Selwyn Steyn

His work arises from a knowledge base grounded in spatiality and place-making and deploys spatial social, architectonic and phenomenological reasoning within his visual practice. Working primarily in painting, he examines the spatial and atmospheric conditions of the built environment in South Africa, considering how landscapes and urban spaces accumulate memory, ideology, and lived experience. His paintings often take the form of restrained vignettes: fragments of infrastructure, terrain, and architecture in which meaning emerges through atmosphere, juxtaposition, and spatial tension.

Selwyn has taken part in shows both locally and abroad including with Reservoir Projects, THK Gallery, BKHZ, the UJ Art Museum and the National Arts Festival.

In 2023, Selwyn presented a solo booth at FNB Art Joburg titled Studies from the In-between. In 2026, he presented a solo booth in the curated Tomorrows/Today section at Investec Cape Town Art Fair.