Gabrielle Kannemeyer

Gabrielle Kannemeyer (1989 - ) is a photographer and visual storyteller based in District Six, Cape Town. Her work is rooted in personal history, community connections, and a deep engagement with heritage and place. With a background in fine art and a practice informed by years of visual exploration, Kannemeyer’s photography foregrounds emotionally resonant, often overlooked stories, particularly around South Africa’s equestrian traditions. These stories are deeply personal and interwoven into her own life, exploring themes of intergenerational memory, identity, erasure, and belonging.

She is currently pursuing a multi-year documentary project on South African horse culture, which archives the experiences of established horse communities across local showgrounds, suburbs, city spaces, valley towns, and remote corners of the country. Gabrielle highlights the close, complex bonds between individuals, families, their horses, and their culture and heritage. Through portrait photography, archival research, and active participation, her work examines representation, land, tradition, and pride within communities often overlooked in mainstream narratives.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS :

2025

'As Necessary as Bread', EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa

GROUP EXHIBITIONS :

2025

‘Perde Mense’, Central Library, Cape Town, South Africa

'UNO', Ultra Violet, Cape Town, South Africa

'Journey Mercies', EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa