Gabriel Wenga Lukinga (born April 9, 1973 in Kinshasa) graduated in interior design from the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2005in Kinshasa and has participated in several collective exhibitions in Kinshasa since 2000. He creates collages from various collected materials and uses cardboard masque and watercolor technique to create installations. His works are mostly polemical and evoke strong emotions. Lukinga deals with issues such as poverty and social inequality, intolerance, corruption, state repression, resource exploitation and war. He breaks taboos and speaks what others prefer to remain silent about.