South Africa, March 2 -- Chris Soal, an emerging South African artist living and practising in Johannesburg, uses unconventional found objects such as toothpicks and bottle caps in conjunction with concrete and other industrial materials. He is the youngest artist to be chosen to participate in the Dior Lady Art project, where 10 artists from around the world were hand-picked to reinterpret the Lady Dior as a unique work of art in their style.

His first solo show also just launched at Cape Town's WHATIFTHEWORLD gallery, where the viewer's experience and existence is considered in relation to the monumental scale of his works.

Growing up, were you always creative? Or when did you realise you wanted to become an artist?

I would say so. T...