Georges Senga
Visual artist / Researcher
Academic Education & Training
2004 – 2009: Master's Degree in Languages and Business – University of Lubumbashi, DRC.
2011 – 2013: International Master Class Programs (Goethe-Institut)
2013: Master Class, Lagos Photo Festival (Nigeria).
2012: Master Class, Lubumbashi (DRC).
2011: Master Class, Off Rencontres de Bamako (Mali).
Research Residencies & Fellowships
2026: Enough Room for Space, Drogenbos, Belgium. (Institute of Colonial Culture – Research on Congolese Heritage)
2026: Studio Voltaire, London, UK. (Project Lamba‑Lamba, Kushiripa figurative painting and Malagasy traditional fabric)
2020–2021: Resident, French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici, Rome, Italy. (Project How a Little Pagan Hunter Became a Catholic Priest)
2020: Enough Room for Space, Drogenbos, Belgium. (Project Tshanga‑Tshanga)
2019: B.A.D. Foundation, Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Project The Void)
2019: Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Project The Void)
2018–2019: Visiting Researcher (Fellow), Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, Netherlands. (Project Format)
2015–2017: Fellow, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany. (Project This House Is Not for Sale and for Sale)
2015: Research Residency, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium.
2014 & 2016: Pro Helvetia Research Residency, South Africa. (Project Transit)
2014: Njelele Art Station, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Project Transit)
University Conferences & Presentations
- 2026: « Decolonial Network UNDOING UNLEARNING » at Goldsmiths University of London, UK
- 2026: « Lumumba - The Death of a Prophet » at Dokukino, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2026: PICHA WORKSHOP « Artistic project development » Picha Art Centre, Lubumbashi, DR Congo
- 2025: Transnational Solidarities series: DR Congo - Stop the Hidden Genocide, at Mama Art Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2025: « Black History Month 2025 China-Africa », at Museo Orientale MAO, Turin, Italy
- 2023: Course on « Project conception and development » at the Arts Academy of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DR Congo
- 2023: « Tshanga-Tshanga, The End of Western Hegemony » at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
- 2023: « How a Little Pagan Hunter Became a Catholic Priest » – Lecture at MUDEC, Milan & Villa Romana, Florence.
- 2019: « Multiple Transmissions: Art in the Afropolitan » at WIELS, Brussels.
- 2019: « Something We Africans Got » at BOZAR, Brussels.
- 2018: « A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes » at Framer Framed, Amsterdam.
Monographic Publications
G. Senga. (2023). « How a Little Pagan Hunter Became a Catholic Priest » (French and English editions) – Kunstverein Publishing, Milano.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2026: Lamba-Lamba, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
- 2023: How a Little Pagan Hunter Became a Catholic Priest, Museo delle CiviltĂ , Rome, Italy
- 2021: Kasongo (IM) Material, Kasongo, Maniema, DRCongo
- 2019: Cette maison n'est pas Ă vendre et Ă vendre, A Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
- 2013: Une vie après la mort, Asbl Dialogue Gallery, Lubumbashi, DRCongo
Group Exhibitions
- 2025: Money Makes the World, Shapeshifters, Framer Framed, Amsterdam
- 2025: Decalquer, Torino Fotofestival, Torino, Italy
- 2023: Tshanga-Tshanga, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India
- 2023: Tshanga-Tshanga (Femke Herregraven invited), Corrupted Air, Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan
- 2023: Tshanga-Tshanga (Sammy Baloji invites), Unextractable, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany
- 2023: Tshanga-Tshanga, Charging Myths, Framer Framed, Amsterdam
- 2023: FORMAT, Stratificazioni, Art Noble Gallery, Milan, Italy
- 2022: Tshanga-Tshanga, Z33 – House for Contemporary Art, Hasselt, Belgium
- 2022: Comment un petit chasseur paĂŻen devient prĂŞtre catholique, Lubumbashi Biennale, D.R. Congo
- 2022: Comment un petit chasseur paĂŻen devient prĂŞtre catholique, Ce Ă quoi nous tenons, Viva Villa Biennale, Avignon, France
- 2021: Comment un petit chasseur paĂŻen devient prĂŞtre catholique, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
- 2021: The Void, Trois auteurs d’Histoire, Art Noble Gallery, Milan, Italy
- 2020: Rebel’s Lives, United Nations, New-York, USA
- 2020: The Void, On-Trade-Off: The Counterpart, Jean Cocteau Cultural Centre, Les Lilas, France
- 2019: Rebel’s Lives, FOMU, Antwerp, Brussels
- 2019: Multiple Transmissions: Art in the Afropolitan Age, WIELS, Brussels
- 2019: On-Trade-Off, Contour Biennale, Mechelen, Belgium
- 2019: The Void, On-Trade-Off, Charging Myths, Cargo in Context, Amsterdam
- 2019: Kombo ya Sika. On-Trade-Off, Green Gold, Imane Fares Gallery, Paris
- 2017: Cette maison n’est pas à vendre et à vendre, Bamako Encounters, Mali
- 2017: Cette maison n’est pas à vendre et à vendre, CAP Prize, Basel, Switzerland
- 2015: Une vie après la mort, Bamako Encounters, Bamako, Mali
- 2014: Une vie après la mort, Kampala Biennale, Kampala, Uganda
- 2010: Lubumbashi Biennale, Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo
Awards
- 2019: Thami Mnyele Award, Netherlands
- 2017: DemaCrasee Award – Bamako Encounters, Mali
- 2017: CAP Prize (Contemporary African Photography Prize), Basel, Switzerland
- 2015: RAM Leo Africanus Prize – Bamako Encounters, Mali