Biography
Patrick Mudekereza is a writer and cultural producer. He is currently director of Waza, Centre d’art de Lubumbashi, previously known as Picha Art Centre. Mudekereza was involved in several art projects, including the collective Vicanos Club, was editor of the cultural magazine Nzenze and co-founded and ran the first three editions of Rencontres Picha, Lubumbashi Biennial. He organised and participated in several exhibitions in Congo and abroad. He coordinated and edited publications such as Les Chroniques du Congo and exhibitions catalogues. His critical articles have been published in African Art and Contemporary And, among others. His latest curatorial project Revolution Room/Chumba cha Mapinduzi, in collaboration with Visual Arts Network South Africa, explores the potentials of collaboration between artists and communities from the mining industries in Southern Congo and Johannesburg.
He was member of the steering committee of Arterial Network for four years, an umbrella of African civil society organisations. He is currently a member of Arts Collaboratory, a community of art centres from Africa, Latin America and South Asia, and sits on the board of the International Biennial Association (IBA).