van Blerk

After Empire, 2016
I and my Chimney, 2013
Ephemeron, 2012
Players, 2010
Chair publique, 2009
Capital Vices, 2008
Four seasons, 2006
From the New World, 2003
Hippopotamus, 2000
Cow Voyages, 1998

2015 Fotofever 2015, "Mythes et sculptures classiques dans la photo contemporaine", Chris Boïcos Fine Arts, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France. 93, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Le Huit, Paris, France. Ελιά ! , curated by Chris Boicos Fine Arts & Corfu Gallery, Paxos Municipal Gallery, Loggos, Paxos, Greece.
2014 ΙΧΘΕΙΣ – Creatures of the Sea, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Gaios, Paxos, Greece. Landscapes and Myths II, Municipal Gallery, Loggos, Paxos, Greece. Poseidon, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Gaios, Paxos, (...)

Journal des Arts (Paris) – Exhibition review – March 2011 Loyola Phoenix (Chicago) – February 2006. New City Magazine (Chicago) –January 2006. Elle Decoration (South Africa) – September 2005. Cape Times (Cape Town) – Art Review – February 2003. Regards magazine (La Courneuve, France) – Full page article – January 2003. Résidences Décoration (Paris) – Exhibition review – July-August 2002. Art Actuel (Paris) – Exhibition review – May 2002. Connaissance des Arts (Paris) – Exhibition review – May 2002. Photo (...)

Ministry of Education, South Africa. South African National Gallery. Michaelis Foundation, South Africa. Fondation d’entreprise Colas, Boulogne (92), France. University of Chicago, Cultural Policy Center, Chicago IL, USA.

2014 Deep Surfaces (with Katya Traboulsi) Artspace Gallery, London, England. Beirut Art Fair (with Jennifer Norback Fine Arts, Chicago IL, USA) Beirut, Lebanon.
2013 In Metamorphosis (with Douglas Stapleton) Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago IL, USA. Beirut Art Fair (with Jennifer Norback Fine Arts, Chicago IL, USA) Beirut, Lebanon.
2012 Métamorphoses Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Paris, France.
2011 Des héros, des hommes et des bêtes, Maison des MICI, Paris, France. Urbi et Orbi Galerie (...)

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts in Photography and the History of Art, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town 1995.

South African, born 1971 in Cape Town. Lives and works in Paris.
Vivian van Blerk has lived and worked in Paris since 1996. He tends to work in great narrative series, having created more than 18 since 1994. The principal ones are : Attics 1 & 2 (1994-95), A Cow Travels through Space and Time and Confronts her Mortality (1998-2000), Hippopotamus and Destiny (2000-01), From A New World (2001-2004), Four Seasons (2005 –06), The Seven Deadly Vices (2007), Ephemeron (2008), Public Flesh (...)