Joël Andrianomearisoa

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Joël Andrianomearisoa is a Malagasy artist, born in 1977 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. He lives and works between Paris and his birthplace.

The artist’s work develops around a non-explicit, often abstract, narration, which everyone perceives yet cannot put a name to. His world of forms weaves his work into sequences often mired in a deep sadness caused by an absence that is impossible to fill.

And for that he uses, in no particular hierarchical order, sound in its immaterial dimension or the book in its hyper materiality, silky textile or rough plastic, black or the most shimmering colours.

His recent experience at Aubusson of a tapestry that would take six months of work to come to life, reflects this complexity, entangling a flat figuration sketch with the thickest knots of an unknown drama.

Joël Andrianomearisoa’s work has developed over time through different mediums and materials. In recent years, his creations have often been made from textiles, paper, sometimes wood, minerals, or from unexpected objects (mirrors, perfumes, stamps ... etc.) with which he reinvents magic and causes the emotion.

This "aesthetic emotion", often sought and rarely achieved, and which is beyond comment.

Career[]

He took his first steps as an artist in the mid-90s, when he was barely 18 years old. From the outset his work took form through performances that would earn him the cover of Revue Noire Madagascar in 1998.

He explores many disciplines, from fashion to design, video to photography, scenography to architecture, installations to visual arts. This is likely where he draws his polyphonic work from, invading every part of his viewers’ sensitive space. As a part of this first pioneering wave of contemporary Malagasy artists he also actively participates in the cultural and artistic development of his country (Fashion festival Manja in 1998, the Sanga dance festival in 2003, Photoana festival in 2005, personal project 30 and Presque-Songes in 2007 and 2011, Parlez-moi in 2016 ...).

He first trained at an art school in Madagascar first and then rubbed shoulders with craftsmen, which put him in touch with many renowned international designers. His training took a decisive turn at the age of 20 in France when he began studying at the École spéciale d’architecture, in Paris. In 2005, he graduated as an architect, presenting a fully graphic and textile project, far from the classic architectural approach that his research director Odile Decq had recommended.

Throughout his career, his work has been shown on five continents, including many prestigious international cultural institutions such as the Maxxi in Roma, the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, the Smithsonian in Washington, the Centre Pompidou in Paris among many others.

Andrianomearisoa is represented by galleries Sabrina Amrani (Madrid), Primo Marella (Milan) and RX (Paris).

In 2016, he received the Arco Madrid Audemars Piguet Prize for his work The Labyrinth of Passions
In 2019, Joël Andrianomearisoa represented Madagascar for the first Malagasy pavilion at the 58th Biennale di Venezia with his project I have forgotten the night.
The same year, he was also named "Chevalier" of the "Arts et des Lettres" by the Malagasy Minister of Culture and Communictation, Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy Andriatongarivo.

Distinctions[]

2019: insignia of "Chevalier" of the "Arts et des Lettres" by the Malagasy Minister of Culture, Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy Andriatongarivo

2016: Arco Madrid Audemars Piguet Prize

Selected exhibitions[]

Solo shows and projects[]

2019
I have forgotten the night / Madagascar Pavilion / solo show / 58th Biennale di Venezia / Venice / Italy

Almost home / Galerie RX / Paris / France

Tomorrow tomorrow those are flowers. So how about tomorrow ? / Sabrina Amrani / Madrid / Spain

Blue take me to the end of all loves / Primo Marella gallery / Milan / Italy

Cartography of desires, the space between us / Encounters Art Basel / Hong Kong

Le printemps / Muse / Monaco

2018
No habiamos terminado de hablar sobre el amor / Centro de Arte Alcobendas / Madrid / Spain

Le Pli / Fundaçao Leal Rios / Lisbon / Portugal

The geometry of the angle as point of no return to dress the contemporary / Primae Noctis / Lugano / Switzerland

Iarivo traduit de la nuit / Galerie Rx / Paris / France

Sur un horizon infini se joue le théâtre de nos affections / Fondation Zinsou & Musée Ouidah / Cotonou / Bénin

Le vent souffle sur votre cœur / Château D’Assier / Assier / France

2017
Sur un horizon infini se joue le théâtre de nos affections / Fondation Zinsou & Musée Ouidah / Cotonou / Bénin

Les saisons de mon coeur / Sabrina Amrani / Madrid / Spain

Ausência / Uma Lulik / Lisbon / Portugal

Chanson de ma terre lointaine / Primo Marella / Milan / Italy

Sentimental Products / Musée Les Abattoirs / Toulouse / France

Le La Tour du Monde / Galeries Lafayette / Paris / France

Va et vient / Canal du Midi / France

A l’horizon de mes jours troubles / Galeries Lafayette / Toulouse / France

2016
Last year in Antananarivo / Tyburn Gallery / London / GB

The labyrinth of passions / Mykolas Zilinskas Art Museum / Kaunas / Lithuania

La maison sentimentale / solo project / Biennale de Dakar 2016 / Dakar / Sénégal

Accrochage / Rx / Ivry sur Seine / France

2015
De profundis / Sabrina Amrani Gallery / Madrid / Spain

Parlez-moi / Institut Français / Antananarivo / Madagascar

2014
Carte blanche to Joël Andrianomearisoa X Vendôme Luxury / Le Meurice & Hôtel D’Evreux / Paris / France

Perfection the grave of our own existence / Mikael Andersen / Berlin Germany

2013
SENTIMENTAL / Maison Revue Noire / Paris / France

2012
Waiting for the seventh day that will bring us together / Jack Bell Gallery / London / GB

2011
0621146952 / L’inlassable Galerie / Paris / France

En l’attente de l’aube qui nous surprendra aux rives du sommeil / Nomad Gallery / Brussels / Belgium

