Léonard Pongo
Léonard Pongo, Primordial Earth, installation view, Art Brussels, Kristof De Clercq Gallery, Belgium, 2023. © Léonard Pongo
Léonard Pongo, Tales from the Source, Medium-length film, 39 minutes, 2024. © Léonard Pongo
Léonard Pongo, Untitled from the Primordial Earth series, Woven Cotton, 2019. © Léonard Pongo
About Léonard Pongo
Léonard Pongo (b. 1988) is a visual artist and filmmaker based between the DRC and Belgium. He is renowned for his mixed-media installations that integrate textile, photography, various printing techniques, and moving images. In 2023, he was a Blackrock Senegal resident and is currently an associate researcher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa. His monograph, ‘The Uncanny’, was published by Gostbooks in August 2023. Pongo’s recent projects include ‘Primordial Earth’ and the upcoming film Tales from the Source, which will premiere in the fall 2024.
Léonard Pongo, Primordial Earth, installation view, Museum of Modern Arts, Ostende, Belgium, 2022. © Léonard Pongo
Léonard Pongo, Primordial Earth, installation view, Museum of Modern Arts, Ostende, Belgium, 2022. © Léonard Pongo