Michel Hengo

Michel Hengo started out as a self-taught artist and from 1966 worked with the Poto-Poto school for several years. In 1977 he travelled to Nigeria for the Festival of National Cultures of the African continent. Hengo designed the emblem on the flag and the coat of arms of the People’s Republic of the Congo, based on a Soviet model. He took part in monumental murals for public buildings in Brazzaville and Addis Ababa, including the ceramic panel Africa. He took part in the Festival of African Art in Lagos (1977) and the Festival of Communist Youth in Havana (1978).