24. 09. 26
Contemporary Istanbul
GROUP PRESENTATION
SMAC Gallery is pleased to be returning to the 21st edition of Contemporary Istanbul with a group presentation, featuring Gommaar Gilliams, Frances Goodman, Nicholas Hales and Rosie Mudge.
BOOTH B129
CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL
Group Presentation
24. 09. 26
Tersane, Turkey
PORTFOLIO
GOMMAAR GILLIAMS
b.1982, Lier, Belgium
Lives and works in Hasselt, Belgium.
Gilliams graduated in Visual Arts from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels in 2013, and in 2016, he obtained a Master of Arts specialising in Painting from PXL MAD School of Arts in Hasselt, Belgium under the mentorship of Koen Van Den Broek. Gilliams’ oeuvre is a full-bodied exploration of painting, sculpture, and printmaking. His work takes direction from the frescoes and folklores that span our collective memory; foxes, swans, night skies and crescent moons indicate a playful return to myth and mirth. Gestural brushstrokes embolden his canvases, all of which are instantly recognisable for their patchwork crossstitching, and perceptive balance of light and dark.
Gilliams has exhibited with numerous international galleries, including Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerp, Belgium; De Buck Gallery in New York, USA; Arusha Gallery in London, United Kingdom; and SMAC Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa. His introduction to South Africa was formalised by his residency with SMAC Gallery which culminated in his solo exhibition, Celestial Garden, in 2024 in Cape Town. He has also exhibited at fairs such as Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Art Brussels, Art Antwerp, Chicago Expo, and the Biennale of Painting among others.
FEATURED ARTWORKS
Gommaar Gilliams
Teramo
2026
Oil, Oil Stick, Acrylic on Painted and Stitched Fabric
200 x 150 cm
SOLD
Gommaar Gilliams
Somu
2026
Oil, Oil Stick, Acrylic on Painted and Stitched Fabric
200 x 260 cm
USD 37 000.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
FRANCES GOODMAN
b.1975, Johannesburg, Cape Town.
Lives and works in Johannesburg, Cape Town.
Frances Goodman was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1975, where she currently lives and works. Goodman obtained a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths College at the University of London, United Kingdom in 2000, and holds a Laureateship from the Hoger Instituut Voor Schone Kunsten (HISK) in Antwerp, Belgium. She was a recipient of the Cecily Brown Fellowship for Outstanding Woman Artists in 2014 and took part in The Fountainhead Residency Programme in Miami, USA, in 2015; and Sundaymorning@ekwc Artist Residency in Oisterwijk, The Netherlands in 2021. In 2023, SMAC Gallery released a publication titled Through The Glass, Sparkling.
Goodman presented a solo booth, Mirror Me This, curated by Celine Seror, as part of the solo section of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair with SMAC Gallery in 2025, followed by a solo exhibition titled PING! at SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa; In 2024, Goodman presented Red Runs Through, Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Paris, France.
FEATURED ARTWORKS
Frances Goodman
Tempting Tower VIII
2026
Glazed Ceramic
52 x 14 x 14 cm
USD 5 800.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Frances Goodman
Tempting Tower II
2026
Glazed Ceramic
42 x 14 x 14 cm
Unique
USD 5 500.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Frances Goodman
Tempting Tower IV
2026
Glazed Ceramic
44 x 23 x 23 cm
Unique
USD 5 800.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
NICHOLAS HALES
b.1970, Cape Town, South Africa.
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.
Nicholas Hales is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, film, and video, with process central to his practice. His works often originate through intuitive, emotionally driven mark-making that forms an underpainting - layered gestures building an atmospheric space shaped by transpersonal psychology, spirituality, neuroscience, and Eastern philosophy. These expressive foundations are held in tension with more resolved and structured elements such as hard lines, geometric forms, and controlled gradients, resulting in abstract compositions that operate as exercises in duality.
