Wanderland Collective developed a range of silk scarves, notebooks and tote bags for Investec, in celebration of artist Boemo Diale.
Boemo is the Investec Cape Town Art Fair’s 2024 Tomorrows/Today prize winner, a prestigious award for emerging and underrepresented artists. Since winning, Diale’s exposure to audiences and collector spaces has widened. And this has been affirming for the multidisciplinary artist, as is the continued partnership with Investec.
Diale has created new artwork and prints for an exclusive collection of silk scarves, totes and notebooks for Investec. The designs were unveiled at the “Boemo Lounge” at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair (ICTAF) 2025 — a space that allowed guests to immerse themselves in Diale’s striking work.
“This collaboration has been incredibly affirming,” the artist said. “It’s really allowed for the work to reach a larger audience and because of this, encouraged a great exchange. I’ve been inspired by the audiences’ views and it’s been interesting incorporating new elements into the work.”
Diale’s art examines inner worlds and personal histories through a spiritual lens. As a mixed-race young woman who grew up in Mafikeng, Rustenburg and Johannesburg, she works with dichotomies of the urban and rural, vulnerability and strength to tackle socio-political themes of home, identity, gender and mental health with powerful imagery and arresting colour. She explores dimensionality through ceramic works modelled on her painted creations with the utilitarian pot as a motif for carrying meaning. The work dynamically intersects craft, art and design.
On the creative process, Diale said, “The same motifs and symbols stand only with the incorporation of the iconic zebra. It was fun to try something new. I think collaborations allow for greater meaning making and creating connections between different kinds of people.”
