Léonard Pongo, visual artist working between BE & DRC
Beautiful new interview on my work at Tombe Magazine:
Memory & Mythicism by Michelle Loukidis & Kwazokuhle Phakathi
Apophenia: New publication with Maison CFC+ISELP released on September 11, 2025 at Maison CFC, exhibition open until October 31st.
Primordial Earth with Retro Africa, featured as Elle Decor’s Top 7 picks from New York’s Armory Show:
The Uncanny: first Monograph published thanks to the ICP/GOST First Photo Book Award
You can order a signed copy or the limited edition from me via email or directly on Gostbooks‘ website
Reviews
- Future Greats 2025: Léonard Pongo by Roger Ballen at ArtReview
- Photobook Journal: Review by Steve Harp
- De Standaard: Het unheimliche van Congo door de ogen van topfotograaf Léonard Pongo
- PhMuseum: “Jumping on the stream of consciousness” by C. Pantall
- The Guardian ‘Bigger than life’: exploring the Democratic Republic of the Congo – in pictures “
- Huck: A Dreamlike Journey Into The Democratic Republic Of Congo
- Blind Magazine: Congo Waking Dream
Projects:
Tales from the Source: Installation is a new work commissioned by Jeu de Paumes for the “Paysages Mouvants” exhibition curated by Jeanne Mercier.
Tales from the Source is a medium-length movie engaging a visual dialogue with the varied land of the DRC and its ancestral narratives.
Primordial Earth is a mixed-media installation that presents the landscape of the DRC as a character with its own will and power.
The Uncanny is a long term photo project in Congo’s urban centers.
The Necessary Evil is an experimental short film on Faith & Power.
Portfolio & Commission: available upon request
Clients & Publications:
- Le Monde
- Der Spiegel
- National Geographic
- The Washington Post
- CNN
- De Morgen
- La Croix
- European Photography Magazine
- Volkskrant
- The Wall Street Journal
- The New Yorker
- Doctors Without Borders
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- The Washington Post
- Hart Magazine
- TSA Magazine
- Jeu de Paume
- Middelheim Museum