Georges Senga Assani

Born 1983 in Lubumbashi/D.R. Congo.

Georges Senga Assani works as a photographer in Lubumbashi. He first was discovered at the Rencontres Picha Biennale de Lubumbashi by Marie-Françoise Plissart and Sammy Baloji. He joined the class master degree organized by the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg/South Africa, Lubumbashi (2012), and Lagos/Nigeria (2013).

The third and fourth series of photographs titled a life after death and Kadogos was presented in 2014 at the Kampala Art Biennale and 2013 at Rencontres Picha Biennale de Lubumbashi. Earlier, in 2009, his project impressed was presented at the second Lubumbashi Biennale with Simon Njami.

He received a research grant by PRO HELVELTIA in 2014 for his photo project TRANSIT. In 2015 he was a fellow at WIELS Contemporary art centre, Forest/Belgium, as well as part of the project African Odyssey at the arts center BRASS.