Patrick Mudekereza

is a writer and curator. He is the founder and artistic director of the Centre d'art Waza, a unique independent art centre in Lubumbashi. He co-founded and directed the first three editions of Rencontres Picha, Biennale de Lubumbashi (2008-2015). He participated in the foundation and sat on the board of the International Biennial Association. He curated exhibitions such as "Prise de Terre" (part of GEOgraphics, Bozar, 2010), "Close Openings/Vernissage Fugaces" (Various venues in Lubumbashi, 2011), "Mining Lubum" (VANSA, Johannesburg, 2015), "Silimuka" (part of the ChinAfrika under construction project, Museum für Gegenwartskunst GfZK Leipzig, 2017), "Aire d'oiseaux imaginaires" (Congo Biennale in Kinshasa, 2019, and Bogardenkapel Brugge, 2019). The project and accompanying publication "Revolution Room" (2013-2016) won the African Architecture Award in the Critical Dialogue category (Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, 2017). In 2016 he received the Congolese National Prize for Art and Culture and in 2017 the Medaille Art Lettre et Sciences. He teaches at the Universities of Lubumbashi and Witwatersrand.