Gosette Lubondo Diakota is a Congolese visual artist immersed in photography from childhood through her father, who was a photographer. She graduated in Visual Communication from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa in 2014.
Through staged photography and performance, Lubondo revisits abandoned spaces—particularly sites marked by colonial and post-colonial histories—reintroducing human presence into architectural ruins. By examining these evocative spaces, Lubondo interrogates the role of memory and remembrance in the construction of contemporary Congolese society.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Kampala Biennale (Uganda), Lubumbashi Biennale (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Hirosaki Museum in 2024 (Japan), and the Fowler Museum at UCLA (USA). In 2021, she received the Maison Ruinart Prize at Paris Photo.
Her works are held in major collections including mus.e du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac (France), Kanal-Centre Pompidou (Belgium), Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France), Saint Louis Art Museum (USA), and Mast Foundation (Italy).