Kanya Viljoen is a writer, director and maker from Cape Town, South Africa.

Kanya graduated cum laude from the University of Cape Town with a specialisation in Theatre and Performance. Recently, Kanya completed her MA in Practice as Research as an Andrew W Mellon scholar and graduated with distinction. She is a founding member of Unusual Bones. an interdisciplinary creative company working in both film, theatre and performance art.

As part of her research and practice Kanya constantly seeks to re-member the notions around language, identity and performance within a multi-fragmented society.