PICHA Asbl is an independent structure founded in 2008, in Lubumbashi, by a group of young artists and cultural operators with the aim of promoting artistic creation in all its forms.
To fulfil its objective, Picha has developed three complementary tools: an Art and Research Center, the Lubumbashi Biennial – an event initially focused on the photographic image and video art – and a training residency system, Atelier Picha, to promote the emergence and professionalization of the young art scene in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Picha Asbl has contributed, from its beginnings to the dissemination of contemporary art in Lubumbashi, by being a place of exhibitions, events, production of works, a structure for publishing, training, support artists.
Picha Asbl’s activities are currently developing at two sites, Atelier Picha, Center for Art and Research located in the Makomeno district and Hangar Picha, located at Complexe la Plage.