Christian Nyampeta is an artist, filmmaker, and organiser of exhibitions, screenings, gatherings, and publications conceived as hosting structures for collective feeling, cooperative thinking, and mutual action. A central thread in his practice is the question – and affirmation – of ‘how to live together’, a phrase drawn from Roland Barthes.

As a filmmaker, he takes a poetic and relational approach, treating moving image as a site for shared learning and social encounter. His video installation When Rain Clouds Gather was commissioned by Fondazione In Between Art Film on the occasion of the Venice Biennale 2024; the film follows three artist friends debating art, activism, and everyday life. Other works include Sometimes It Was Beautiful (2018), which reflects on colonial imagery and memory; and The Landing Between Us (2020), a filmic assemblage of drawings, photographs, and sound sketches. From 2022 to 2024, Nyampeta convened Boda Boda Lounge, a trans-African film and video art festival. He has contributed to the 14th Shanghai Biennale, the 58th Carnegie International, Manifesta 14, and the 17th Istanbul Biennial. In 2019, he received the European Union Prize at the 12th Bamako Encounters.

In New York, he facilitates the African Film Institute at e-flux and serves on the boards of Storefront for Art and Architecture, Blank Forms, and November Magazine.