Biography

Red turf is the homeland of Zak van Biljon. The South African photographer, born 1981, spent his childhood and teenage years in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. 2003 he graduated as best student at the National College of Photography. With a study of black & white printing – ironically, for someone who grew up under the colourful impressions of the Rainbow Nation.

In 2004 he left the country and emigrated to Europe. It was in Rome, where he discovered another sunlight and in London, where he scored himself on top of booking lists for prestigious underground labels. He continued his career as a part-time commercial photographer in Zurich, Switzerland, exerting his mastery to his fine art projects.

His work range from digital to analog with skills in contemporary advertising and modern art photography. His main focus is the directorial handling of light – as shown in his recent art work, capture the world in infrared. The world seen in red and pink colours provides a new and impressive insight to reality as we know it.

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ARTWORKS Zak van Biljon

Memory Tree, Zürich, 2017
color infrared on cotton rag paper
68 x 108 cm
Zak van Biljon
Memory Tree, Zürich

2017

color infrared on cotton rag paper

ed. 2/3

68 x 108 cm

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Sihl, Schwyz, 2017
color infrared on cotton rag paper
138 x 138 cm
Zak van Biljon
Sihl, Schwyz

2017

color infrared on cotton rag paper

unique print

138 x 138 cm

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View from Säntis, Appenzell, 2020
color infrared on cotton rag paper
128 x 144.6 cm
Zak van Biljon
View from Säntis, Appenzell

2020

color infrared on cotton rag paper

ed. 1/2

128 x 144.6 cm

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Zak-von-biljon
Stage, Milano, Italy, 2015
color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper
55 x 75 cm
Zak van Biljon
Stage, Milano, Italy

2015

color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper

55 x 75 cm

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Zak-von-biljon
Erzboda, Grisons, Switzerland, 2017
Color infrared archivial print on Canson photographique paper
53 x 53 cm
Zak van Biljon
Erzboda, Grisons, Switzerland

2017

Color infrared archivial print on Canson photographique paper

53 x 53 cm

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Zak-von-biljon
Älplihorn, Grisons, 2017
color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper
68 x 93 cm
Zak van Biljon
Älplihorn, Grisons

2017

color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper

68 x 93 cm

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Ed. 1/7 + 1 AP Other available sizes: 128 x 178 cm (Ed. 1/5 + 1 AP) 167 x 255 cm (Ed. 1/2 + 1 AP)

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Zak-von-biljon
Moon and piz Rosatsch, Grisons, Switzerland, 2018
color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper
68 x 93 cm
Zak van Biljon
Moon and piz Rosatsch, Grisons, Switzerland

2018

color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper

68 x 93 cm

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Zak-von-biljon
Piz dal Teo, Winter, Grisons, Switzerland, 2018
color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper
68 x 93 cm
Zak van Biljon
Piz dal Teo, Winter, Grisons, Switzerland

2018

color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper

68 x 93 cm

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Zak-von-biljon
Dammagletscher, Uri, Switzerland, 2020
color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper
144.6 x 128 cm
Zak van Biljon
Dammagletscher, Uri, Switzerland

2020

color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper

144.6 x 128 cm

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Zak-von-biljon
Wetterhorn, Bern, 2020
color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper
170 x 190 cm
Zak van Biljon
Wetterhorn

Bern, 2020

color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper

170 x 190 cm

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Other available sizes: 69 x 77 cm

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Zak-von-biljon
Kennedy Lake, BC, California, 2015
color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper
128 x 178 cm
Zak van Biljon
Kennedy Lake, BC

California, 2015

color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper

128 x 178 cm

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Other available sizes: 128 x 178 cm

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Zak-von-biljon
Cheerleader pompoms, South Africa, 2017
color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper
68 x 93 cm
Zak van Biljon
Cheerleader pompoms

South Africa, 2017

color infrared archivial print on canson photographique paper

68 x 93 cm

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Other available sizes: 128 x 178 cm

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