Maja Marx
Available Works
About
Born in 1977, Maja Marx is currently living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. Marx is a proponent of contemporary abstract art; approaching painting as an optical activation of surface. She has featured in both South African and international exhibitions, with her most recent solo exhibition, There There (2020), being her fifth to be hosted with WHATIFTHEWORLD; succeeding Chorus (2018), Glare (2016), Block (2013) and Fold (2011).
Other solo exhibitions include Crease (2010) at Outlet, Pretoria and As Far As The Eye Can Touch (2007), at The Premises Gallery, Johannesburg. Marx is a fellow of the Ampersand Foundation (New York/ Johannesburg) and a participant of MAPS (Master of Art in the Public Sphere); an exchange between the Wits School of the Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa and the Ecole Cantonale d’art du Valais in Sierre, Switzerland. Since receiving her MFA in Fine Art (Cum Laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2008, her works have been included in a range of public and private collections. She has also participated in the South African Pavilion of the Venice Biennale (2013), and the ELIA Exhibition, Cuenca, Spain and Gent, Belgium (2006).
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2020 | There There - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| 2019 | Chorus - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| 2016 | GLARE - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| 2013 | BLOCK: Recent works - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| 2011 | Fold, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| 2010 | Crease, Outlet, Pretoria |
| 2007 | As Far As The Eye Can Touch, The Premises Gallery, Johannesburg |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | The Phoenix Runway - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town |
| 2021 | RESTUDIO, Cunningham Contemporary, Johannesburg |
| 2016 | Women's Work, IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town |
| 2014 | Capital, Fried Contemporary, Pretoria |
| Footnote, Richmond, Northern Cape | |
| 2013 | The Past Will Bury You, NIROXProjects, Johannesburg |
| Imaginary Fact, 55th La Biennale di Venezia, South African Pavillion, Venice | |
| 2012 | ReSample, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg |
| 2011 | Basic Reality, Goodman Gallery Projects at Arts on Main, Johannesburg |
| ABSA Boekrak, KKNK, Oudshoorn | |
| 2010 | Glove, Joburg Art Fair collaboration with Artist Proof Studios, Johannesburg |
| Spier Contemporary, Cape Town City Hall, Cape Town | |
| 2009 | Paper Pigeon, Pigeon Square Public Artwork, Johannesburg, in collaboration with Gerhard Marx |
| Anaphora, Michaelis Rosedale Gallery, Cape Town | |
| The Heart of the African City, African Perspectives 2009, The African City Centre (re)sourced, University of Pretoria | |
| 2008 | Away: Richmond: Map Richmond, Northern Cape |
| 2006 | ELIA exhibition: Cuenca, Spain & Gent, Belgium |
| Hollard - Waste at Work |