Omolemo Rammile
Omolemo Rammile is an award-winning multimedia artist based in Bloemfontein, whose practice explores Black motherhood, provision, and the quiet power of daily sacrifice. Holding an Advanced Diploma in Studio Art from the Central University of Technology, she was named the 2022 Runner-up for the prestigious Sasol New Signatures award.
Rammile's distinguished exhibition record includes selections for the 2025 Sanlam Portrait Award (Top 200) and the Kolectiva & Blvck Block ‘Names like rivers, faces like fire’ exhibition at Constitution Hill. Her work in 2024 featured in the Kala Contemporary Art Gallery KCAG '30 Years of Democracy' exhibition, the Kingsbridge ‘OUR DAILY bread’ group show, the Art.b Gallery Quintessence exhibition, and placements as a finalist in both the Vuleka (Top 40) and Arti Gallery Art Competition (Top 100). Other notable participations include the Google “Diversity in Art” exhibition (2024), Crossing Paths exhibition ( 2022) the Macufe Arts Festival (2022), and the Black Anchors group exhibition (2021). Further accolades include being a Phatsoane Henney New Breed Finalist (2023) and a mural commission for the William Humphreys Art Gallery (2023).
Utilizing self-portraiture and familial archives, Rammile examines care, labour, and love, reframing African womanhood as sacred to challenge Eurocentric ideals. By incorporating materials like bread tags and gold leaf, she bridges the domestic and the divine, transforming bread into a metaphor for sustenance.
Ultimately, her practice is an act of archiving a call to center the overlooked stories of women who shape generations through sacrifice.
Rammile's distinguished exhibition record includes selections for the 2025 Sanlam Portrait Award (Top 200) and the Kolectiva & Blvck Block ‘Names like rivers, faces like fire’ exhibition at Constitution Hill. Her work in 2024 featured in the Kala Contemporary Art Gallery KCAG '30 Years of Democracy' exhibition, the Kingsbridge ‘OUR DAILY bread’ group show, the Art.b Gallery Quintessence exhibition, and placements as a finalist in both the Vuleka (Top 40) and Arti Gallery Art Competition (Top 100). Other notable participations include the Google “Diversity in Art” exhibition (2024), Crossing Paths exhibition ( 2022) the Macufe Arts Festival (2022), and the Black Anchors group exhibition (2021). Further accolades include being a Phatsoane Henney New Breed Finalist (2023) and a mural commission for the William Humphreys Art Gallery (2023).
Utilizing self-portraiture and familial archives, Rammile examines care, labour, and love, reframing African womanhood as sacred to challenge Eurocentric ideals. By incorporating materials like bread tags and gold leaf, she bridges the domestic and the divine, transforming bread into a metaphor for sustenance.
Ultimately, her practice is an act of archiving a call to center the overlooked stories of women who shape generations through sacrifice.