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Born in Paris to a Cameroonian father and Chadian mother, Pierre-Christophe Gam trained as an architect at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and at Central St. Martins School in London. He specialised in art direction for luxury brands including Maison Margiela, Kenzo, and Cartier. Influenced by his multi-cultural upbringing, in 2013 he founded Afro-Polis. The aim of this cultural, educational, and philanthropic platform is to promote emerging and established artists from Africa, primarily through exhibitions and events in Paris and London. His own artistic production focuses on digitally manipulated photographic collages where he explores the relationship between post-colonial modernist thinking and current economic and social change on the African continent. Gam has exhibited extensively in Europe and in Africa, including at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Lagos Photo Festival, and the Addis Foto Fest.