RILEY AXON WILKEN

Riley Axon is a dynamic visual artist known for their fresh and innovative approach to creativity. Driven by curiosity, Riley explores themes of identity, comunity, and queerness through their art. They believe in pushing boundaries and inviting viewers to connect with their work on a personal level. With each new piece, Riley continues to ask, what’s next?

Conversations and collaborations

riley.axon.studios@gmail.com
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FILM INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Robot,
Jan. 2024 - current  
Creative.
Tasks include; directors’ treatments, creative research, pre-production booklets, location decks, filming and editing social media content. Using Ai for storyboard creation and other experimental projects.

GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECTS
  • Once Upon a Time in Joburg
  • Cape Town Indie Film Festival
  • Big Sis by Girl Effect
  • Bent
  • Space for them+
  • Bad Art

INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECTS
  • Cape Town Furniture Week x NISH
  • 100% Design Joburg
  • Onid Design
ART EXHIBITIONS
  • Walk with me, virtual exhibition, ArtBankSA, 2024.
  • RAW, Kitsune, 2024.
  • Intimate Histories, Latitudes Online, 2023.
  • Together, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, 2022.
  • Girls run the world, Eclectica, Cape Town, 2022.
  • Blue tape series, P72, Johannesburg, 2021.

LEADERSHIP
  • Mentor at TouchSA, 2022.
  • Student Representative Council,
    Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town, 2022.
  • Managing The Art Room, JHB, 2021.

COURSES
  • Ai Filmmaking, 2025  
  • Graphic Design, Academy of Digital Arts, Cape Town, 2022. 
  • Business Acumen for Artists, Cape Town Creative Academy, 2022. 
  • Adobe Certified Professional, Adobe, 2022. 

    SOFTWARE
    • Adobe Illustrator /5
    • Adobe Indesign /5
    • Adobe Photoshop /5
    • Premiere Pro /5
    • Pitch /5
    MENTORSHIPS
    • ArtbankSA X IZIKO National Museum, 2024.
    • Design Indaba, 2023.
    • ArtbankSA X IZIKO National Museum, 2023.
    • CT Creative Academy, Business Acumen for Artists, 2022.
    • Loeries x Woolworths, Portfolio Bootcamp, 2022.
    • Karabo Poppy x HALLS, 2021.

    AWARDS
    • ArtBankSA x National Museum, PESP4 Program, 2023.
    • Design Indaba Emerging Creative, class of 2023.
    • ArtBankSA x National Museum, PESP4 Program, 2022.
    • Loeries x Woolworths Bootcamp, awarded top ten creative students across Africa and the Middle East, 2022.

    MEDIA
    • Expresso Show, 2023.
    • Design Indaba, 2023.
    DREAMS
    • Designing for Dazed & Confused Magazine
    • Short film on Nowness
    • Shooting a Diesel campaign
    • A24 film


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