Neil Badenhorst (b. 1995) is an artist and illustrator based in Pretoria. He completed his Undergraduate and Honours degrees in Visual Communication with a major in Illustration at the Open Window, graduating in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Badenhorst began his Masters in Illustration in 2019, exploring ritual spaces and crisis heterotopias in illustrated fantasy books. Badenhorst has been pursuing a career as an independent artist since his early days at University and has also worked as a freelance illustrator and designer. Badenhorst’s ultimate goal as a creative is to be a ‘jack of all trades, master of none’. Through formally taught in digital design and illustration, Badenhorst’s artistic practice extends into painting, collage, and more recently digital and traditional installation art. His practice is largely concerned with themes such as liminality, multi-layered space and experience, queer themes, ritual process and imaginary worlds.