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June Release 2026
The Tribal Syzygy Exhibition for Hermanus FynArts Festival, Ataraxia Wines, Hermanus
We are feeling deeply grateful to have been part of such a vibrant celebration of art, creativity, and community.
From the opening events to the inspiring conversations, wonderful connections, and our artist walkabout, it was a joy to share this exhibition with so many curious and enthusiastic visitors. The energy, support, and engagement throughout the festival made it a truly memorable experience. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who visited, attended the walkabout, shared their thoughts, and supported our work. Your encouragement means the world to us.
Tal, Ben, Tay and Zoë at The Tribal Syzygy Exhibition
Tal Chowney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talchowney/?hl=en
Zoë Chowney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoechowney_/
Website: https://zoechowney.co.za/
Ben Chowney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchowney/
Email: bchowney@hermanus.co.za
January Release 2026
Underwraps Exhibition for the FynArts Gallery, Hermanus
We had the absolute honor of being part of the Underwraps Exhibition with Hermanus FynArts Gallery over the festive season. To be exhibited alongside so many talented local artists was incredibly special, and we are deeply grateful for the experience, the connections, and the warm support we received. Thank you to everyone who visited, engaged with the work, and made the space feel so alive. We carry this experience with full hearts and look forward to the next one.
Tay and Zoë at The Under Wraps Exhibition opening
June Release 2025
The Talisman Effect Exhibition for Hermanus FynArts Festival, Ataraxia Wines, Hermanus
Step into the serene world of Ataraxia Wines this Hermanus FynArts Festival, where fine wine meets fine art in an extraordinary family collaboration. The Talisman Effect is a rare and meaningful exhibition featuring the combined talents of Tay Dall, Zoë, Ben and Tal Chowney – four artists united by creativity and as a family. The artworks featured in the exhibition are not just artefacts but powerful expressions of luck, protection, and desire. Each object holds a story, a memory, and a meaning that has travelled with the artists through time and place.
Tal, Ben, Tay and Zoë at The Talisman Effect Exhibition opening
Tal Chowney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talchowney/?hl=en
Zoë Chowney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoechowney_/
Website: https://zoechowney.co.za/
Ben Chowney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchowney/
Email: bchowney@hermanus.co.za
January Release 2025
Synergy Exhibition at the Fyn Arts Gallery, Hermanus
In this rare and exceptional collaboration, four artists bound by blood and creativity come together to present a multi-faceted exploration of artistic expression. Through their work, each artist delves into the core of human emotion, thought, and the natural world—drawing from diverse media, methodologies, and perspectives. At the heart of this exhibition is the incredible synergy between two generations of artists, united by family ties and a shared vision of artistic exploration.
The opening was a renowned success with 80 guests and an inspiring speech by Anthony Hamilton Russell. Many genres of art were on display including paintings, sculptures, and photographs.
Tal, Tay, Anthony, Ben and Zoë at the Synergy Exhibition opening
Tal Chowney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talchowney/?hl=en
Zoë Chowney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoechowney_/
Website: https://zoechowney.co.za/
Ben Chowney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchowney/
Email: bchowney@hermanus.co.za
November Release 2024
Franschhoek Protea Marriot Hotel
Tay has been invited to be the solo signature artist in the newly renovated Protea Marriott hotel in Franschhoek. This is arguably the only “Art Hotel” in Franschhoek. Tay’s unique and highly sought-after art lends an exquisite experience for the clients who stay there.
If interested in visiting or learning more about Tay’s work or the hotel, they can contact the Protea Marriott in Franschhoek directly at the provided details. Address: 33/34 Huguenot St, Franschhoek, Cape Town, 7690. │ Phone: 021 876 3012
November Release 2024
A Kismet by Chance Exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyard
Artworks by Tay Dall and Zoë Chowney
Lizaan Brandt, Tay, Lionel Smith and Ashley Abrahams at Ataraxia Vineyards
The artworks in the “Kismet by Chance” series reflect Tay’s unique and recognizable artistic and intuitive painting techniques. Each piece emanates the creative impulses within the artist’s imagination which was inspired by her conscious and subconscious day-to-day experiences over the past year. If you are a lover of art, there is something for everyone in this show. The entire exhibit is full of discovery and intrigue for the viewer.
I set out to approach each piece in the series with a random spontaneity, allowing the individual artwork to have its distinct detail, style, theme and drama – Tay Dall
4102 – Waves, Kismet 13
120cm x 120cm
Acrylic on Canvas
4093 – Shadows, Blossoms and Kismet
120cm x 120cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Zoë’s paintings evoke a sense of movement, with their sweeping brushstrokes and soft, undulating lines, while the detailed plant-like drawings introduce a contrast—a more structured, almost technical aspect—suggesting the harmony between chaos and order in nature’s design.
