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)

Gommaar Gilliams

Metope

2026

Oil, Oil Stick, Acrylic on Painted and Stitched Fabric

200 x 150 x 5 cm

USD 26 000.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)

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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)

Frances Goodman

Repeat Daily

2024

Glazed Ceramic

28 x 15 x 15 cm

USD 4 500.00
(Selling Price Excludes VAT)

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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