Diane Victor is one of South Africa's most compelling and technically inventive printmakers. She is best known for her monumental smoke drawings — large-scale works created by holding paper over a candle flame, building up soot to create dense, cinematic images of violence, mortality, and political reckoning. A sharp satirist and gifted draughtsperson, Victor's work confronts the difficult histories of South Africa with unflinching wit. Her fellowship year in New York broadened both her technical repertoire and her engagement with international contemporary art discourse.
The Ampersand Fellowship
Since 1997, the Ampersand Foundation has sent more than 300 South African visual artists to a funded residency in Tribeca, New York — connecting them with one of the world's most dynamic art ecosystems.