Matuta, Serge (*2000, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) lives and works in Kinshasa. In 2022, he graduated in Visual Communications from the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Kinshasa. He is currently continuing his studies in art conservation and restoration at the same institution. His work encompasses research, writing, and art criticism. He also organizes cultural events. In 2022, he was artistic director of an open-air film festival Ciné Bala Bala in Kinshasa. Since 2021, he has been working on identifying the paradoxes and specificities of the Congolese art scene in general and Kinshasa in particular, as well as researching modes of social and urban production in the city of Kinshasa. This work is oriented towards contemporary artistic creation linked to postcoloniality. He has also taken part in several literary writing workshops led by authors such as Paul Kawczack and Véronique Tadjo.