My works are a visual manifestation of my deep connection to nature, the landscapes of South Africa, and the complex forms that populate the natural world – Zoë Chowney
Zoë Chowney
123 – Natures Constellation
Tablet 1
80cm x 40cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Tay and Zoë at Ataraxia Vineyards
Zoë Chowney
125 – Natures Constellation
Tablet 3
80cm x 40cm
Acrylic on Canvas
August Release 2024
Art Studio Event
Tay and Obert Jongwe
Tay hosted a wonderful event at her studio in Hermanus, South Africa. It brought together local art enthusiasts, talented artists, gallerists, curators, close friends, and family to celebrate our shared love of art. The day went with an exceptional selection of local foods and wines, contributing to the delightful atmosphere.
January Release 2024
Tay Dall and Louis Chanu Collaboration
Tay and Louis Chanu
South African sculptor, Louis Chanu is well known for his beautiful, bigger-than-life creations. He always experiments with new methods and materials and came up with the idea of making sculptures out of plant carbon resin.
He approached Tay to add her unique and highly recognisable painting style and colour to the sculptures to create a limited collection. The Tay Dall-Louis Chanu collaboration has been a hit so far with 25% of the collection sold out in just a few months.
November Release 2023
Anami Gallery
Alice Mfundisi
The Drostdy Museum welcomed a new addition, Anami, the contemporary art gallery that celebrates the diversity and creativity of South African artists.
Anami, which means “They are with me” in Xhosa, is the vision of Alice Mfundisi, a passionate art collector and curator who wants to showcase the works of emerging and established artists, ceramicists, and sculptors from across the country.
November Release 2022
Synthesis of a Blue Sky and Beyond Exhibition at Ataraxia Vineyards
July Release 2022
The Lord Charles Gallery Tay Dall Collection
Tay’s current exhibition at The Lord Charles is a unique collection of new and retrospective artwork specifically chosen and commissioned for the gallery. This is an art collection with a story reflecting the past 30 years of Tay’s successful career as one of South Africa’s top internationally collected abstract artists.
On view for the first time at The Lord Charles, this diverse, cutting edge and provocative body of work consist of various genres and mediums of emotionally charged themes and expressive statement pieces typical of Dall’s unique technical approach.
“The first thing you notice when you see my art in person is colour! My art bursts forth with vibrant, in-your-face colour, and makes my work so alive and real! It may have something to do with the intense light you get in South Africa which seems to make everything more colourful”.
January Release 2022
Solo Exhibition at the Axis Art Gallery Cape Town
A Retrospective Collection at the Axis Gallery Cape Town. Axis Art Gallery is an exclusive boutique-style gallery with carefully curated art pieces on the wall.
July Release 2021
Resident Artist at The Hotel Sky Cape Town
Tay was honoured to be invited by The Hotel Sky to be the sole resident artist. Her exhibition located in the Sky Lounge is called ‘The Iconic Collection’ including a selection of artworks indicative of Tay’s unique and highly recognizable style. The opening was attended by the tourism minister and the owner of the hotel, Paul Kelley and guests.
January Release 2021
New Tay Modern Gallery space at Le Franschhoek Hotel
May Release 2020
COVID-19 Mask Project and The Employee Benefit Fund
Tay Dall creates the Covid-19 Mask Project and the Employee Benefit Fund. Over 100 sponsors donated to the fund to financially assist 3 families throughout the ongoing pandemic. This is an ongoing Not for Profit project.
April Release 2020
Article on Tay Dall in Departures Magazine
Tay hosted 15 international journalists at her studio for a tour and a local wine tasting. Her guests included Maya Maya Kachroo-Levine (Departures Magazine), Adam Robb (Saveur magazine), Gulnaz Khan (National Geographic), Alyson Krueger (New York Times and Washington Post) and other notably fine journalists.
June Release 2019
Tay Dall Solo Exhibition On the Other Side at Ataraxia Vineyards Hermanus
When Tay paints she imagines that ‘on the other side’, beneath the surface of the canvas, is a wall, a barrier, a divide between this side of the imagination and another side of reality. In this series, she explores a place where ghostly shadows of tonality swirl chaotically through rivers of viscous colour, trails of bright ebbing energy, and cascading clouds of ethereal translucent light.
May Release 2019
Tay Dall Solo Exhibition Young Blood Africa art Gallery in Cape Town
April Release 2019
Tay Dall is Participating in this Group Exhibition at the V&A Waterfront
The Rhinos Are Coming!!!
We are a small yet dedicated team on a mission to raise much-needed funds and to raise awareness for the plight of our Rhinos by organising a spectacular Outdoor Exhibition and Gala Auction Event in Cape Town that will run for several months from December 2018. This exhibition will increase tourism, boost the economy, educate our children and most importantly, help to protect our Rhino species. We bring together business and The Arts on one platform, supporting a socially responsible wildlife conservation ideal.
June Release 2018
A Thread Runs Through It
It is a collaborative relationship between one fibre artist and one painter. Twenty-one pairs of artists – a painter and a fibre artist – will work together to interpret the theme, A Thread Runs Through It. This type of collaboration is a first for FynArts and promises an interesting exhibition.
March Release 2018
Tay Dall is Participating in this Group Exhibition with Marke Meyer and Rudolph Bitzer
September Release 2017
Tay Dall is Participating in this Group Exhibition
“NEW BEGINNINGS” ..redefine yourself..
