Namsa Leuba is a graduate of the esteemed Lausanne University of Art and Design (ECAL), whwere she studied photography and undertook an MA in Art Direction. Leuba’s diverse photographic practice examines the representation of African identity through the Western imagination. Spanning documentary, fashion and performance, Leuba creates a visual imaginary that explores the signs and symbols of her cultural heritage. In 2010, Leuba won First Prize at the Planches Contact Festival in Deauville, France – followed in 2012 by the PhotoGlobal Prize at the Photography Festival in Hyères, France. Leuba has participated in recent exhibitions including New African Photography at Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn (2018); Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design at the Guggenheim Bilbao (2015 – 2016); Africa Reframed, Øksnehallen, Copenhagen (2016) and a performance in Off Print at the Tate Modern, London. Her work is included in prestigious private collections including the Swiss Foundation for Photography and the Tang Museum, New York.