Stephan E. Conradie creates ornate sculptures of entangled objects, inspired by home decor found in lower and working class homes in South Africa. Though seemingly only used for aesthetic purposes or seen as common place, Conradie suggests that they could provide an important lens through which to examine value placement and meaning-making. Her work examines the histories of colonialism and creolisation embedded in domestic material culture, calling into question how identity is encoded in the private domain. Creolisation directs our attention towards the cultural phenomena that result from displacement and the ongoing dynamic interchange of symbols and practices, eventually leading to new forms with varying degrees of stability.

Stephan E. Conradie is a PhD candidate in Visual Arts and Lecturer in Printmaking at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Her first major solo exhibition, Domestic Lives, Nomadic Belongings, took place in Cape Town in 2019. Conradie's work has been featured both locally and globally, most recently, at Stellenbosch University Museum, Cape Town Art Fair and EXPO Chicago. Conradie is set to exhibit for the first time in Europe at this year's ARCOlisboa in Lisbon, Portugal.

Conradie was a SASOL New Signatures Finalist and was included in Barclays L'Atelier National Exhibition, one of Africa's most prestigious art competitions. Her work can be found in various collections, including the Leridon Collection, Yellowwoods Art, UNISA Gallery, Spier Collection, and the Wits Art Museum.