Luna Mahoux (b. 1996) is a Belgian artist of Ethiopian origin whose practice unfolds through film, photography, and installation. A graduate of La Cambre in painting, she joined Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts (Tourcoing) in 2023, where she further develops her practice of moving images. She directed her first documentary, The Other Queen of Memphis, selected in competition at Cinéma du Réel at the Centre Pompidou (Paris).
Her work and films have been widely exhibited and presented internationally, including at the Salon de Montrouge (Paris), Chez Mécène du Sud (Montpellier), Good or Trash (Paris), the Circulation(s) Festival at CENTQUATRE (Paris), KANAL – Centre Pompidou (Brussels), FOMU (Antwerp), Basel Social Club (Basel), Cherish (Geneva), Coalmine (Winterthur), Photo Elysée (Lausanne), Triangle France (Marseille), The Metrograph with Montez Press Radio (New York), Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection (Paris), and Cordova (Barcelona).
In 2023, she received the tiff – Emerging Belgian Photography Prize awarded by FOMU (Antwerp), followed by the Fintro Prize (Brussels) in 2024.
Two works by Luna Mahoux are now part of the collection of KANAL – Centre Pompidou (Brussels).