b. 1987 Empangeni, South Africa
Louis de Villiers is a visual artist, art director, and graphic designer currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York.
From 2006-2017, he worked under the alias of SKULLBOY, and has exhibited throughout South Africa, Berlin, New York and Amsterdam; as well as made murals from Johannesburg to Hong Kong.
Since 2011, de Villiers has worked primarily in black, white and gold leaf – transitioning into his ‘Blue Phase’ in 2019 as his practice developed. Continuing to working primarily on large-scale-works on paper, his scenes explore themes of post-internet culture, social media and Iconography of Success through a metaphorical jungle-society.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 SACRED CURRENCY - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2019 FLEX & FINESSE - Open Plan Studios, Durban, RSA
2018 We Ouchea - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2018 The Ascension - Gallery One11, Cape Town, RSA
2017 The Preoccupied Lives of Islands – Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2017 Crash The Banquet - Superchief Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2015 Yung Metamoderni$m - Space Between, Cape Town, RSA
2013 A Sum of Parts - Upstairs Gallery, Durban, RSA
2011 Home Sweet Homies with Tokyo-Go-Go - Gallery415, Durban, RSA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 POP CULT CUM DUMP - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2022 Endangered Species - Merchantec Capital x Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2022 On the Edge - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2021 MASS - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2019 Winter Salon 2019 - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2018 Memento Mori - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2018 A Contemporary Showcase - Graham’s Fine Art Gallery & Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
Art Fairs & Festivals
FNB Art Joburg Fair, Johannesburg RSA: 2021 - 2015
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, RSA: 2023 - 2015
Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg RSA: 2021 - 2015
Basha Uhuru Festival, Johannesburg, RSA: 2019
Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA: 2019
KKNK Festival ABSA ‘The Confessional’ Group Show, Oudtshoorn, RSA: 2017
List i Ljosi Art Festival in collaboration with Patricia Farrelly – Seyðisfjörður, ISL: 2017
Afrovibes Festival, Amsterdam, NLD: 2015