{"id":15261,"date":"2026-10-23T16:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=15261"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:58:04","slug":"matthew-kenneth-hendricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/matthew-kenneth-hendricks","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Kenneth Hendricks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Scott, am I not a man a brother?<\/em>
33.27″x23.39″; digital collage printed on satin-finish poster paper and mounted on hardboard (mimicking a South African election poster); 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Kenneth Hendricks
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I make collages from photographs I take and images I find, bringing together things that don\u2019t necessarily belong together. I cut, tear, and recombine images digitally, building and rearranging layers, sometimes painting over the printed works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My ideas often begin with a conversation, an observation, or a feeling. I don\u2019t always know what I\u2019m looking for when I start. Making college helps me make sense of the mess of the world around me and the emotions within me. Sometimes I\u2019m trying to find harmony in it all; other times, the work is my own small rebellion against prejudice, inequality, and the way things are. Often, it\u2019s the making that helps me see or feel something differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Kenneth Hendricks is a self-taught collage artist whose work rebels against expectations of who he ought to be, where he belongs, and how things should be. Working across photography, digital collage, and painting, Hendricks cuts, tears, and recombines photographs and found imagery to make sense of the mess of the world around him, the emotions within him, and what it means to be born free in post-apartheid South Africa, yet never quite feel free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hendricks holds a PhD in management studies from the University of Cape Town, a research background that informs his approach to art. He has also completed workshops in artistic practice, curation, and publishing with Kolaj Institute. His work has been exhibited at the New Orleans Photo Alliance during Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2026 and at the New Orleans Jazz Museum as part of \u201cThe River Bends and So Must We.\u201d He has also exhibited at the SA Sendinggestig Museum and Cape Town Central Library through the City of Cape Town\u2019s Emerging Artists Programme, and was selected for \u201cLife is a Dream\u201d at La Motte Ateljee in Franschhoek, Cape Town (2026-27).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMAIL<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a>

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Dreaming of a better place<\/em>
20.87″x25″; digital collage printed on unstretched Hahnem\u00fchle C\u00e9zanne canvas; 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The earth doesn\u2019t recognise borders<\/em>
11.69″x16.54″; digital collage printed on unstretched Hahnem\u00fchle C\u00e9zanne canvas; 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Works for \u201call\u201d<\/em>
33.27″x23.39″; digital collage printed on satin-finish poster paper and mounted on hardboard (mimicking a South African election poster); 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The earth doesn\u2019t recognise borders<\/em>
11.69″x16.54″”; digital collage printed on unstretched Hahnem\u00fchle C\u00e9zanne canvas; 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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