RESERVOIR Projects was founded in 2021 by Heinrich Groenewald and Shona van der Merwe, as an independent partnership specialising in collaborative curation.

In 2023, RESERVOIR opened a space for ambitious solo exhibitions by independent artists on Bree Street in Cape Town. RESERVOIR also participated in the 2023 editions of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair in Cape Town, South Africa, Miart in Milan, Italy (in partnership with Whatiftheworld), RMB Latitudes Art Fair and Art Joburg, both in Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as the 30th edition of Artissima in Turin, Italy (where their booth presentation was awarded the New Entries Fund). In 2024, RESERVOIR participated in Spark Art Fair in Vienna, Austria, and in the Invited section of the 40th edition of Art Brussels. In addition to their Bree Street project space, RESERVOIR regularly curates collaborative exhibitions. Most recently RESERVOIR curated Mother City with work selected from the Norval Foundation Collection at the Mount Nelson, a Belmond Hotel in Cape Town. Later in 2024 RESERVOIR will open a new exhibition at the Wilhelm Halle in Berlin, and Spaced Out Foundaiton in Uckermark, highlighting the work of contemporary African artists.