Art matters: Where magic, ritual, witchcraft and art meet

Bianca Bondi’s work reminds us that Art Matters because it can slow us down and teach us how to pay attention. Rather than producing static objects, Bondi creates installations that change over time through processes such as corrosion, crystallization, evaporation and oxidation. Her practice draws on ritual, spirituality and belief systems not as symbols, but as ways of thinking about care, interdependence and responsibility. Viewers encounter environments that are sensorial and immersive, where subtle material shifts invite close looking and embodied experience.

Bianca Bondi is one of the most important young artists in the world today because her work emphasises the ethical space of art. She acknowledges uncertainty and vulnerability, while asking how we might coexist with the world rather than dominate it. In a moment marked by ecological crisis and accelerated time, her practice offers a quiet but powerful reorientation: art not as spectacle, but as a form of attention, care, and shared presence.

Born in Johannesburg, Bianca Bondi’s South African upbringing continues to define the way she perceives and engages with the world. Her practice is grounded in the landscapes, textures, and animistic sensibilities of South Africa. While she has garnered international acclaim, including a project presented in the context of the Venice Biennale and as a shortlisted artist for the 2025 Marcel Duchamp Prize in Paris, her work’s essence remains deeply tied to her South African roots.