Opening in the Democratic Gallery Gallery at the BAT Centre to run from February 5 to March 3 is Africa, an exhibition of sculptures, drawings and paintings by 20-year-old Mozambican artist Viler (birth name Herminio Albino Vilanculos).

Despite his youth, Viler's works are included in collections in England, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, France, Spain, Holland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, the United States, Australia, Angola and Mozambique.

A member of the internationally-renowned and greatly esteemed artists' collective, Nucleo de Artes Maputo-Mocambique, his works are on permanent display at Maputo's National Cultural Directorate, Maputo's Psychiatric Hospital, the conference hall at Mozambique's Commercial Bank and in Norway.