Léonard Pongo, visual artist working between BE & DRC
Current:
ArtReview’s “Future Greats” 2025: Selected by Roger Ballen with “The Uncanny”
Festival du Jeu de Paume 2e édition : Paysages Mouvants (curated by Jeanne Mercier), Jeu de Paumes, Paris, France, February 07, 2025 – March 23, 2025.
Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, USA, February 26–August 3, 2025
Upcoming:
Kristof De Clercq Gallery @BADAFF 2025 with Veerle Beckers, Katrin Bremermann, Mario de Brabandere and Léonard Pongo. 20 – 23 March 2025
The Uncanny, my first Monograph published by Gostbooks is out
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 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 on Faith & Power
Portfolio & Commissions:
Don’t hesitate to reach out for a wider portfolio or more information.
Clients & Publications:
- Le Monde
- Der Spiegel
- National Geographic
- The Washington Post
- CNN
- Buzzfeed
- 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