Marguerite Moon

Marguerite Moon is an artist and photographer based in Cape Town, South Africa. She works mainly with and within photography. Life as a solo parent with two daughters often (but not exclusively) informs her work.
Moon holds a Master of Fine Art degree (Cum Laude) from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town.
She has participated in various exhibitions. She currently has work on show at The Iziko South African National Gallery in the Motherhood: Paradox and Duality exhibition. She took part in the Home is Where The Art Is exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town in 2020/2021. Her work was exhibited at the AVA Gallery in 2018/2019, the Turbine Art Fair in 2018, the Art Africa Fair in 2017. She was a Sasol New Signatures Competition finalist in 2013 and 2016 and nominated for the Tierney Fellowship in 2014 and 2015. In 2015 Moon was selected by the Palestine Museum in Cape Town as one of six South African artists to participate in a residency in Palestine during June 2015.