Sitaara Stodel (b.1991) is a Cape Town-based contemporary artist working across mediums of photography, collage, assemblage, video and printmaking. Following her 2014 graduation from Michaelis School of Fine Art (University of Cape Town), Stodel was awarded the prestigious Tierney Fellowship, granting her the opportunity for further practice and mentorship. In the years that followed, Stodel has taken part in a number of shows across Cape Town, including at the Zeitz MOCAA, SMAC Gallery, Everard Read and Stevenson, and has been ongoingly involved in education. Currently working in the Michaelis photographic department as the senior technical officer of photography, Stodel is highly accomplished across multiple analogue photographic methods, and this experience has been key in shaping her various approaches to image-making. In 2025, Stodel completed her MFA at the Michaelis School of Fine Art.

Select Solo Exhibitions

2026 A Gentle Fog Settled on the Horizon, kumalo | turpin, Johannesburg

2021 The House in My Head Has Many Stories, Salon 91, Cape Town

2019 Unsettled, Solo booth at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town

Select Group Exhibitions

2026 gender/genre, Kumalo | Turpin, Johannesburg, RSA

2025 As Tides Change, Under the Aegis, Cape Town

2025 At Their Feet, Lemkus Gallery

2025 Tell me about a day you don’t remember, the AVA Gallery, Cape Town

2024 Space Register, Reservoir, Cape Town

2023 Far From Home, Galerie Bonne Esperance, France

2023 Hex, Under Projects, Cape Town

2023 Fullhouse, Blank Projects, Cape Town

2023 Pandemic Praxis Pedagogy, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town

2022 Where do I Begin, Stevenson, Cape Town

2022 Vonds | Fonds, Oude Leeskamer, Cape Town

2022 Romance!?, 52 Buitenkant street, Cape Town

2021 Open House, CIRCA at Everard Read, Cape Town

2019 Voices and Choices, Women’s Jail Constitution Hill, Johannesburg

2019 Borderlines, The Third Dot, Mauritius

2019 #FREESPACE, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town

2019 The Main Complaint, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town

2018 Shady Tactics, SMAC, Cape Town

2017 Marked - A Photographic Print Group Show, Eclectica Print Gallery, Cape Town

2017 Displacement - A group show with other Tierney Fellow, 99 Loop, Cape Town

2017 Art Meets Camera: Closer than ever, MOMO, Cape Town

2015 Greatest Hits 2014: The Domestic Odyssey, AVA, Cape Town

2013 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition Top 100, Pretoria Arts Museum, Pretoria 

Select Art Fairs

FNB Art Joburg, Johannesburg, RSA: 2022 / 2019

Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, RSA: 2020

Latitudes Art Fair, Johannesburg, RSA: 2023

Select Awards and Fellowships

2015 Awarded the Tierney Fellowship Award

2014 Awarded the Cecil Skotnes Scholarship award from the Michaelis School of Fine Art.

2014 Awarded Scholarship from the Centre for Curating the Archive for materials.

2013 Deans Merit list at the University of Cape Town

2013 Chosen to participate in the Sasol New Signatures Competition.