Summer Exhibition at Meerendal Art Gallery. The official opening is on the 14th of September with guest speakers Derrick Van Rensberg and Prof. Dorothea van Zyl.
March Release 2017
Tay Dall Solo Exhibition Synergy
Art is creativity drawn out of a deep well within ones subconscious and can be more powerful and true than conscious thought and reason. Therefore, the rock and rolls of imagined places, drips and splats, roils of dramatic curves and dancing clouds of mist. Movements of liquid and air melding into an electrically charged inter-exchange of emotional colours. Tendrils of weird lines vying for canvas space with floating forms in inky pools of atmosphere. This may sound like a lot of gobbledygook but in more ways than one, and depending how you see it, that pretty much sums up what can be expected in my latest exhibition I have called Synergy.
November Release 2016
Solo Exhibition at Arabella Hotel
September/October Release 2016
July Release 2016
Solo Exhibition at the St. Lorient Art Gallery
ST. Lorient is a contemporary fine art gallery in Pretoria established in 2007. The art gallery is dedicated to the promotion of national and international artists, providing original fine art to established and emerging collectors. Previous exhibitions have included the artwork of Andre Naude, Gordon Froud, Judith Mason, Lynette Ten Krooden and Wakaba Mutheki amongst many others
January Release 2016
Tay Dall Artwork at Fancourt by Special Invitation
It is with great pleasure and honour that Tay was exclusively invited to create a body of artwork for the Hall of Fame at Fan Court. The exhibition comprises of 14 unique works on canvas and wood to be on display at the world-famous resort this year.
November Release 2015
Posthouse gallery art exhibition showcasing
artist Tay Dall and photographer Caroline
Gibello. Wine tasting with Summit Estate
Wines. Saturday 14 November, Brisbane,
Australia.
November Release 2015
All New Artwork by Tay Dall at Spookfontein Vineyards and Ell.
Twenty new custom created artworks now adorn the unique round walls of the fashionably designed restaurant Eat Love Life at the Spookfontien Wine Estate. The modern addition of this all new Soho Gallery look brings another innovation to this popular culinary venue, where you can be amazed at Tay’s latest cutting edge creative offerings of abstract art, taste the local wine being made in the cellar, eat delectable gourmet food and enjoy the natural beauty of the magnificent views. Sounds like a great day out.
November Release 2015
Solo Exhibition of Artworks by Tay Dall
Tay Dall, an artist renowned for her transformational genius displayed on nonconformist surfaces like driftwood, old doors and shutters has created an emotionally charged solo exhibition in our gallery space.
October Release 2015
Back in The U.S.A
New Abstraction Attraction
An Exhibition featuring the artworks of South African Artist Tay Dall and Californian Artist Ellen Dieter.
Tay has just signed a contract giving Adelman Fine Art exclusive representation of her work in California. Tay launched her career in Los Angeles nearly twenty years ago and is thrilled to have her work back in the United States with Marcia Adelman. The new contemporary gallery which will open at the end of this year is located in the Kettner building, Little Italy San Diego, California.
March Release 2015
Solo Exhibition at The Post House Gallery, Johannesburg
SOLO EXHIBITION
BY
TAY DALL
THE POST HOUSE GALLERY
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
OPENS MARCH 21
Tay in her studio with new works in progress for the upcoming solo in march at the Post House Gallery.
October Release 2014
Dall Solo Exhibition at Art Afrique Gallery
Tay, Carol Hogarth (Art Afrique owner) and Cindy Gosteli (project manager) visit the studio in Hermanus to discuss the design of the upcoming Johannesburg solo exhibition featuring Tay Dall. This show will include photographic and glasswork that will ultimately intrigue the viewer to go “Wow!”. Stay tuned, as this event is not to be missed.
Tay (left), Cindy (middle), and Carol (right).
October Release 2014
65 New Works exclusive to Groot Constantia Gallery
August Release 2014
Slow Magazine
Building on a reputation established in the United States, Tay Dall is one of South Africa’s leading modern artists. Her work has been shown in more than 90 exhibitions, is represented by more than 30 galleries, and is prized by thousands of international art collectors. Born in Cape Town in 1966, Dall began taking art classes at the age of 8, finally finishing her education with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Michaelis School of Art at the University of Cape Town. In 1988, she emigrated with her family to Los Angeles, where she worked in the film industry, studied computer graphics and began exhibiting her work in various venues in her free time. Her eminent success here led to a full-time career as an artist. Dall returned to south Africa permanently in 1995. She currently paints from her studio in Hermanus.
New Release 2014
Tay Dall and the Luciano Benetton's Art Project
Promoted by the Luciano Benetton Collection “Imago Mundi”, aka The Small Canvas Project will include Tay Dall’s artwork.
The goal of “Imago Mundi,” which has no commercial intent, is to “unite the diversities of our world in the name of a common artistic experience” and to create a “map” of artists around the world as part of “The Small Canvas Project” Benetton Foundation
Exhibiting in the Venice Biennale 2015.
