Hazard Gallery

HAZARD is a contemporary art, fashion and lifestyle space that encompasses an art gallery and vibrant urban cultural hub in the heart of Johannesburg – Africa’s most cosmopolitan city.

Hazard is chance and change - a state of being in constant flux. Hazard is in the gallery, on the streets and in conversations in the secret rooms of the city. It is a place where contemporary fashion, design and art collide.

It is about the great things and thoughts that move us - and those singular experiences that never leave us. It looks with hope to the future by enriching the present.

Hazard originates from the Old French word, 'hasart' meaning “a game of dice” and before that from the Persian 'zār' meaning ‘dice’.

HAZARD stands on the shoulders of its former incarnation, NIROXprojects, and maintains a strong link to NIROX. Unlike it’s forefather HAZARD is a commercial space and introduces the elements of fashion, exquisite functional, luxury products and cross-discipline collaborations.

Hazard team:

Jonathan Freemantle recently returned to South Africa after 18 years abroad. He is an artist, curator and co-founder of the Edinburgh International Fashion Festival. Freemantle’s role as creative director of the festival has meant working with the likes of Juergen Teller, Hussein Chalayan, Lady Amanda Harlech (Chanel), Bella Freud, and Sissel Tolaas amongst others, presenting fashion as an art form and seeking to find the dynamic interplay between visual art, music, fashion, performance, literature and science. As an artist he has exhibited widely, most recently at the Standard Bank Gallery, JHB

Beathur Mgoza Baker is a writer, filmmaker and curator focused on creating dynamic new platforms. She engages in audience development within the arts, growing and connecting the African collector base within the visual arts. Baker is a seasoned media professional with a background in print, journalism, television and digital media content. She is also a content specialist and former commissioning editor for the SABC.

Daniel Liebmann has owned his own business since the age of 18. He has been part of the Maboneng Precinct urban regeneration project since it’s inception. He is a fashion designer and ran his own store (Newbrow) in Moboneng for two years. Liebmann is also an expert cobbler, an experienced retail curator and brings business savvy, holding a BSC in Economics.

Neil Nieuwoudt is a curator and artist. He has been the curator & project manager at NIROXprojects since June 2012 during which time he has overseen many successful exhibitions.