Léonard Pongo

Léonard Pongo is a visual artist and filmmaker based between Belgium and the Democratic Republic of Congo. His practice weaves image, moving image, textile and print into in situ installations — tracing how culture arises from the land through ongoing conversations with the Congolese environment.

Currently on view, Venice Biennale 2026

In Minor Keys · Arsenale · 61st International Art Exhibition · Venice · 9 May – 22 November 2026

Primordial Earth: Inhabiting the Landscape

In Minor Keys · Arsenale · 61st International Art Exhibition · Venice · 9 May – 22 November 2026

Mbanza Tapestry

Simba Moto! Seize the Fire! · DRC Pavilion · Scuola Grande di San Marco · Venice · 9 May – 22 November 2026

Projects

2026

currently on view in In Minor Keys, Arsenale

2025

photographic transfers, glass, print, textile, publication and exhibition

2024

Tales from the Source

experimental film, 38 min

2021

Primordial Earth: Inhabiting the Landscape

experimental short film, 8 min · currently on view in In Minor Keys, Arsenale

2017–

Primordial Earth

ongoing mixed-media installation

2013

The Necessary Evil

experimental documentary short film

2011–23

photography project and monograph · purchase from GOST Books

Group exhibitions

2026

61st La Biennale di Venezia · Giardini and Arsenale · 9 May – 22 November 2026

2026

Simba Moto! Seize the Fire!

DRC Pavilion · Scuola Grande di San Marco · Venice · 9 May – 22 November 2026

2026

In Frequencies We Cannot Name

de Brakke Grond · Amsterdam · 7 March – 10 May 2026

2026

Insistent Presence

Palmer Museum of Art · Pennsylvania · 7 February – 10 May 2026

2025–26

Anchorage Museum · Alaska · 3 October 2025 – 5 April 2026

Solo exhibitions

2026

Upcoming Solo Exhibition

FOMU · Antwerp · autumn 2026

2026

Immortal Swirls Cradling a Fallen Sun

SMAC Gallery · Cape Town · 19 February – 1 April 2026

2025

Project LOOP · London · 18 October – 22 November 2025