memory - BKhz, Johannesburg, RSA
Captive Audience - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2019
Blue is the Warmest Colour - BKhz Gallery, Johannesburg & Cape Town, RSA
Descent Into Chaos - Bkhz Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
ZIP Art Show - Caravaglia Studio, Broadway NYC, USA
arteBOTANICA – NIROX Sculpture Park, Krugersdorp, RSA
2018
Credit the Photographer with Austin Malema - Johannesburg, RSA
The Kids These Days - TMRW Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
Creative Conversation with Ballantine's and Kid Fonque, Johannesburg, RSA
Creative Morning Talk ‘The Secret of Craft’ at VEGA, Johannesburg, RSA
Absolut Vodka OSL Installation, Johannesburg, RSA
‘Dirty Clean’ SneakerLab Artist Series Exhibition - Johannesburg, RSA and Los-Angeles, USA
‘Persona’ SneakerLab Artist Series Exhibition - Johannesburg, RSA and Los-Angeles, USA
Art Fairs & Festivals
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, RSA: 2021
Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg, RSA: 2023 / 2021
FNB Art Joburg, Johannesburg, RSA: 2021 - 2019
International Public Arts Festival, Cape Town, RSA: 2019
Basha Uhuru Festival, Johannesburg, RSA: 2019
Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA: 2019
