Marcus Viljoen

Born in 1991. Marcus Viljoen Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Marcus Viljoen is a conceptualist using various photographic processes and techniques bringing across ideas of memory held and lost with societies perception. He has always been enamored of photography.

By using photography in a sculpture and textured element, Marcus finds new ways of using the medium. The many different Cultural and social trends that surrounds him, inspires his photographic aim.
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Most of his works are combinations of mixed media with photography. He explores underlying notions of time and the paradoxical relationship between society and present states of being.
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Through the process of altering photographs, he emphasizes our understanding of the abstract terms society and photography through metaphor.

BA degree in Communication science
Diploma in Professional Photography

2014:
12 March: The Bag Factory. Young 14, curated by Aysha Waja
18 February: Art Meets Camera, Visionaries, curated by Micheala Limberis

2013:
9 December: Agora Gallery, Sensorial Realms, curated by Angela di Bello
18 November: RIACE residency exhibition, curated by Carol Hummel
24 August: Lovell Gallery, Young Artist Competition, curated by Tamzin Lovell
13 August: Culture gallery, #Lookatmydickybird,curated by Micheala Limberis and Liona Nyariri
7 August: Art B Gallery, Vuleka Art Competition
1 August: YoungBlood Gallery, Another way of Seeing, curated by Marcus Viljoen
27 July: Lovell Gallery, Turbine Art Fair, curated by Tamzin Lovell
16 January: YoungBlood Gallery, Art Fare, curated by Marie Vogts

2012:
5 November: New Heritage Gallery, Group Exhibition, curated by Marcus Viljoen
21 October: 6 Spin Street, After Dark, curated by Jenny Altschuler
6 October: Exposure Gallery, Nostalgia Now, curated by Leah Hawker
27 Septemeber: The Castle of Good Hope, Group Exhibition, curated by Jenny Altschuler
15 September: YoungBlood Gallery, The Convex Mirror, curated by Marcus Viljoen
1 April: Bailley Seipel Gallery, Capturing the rainbow nation, curated by The Commision of Cananda