Steve Bandoma

Steve Bandoma is a painter from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was born in 1981 in Kinshasa, he still lives there today. This is where he studied fine arts and graduated in 2004. After his studies, he left his country for South Africa. He shaped his style gradually and managed to make a name for himself in the art world in South Africa. He stayed in Paris and joined Cité Nationale des arts through a residency. Though he moved back to Kinshasa in 2012.

Steve Bandoma uses various techniques-drawings, projections, collages and creates a true aesthetic implosion, with a reflection on chaos and suffering as its background.

In 2011, he exhibited at Art Basel Miami. He was also able to conquer the artist scene in Congo: he exhibited at the Wallonie-Bruxelles center and French institute of Kinshasa.

Several works of Steve Bandoma were presented during the "Beauté Congo - Congo Kitoko" exhibition at the Fondation Cartier (Paris, july 2015 up to January 2016). In 2016, Steve Bandoma was present at the AKAA Paris fair, contemporary art fair and African design.