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b. 1985 -

ALAIN POLO - orn in 1985 in Kinshasa, D.R.Congo - lives and works in Paris

Alain Polo is an artist who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa. He was a member of a group called SADI (Artists Solidarity for Integral Development). Their collective work focuses on performance in popular districts of Kinshasa and the "village of erosion" of Mont Gafula whose houses are collapsing every big rain. They paint on insulated walls and houses on the verge of collapse. Photographs, performances, video creation are the main carriers of Alain Polo, do not hesitate to have fun with fashion.

Alain Polo first photographic series made in 2008-2009 (’Jeune Homme à la Veste’ 2008, ’Le Dormeur’ 2009, ’My Sweet Drawing’ 2009, ’Talon Aiguille’ 2009), are a work of self-portrait reveals an intimate moment of doubt about his identity. He will wait 2 years before daring to show these photographs and, somehow, accept his own reality, even if he loves his self image.