Artist Résumé

Aidan Murgatroyd completed his Honours Degree in Visual Communication in 2021 at the Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography, graduating with distinction. The series he produced Becoming South African was selected as a world finalist for the Sony World Photography student awards. His conceptual image titled Lucid Dreams was selected as a finalist for South Africa’s local Loerie awards as well as his series D’nokasi Fashion Shoot. His work for the Becoming South African project was also shortlisted by the Siena international photographic awards, as well as the portraits Isibaya and Junkyard. Aidan’s work has been featured in a number of publications, most recently his work was featured in the The Journal of The Royal Photographic Society vol 162 no 3 titled, “Six young photographers to watch”, May/June 2022.

With regards to the style and goal of his work Aidan explains, “Growing up I was fortunate enough to travel the world extensively, having lived in various parts of Africa, the Middle East as well as North America. This instilled an extraordinary fascination with hybrid identities, cultures and societies which I document through my work. With the onset of globalisation the world is more interconnected than ever, how does this shape the differences and similarities in the cultures and peoples of the world?”