SJ ARTISTS

Public art,
hand-painted murals, signwriting, activations & more.

Transforming urban spaces through public art across Cape Town, JHB & Durban

We specialise in public art and artist management, delivering thoughtful, site-specific projects in South Africa.

Our Services

We develop large-scale public artworks that connect with communities and bring spaces to life. From concept to execution, our murals are rooted in storytelling, culture and place.
Bespoke art installations and commissioned works for spaces that need something unique. These projects are tailored to brief, context and scale.
Hand-painted and custom signage that blends traditional craft with contemporary design. From shopfronts to interior branding, each piece is tailored to its environment.
We create interior and exterior artworks for corporate environments, including statement walls, wayfinding, environmental graphics and custom branding elements that elevate your workspace.

FEATURED PROJECTS

Ben Johnston & Bazil Baxter assisted by Willard Zondo | Roodehek St, Cape Town | March 2026

YOU AND ME

Colorful mural with red and pink African-inspired patterns on a concrete wall in an outdoor area with a mountain and blue sky in the background.

City street crosswalk with large white and yellow daisy flower pattern, surrounded by cars and pedestrians, modern buildings on both sides, sunny day.

Keya Tama 
Mouillie Point | March 2026

LAND AND SEA

Colorful mural on the side of a building featuring abstract faces, symbols, and names of artists, with a row of parked cars and palm trees in the background on a sunny day.

Heather Moore 
Strand Street | Oct 2025

DAISIES ON STRAND

African Ginger, Keya Tama, 
Tyler B. & Johnny Alison 
Sea Point Promenade | Dec 2025

FROM THE BLUE

Colorful mural of an underwater scene featuring a large shark, a whale, seals, penguins, starfish, corals, and seaweed on the side of a building

A man standing next to a building with a large blue and white graffiti mural, located near the beach with rocks and the ocean in the background. There are seagulls on the roof of the building and a clear sky above.

Dulk, assisted by Maria Ivanco
Salt River | Nov 2023

NATURAL CHALLENGES

Ben Johnston 
Sea Point Promenade | Feb 2026

BREATHE

OUR ARTISTS

Our artists span an array of styles, disciplines and creative voices, bringing unique perspectives to every project and space.

Large mural of a young boy with dark skin, curly hair, wearing colorful shorts and a blue shirt, holding buckets filled with shells, standing in a coastal environment with birds and rocks in the background.

Large mural of a girl playing with toy dump trucks at the beach, painted on the side of a building.

Dbongz Mahlathi (Dbongz) is a prominent, self-taught South African street and graffiti artist renowned for creating large-scale, vibrant public murals

Dbongz

Marti Lund is a classically trained, Cape Town-based contemporary painter and mural artist known for creating meticulous, large-scale figurative works.

Marti Lund

Colorful mural of two children sitting cross-legged and eating ice cream, with a large yellow and red sign that reads 'Chou à la crème qui a du cœur' in the background.

MotelSeven is a globally recognized, multidisciplinary graffiti and contemporary artist who first began writing on the streets of Cape Town at just 16 years old.

MotelSeven

Bushy Wopp is a celebrated Cape Town-born mural artist, illustrator and graphic designer renowned for his playful, highly energetic creative language.

Bushy Wopp

Colorful mural graffiti artwork of a woman with glasses, holding her hand near her face, on a brick wall in an urban setting with trees and buildings in the background.

Kev7 is a Durban-born mural artist celebrated for bringing bold, conceptual Afro-futurism to the forefront of South African public art.

Kev7 (KZN)

A person in black clothes and sunglasses standing in front of a large colorful mural depicting two African American individuals with large sunglasses, surrounded by vibrant flowers, and holding a sign that says "Soweto Soul Fire".

Johnny Allison is a mural artist known for creating vibrant, considered works that transform spaces. His murals are designed to enhance environments across offices, restaurants, retail, and public areas.

Johnny Allison

Wall display with the words 'The Sneaky Sausage' in black, uppercase letters across a pink wall, with condiments and utensils on a counter below.

Portrait of two African women adorned with jewelry, surrounded by a circle with symbolic designs, and a crowd of people below.

Cape Town Signwriting creates thoughtful, well-made signage using a mix of traditional and modern techniques. From hand-painted signs to murals, the work is designed to suit each brand and its space.

Cape Town Signwriting

Lelethu Fundakubi

Lelethu Fundakubi is a Cape Town–based visual artist working primarily in painting and portraiture.

Colorful mural featuring five black and white portraits of diverse people, with vibrant flowers and leaves, and the word "ACTION" in large blue letters at the center.

Chris Auret is a versatile, multi-disciplinary South African artist and activator widely recognized for his vulnerable and inspiring public wall murals.

Chris Auret

A group of diverse people gathered in an outdoor area near a colorful mural of a woman with dark skin, short hair, and hoop earrings. The mural features vibrant colors, clouds, a yellow sun, and a landscape.

Ntethelelo Mncwango is known professionally as Lelo theart, creates work grounded in community, culture, and everyday experience.

Lelo Mncwango

A person standing in front of a colorful mural with various animated characters and the text 'COLOUR EVERY MOMENT' written on it, under a partly cloudy sky.

Wall Murals-SA is a father-son team who excels in executing campaign designs across South Africa's townships.

Wall Murals SA

Orange graffiti spelling 'CRUES' on a dark wall with smaller artist signatures 'Bazzl' and 'Baxter' in the bottom left corner.

Bazil Baxter is a mural artist and sign painter who brings attention to detail and an appreciation for precise lettering and the interplay between typography and landscape.