The Living Archives of Becoming — Memory · Displacement · Presence · Restoration
Community Arts Initiative

House4Love

Founded by Neville Keith Matroos, House4Love is a community arts initiative dedicated to social cohesion, cultural preservation, and creative empowerment through collaborative artistic practices.

Community Engagement

Creating spaces for dialogue, healing, and collective creativity that bridge divides and foster understanding across diverse communities.

Creative Workshops

Facilitating workshops that empower participants to explore their identities and stories through mixed-media art, performance, and storytelling.

Cultural Preservation

Documenting and celebrating Khoikhoi and Camissa heritage, ensuring that ancestral knowledge and cultural practices are passed down to future generations.

Neville Keith Matroos working on a mixed-media artwork in his studio
The Artist

Neville Keith Matroos / Skwiza

Neville Keith Matroos, also known as Skwiza, is a South African-born Dutch mixed-media artist, researcher, and cultural initiator. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of House4Love.

His work explores the intersections of memory, displacement, and identity, drawing deeply from his Khoikhoi and Camissa heritage. Working between South Africa and the Netherlands, Matroos creates art that serves as both personal testimony and communal archive.

Through his practice, he investigates intergenerational trauma, ecological connection, and the restoration of human dignity, offering a visual language for experiences often marginalized in mainstream historical narratives.

Initiatives

Projects

Ongoing and completed projects that extend the work of the archives into the public sphere.

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The Living Archive Continues: A platform for sustaining the conversations started through the artwork, focusing on long-term community impact and educational outreach.

The Living Archive ContinuesCurrent Initiative
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Research & Writing: A body of critical texts and reflections accompanying the visual work, providing context for the artistic practice within broader discourses on decolonization and memory.

Research & WritingOngoing Publication
Get In Touch

Contact

For inquiries regarding exhibitions, collaborations, or general information about Neville Keith Matroos and House4Love, please reach out via email.

info@house4loveart.co.za
Working between South Africa and the Netherlands

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