Nicholas Hales was born in 1970 in Cape Town, South Africa, where he currently lives and works. He holds an Advanced Diploma in Fine Art (1992) and a Diploma in Graphic Design (1991) from the University of Cape Town. Hales has participated in several international residency projects which include: L’Air Arts in Paris, France in 2019; Chateau d’Orquevaux Residency in France and Enter Text in Arteles, Finland, both in 2018; and Vermont Studio Centre, residency, USA in 2010.
FEATURED ARTWORKS
Nicholas Hales
Untitled 3
2026
Oil and Acrylic on Board
35 x 35 x 3 cm
USD 2 200.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Nicholas Hales
Noah's ark
2026
Oil and Acrylic on Board
23 x 17 cm
USD 1 800.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Nicholas Hales
Purification series, 'Cauldron No. 2'
2026
Oil and Acrylic on Board
23 x 17 cm
USD 1 800.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Nicholas Hales
Golden Light 2
2026
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
35 x 35 x 3 cm
USD 2 200.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Nicholas Hales
Purifiation series, no. 7
2025
Oil and Acrylic on Wood
35 x 35 x 3 cm
USD 2 200.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Nicholas Hales
Purification series 'Untitled 3'
2026
Oil and Acrylic on Board
23 x 17 cm
USD 1 800.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Nicholas Hales
Purification series 'Untitled 4'
2026
Oil and Acrylic on Board
23 x 17 cm
USD 1 800.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Nicholas Hales
Purifiation series, 'Heart'
2025
Oil and Acrylic on Wood
60 x 60 x 3 cm
USD 3 200.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Nicholas Hales
Purification series 'Fire'
2026
Oil and Acrylic on Board
60 x 60 x 3 cm
usd 3 200.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
ROSIE MUDGE
b.1988, Knysna, South Africa
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.
‘I work with materials that I find resonant - from nail polish, glitter, YouTube clips and silly string to resin, automotive paint, and glitter glue.’
Rosie Mudge is a multidisciplinary artist best known for her large-scale paintings composed of traditionally gendered materials, like industrial automotive paint and tubs of glitter glue. Through her shimmering, evocative paintings, Mudge investigates themes of materiality, gender and intimacy. She subverts the feminised ideas of glitter, as being reserved for superficial love notes or personal reflections in journals. Mudge instead treats it with reverence - incorporating it into her imposing, enigmatic works. She also works in sound, installation, photography, drawing and sculpture.
Rosie Mudge was born in 1988 in Knysna and currently lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. She obtained her BAFA with distinction from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 2013.
FEATURED ARTWORKS
Rosie Mudge
Weren't we the stars in heaven, weren't we the salt in the sea?
2026
Automotive Paint and Glittler Glue on Canvas
52.5 x 52.5 x 4 cm
USD 2 800.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Rosie Mudge
Let it break upon you (like a wave upon the sand)
2026
Automotive Paint and Glittler Glue on Canvas
73 x 62.5 x 4 cm
USD 4 500.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Rosie Mudge
I've never fallen from quite this high
2026
Automotive Paint and Glittler Glue on Canvas
122.5 x 92 x 4 cm
USD 4 500.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Rosie Mudge
I have crossed the Horizon to Find You
2026
Automotive Paint and Glittler Glue on Canvas
102 x 72 x 4 cm
USD 4 000.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Rosie Mudge
Called all your names (they echoed down for miles and miles)
2025
Automotive Paint and Glittler Glue on Canvas
42 x 32 x 4.5 cm
USD 1 500.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Rosie Mudge
Untitled
2025
Automotive Paint and Glittler Glue on Paper
45.5 x 32.5 x 4.5 cm
USD 1 500.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Rosie Mudge
Untitled
2025
Automotive Paint and Glittler Glue on Paper
45.5 x 32.5 x 4.5 cm
USD 1 500.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
Rosie Mudge
Although I search myself, there's always someone else I see (Diptych)
2026
Automotive Paint and Glitter Glue on Canvas
122 x 90 x 5 cm (each)
USD 6 800.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)
