Simon Max Bannister also known as 'Max’ is a South African visual artist. He is currently based at Londolozi Game Reserve as artist in residence. While keeping a diversity in materials, his language is unique, passionate and self-taught. He has created multiple abstract wildlife private commissions, works for wine estates, game reserves and educational facilities. His passion for the environment has also inspired an immersive collaborative innovation of land art walks. Max has participated in events such as Infecting the City, Site_Specific, AfrikaBurn, The South African National Arts Festival and was recently awarded prestigious Wildlife Artist of the year 2012 by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.