Charné Mungur is a female artist from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
She is currently doing her Visual Art Honours Degree in Sculpture in the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Faculty of Humanities at Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa. https://visualarts.mandela.ac.za
She is a mixed-media artist who combines printmaking with sculpture, challenging materiality and not conforming to traditional materials.
As a mature artist, she brings over 20 years of experience in the corporate sector, primarily focused on design, photography, and marketing. While still maintaining her career, through her studies, she is expanding her digital art knowledge into a more hands-on, three-dimensional space where she has found a sense of belonging.
She is able to draw from lived experiences, which gives her the confidence to focus on and challenge contemporary issues through her work. Currently, her focus is primarily on gender-based violence, challenging the systems that continuously fail not only victims of these crimes but also women and children who remain vulnerable in the absence of justice and the systems that are meant to protect them.
Her work has been influenced by various South African visual artists, including Jenna Burchell, Diane Victor, and Anton Smit.
Exhibitions:
2026 Sasol New Signatures Finalist
2025 Bachelor of Visual Arts Third Year Exhibition
Group Exhibition | Bird Street Gallery | Gqeberha, South Africa | 17 October 2025.
2025 Sasol New Signatures Finalists Exhibition
Group Exhibition | Pretoria Art Museum | Pretoria, South Africa | 4 September 2025.
2024 Bachelor of Visual Arts Second Year Exhibition
Group Exhibition | Nelson Mandela University, North Campus | Gqeberha, South Africa | 8 November 2024.
2024 Same Size, Same Price, No Signature Exhibition
Group Exhibition | Art on Target | Gqeberha, South Africa | 7 August 2024.
2024 Bachelor of Visual Arts Second Year Exhibition
Group Exhibition | Nelson Mandela University, North Campus | Gqeberha, South Africa | 18 June 2024.
2023 Bachelor of Visual Arts First Year Exhibition
Group Exhibition | Nelson Mandela University, North Campus | Gqeberha, South Africa | 24 July 2023.
Nelson Mandela Photography Short Course Exhibition
Group Exhibition | Bird Street Gallery | Gqeberha, South Africa | 2 March 2020.