Le temps d’une rencontre ou pour toujours / Galerie Béatrice Binoche / Saint Denis / La Reunion island

Hôtel des Rêves / Hôtel du Louvre / Antananarivo / Madagascar

2010
A perfect kind of love / Goodman Gallery / Johannesburg / South Africa

Smatesh Remix / Comme Il Faut / Tel Aviv / Israel

2009
I don’t know how to begin, I don’t know how it will end / Aksent / Gent / Belgium

2008
Une histoire / CCAC / Antananarivo / Madagascar

2007
Black out / :mentalklinik project space / Istanbul / Turkey

2004
Bar / CCAC / Antananarivo / Madagascar

Bir Gece ( One night ) / Maçka Gallery - :mentalklinik - Infist / Istanbul / Turkey

Group shows[]

2019
Racing the galaxy / Astana / Kazakhstan

Incarnations / Bozar / Brussels / Belgium

Kubatana / Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium / Norway

Africa! / Grieder contemporary / Zurich / Switzerland

Focus / Galerie RX / Paris

2018
African Metropolis / An imaginary city / Maxxi / Roma / Italy

Ravelled threads / Sean Kelly Gallery / New York / Usa

Hello World / Hamburger Bahnof Museum / Berlin / Germany

Ici la limite du royaume est la mer / Ifm / Antananarivo / Madagascar

Diy / Contempo / Paris / France

Dhaka Art Summit / Dhaka / Bangladesh

A Beast, A God, A Line / Para Site / Hong Kong

The black sphinx II / Primo Marella / Milan / Italy

A Beast, A God, A Line / TS1 Yangon / Myanmar

Tissage tressage quand la sculpture défile / Villa Datris / L’Isle sur la Sorgue

A Beast, A God, A Line / Museum of Modern Art Warsaw / Poland

La Sfinge Nera II / Primae Noctis / Lugano / Switzerland

Joël Andrianomearisoa & Abdoulaye Konaté / Richard Koh Fine Art / Kuala Lumpur

All things been equal / Inaugural show / Zeitz Mocaa / Cape town / South Africa

Le commerce de la parole / L’atelier blanc & Le moulin des arts / Villefranche de Rouergue & St Rémy / France

2017
All things been equal / Inaugural show / Zeitz Mocaa / Cape town / South Africa

BienalSur / Muntref - Avenida del Libertador / Buenos Aires / Argentina

Quart d’heure américain / Mains d’oeuvres / Saint Ouen / France

BienalSur / Ufgrs centro & Campus Vale / Porto Alegre / Brazil

The black sphinx / Primo Marella / Milan / Italy

NB / Galerie RX / Paris / France

Autour du nouveau réalisme / Les Abattoirs / Toulouse / France

The white hunter / Frigoriferi Milanesi / Milan / Italy

Afriques Capitales / La Villette / Paris / France

Vers le Cap de Bonne Espérance / Gare Saint Sauveur / Lille / France

Untitled / Tyburn gallery / London / GB

Dalonaz II / Royal / Bruxelles / Belgium

2016
Winter / Galerie RX / Paris / France

Essentiel paysage / Macaal / Marrakech / Morocco

White surfaces / Primae Noctis Gallery / Lugano / Switzerland

Between structure and matter other minimal futures / Aicon Gallery / New York

Not really really / Frederic de Goldschmidt collection / Brussels / Belgium

Comme sur du papier / Frac Réunion / Reunion Island

Virage / Galerie de Roussan / Paris / France

Tropicalia / L’inlassable Galerie / Paris / France

2015
Rencontres photographiques / Bamako / Mali

Broken english / Tyburn Gallery / London

Africa Africans /Museu Afro Brasil / Sao Paulo / Brasil

Divine Comedy / Smithsonian / Washington / USA

You Love Me, You Love Me Not / Municipal Gallery Almeida Garrett / Porto / Portugal

A to Z / White project / Paris / France

Lugano mostra bandiera / Lugano / Switzerland

Something else / Off Biennale Cairo / Egypt

2014
Political Patterns / Seoul Museum of Art / Seoul / Korea

Divine Comedy/ SCADMOA / Savannah / USA

Textile languages / Thalie Art Project / Brussels / Belgium

Divine Comedy / MMK / Frankfurt / Germany

Biennale de Dakar 2014/ Senegal

Warm heart of Africa / Primae Noctis Gallery / Lugano / Switzerland

2013
Periféeriques / Jacmel / Haiti

Epures / 7.5 club / Paris / France

Nouvelles vagues / Slmp / Palais de Tokyo/ Galerie de Roussan / Paris / France

L’échappée belle / Grand Palais / Paris / France

2012
The progress of love / Menil Collection / Houston / USA

Sericum Graphein / Glassbox Gallery / Curated by Kaiserin / Paris / France

21X29,7 / Galerie de Roussan / Biennale de Belleville / Paris / France

MiniArtextil / Montrouge / France

2011
MiniArtextil 2011 / Milano & Como/ Italy

VideoBuro #4 / curated by Julie Crenn / Paris / France

Eat Me / Goodman Gallery / Cape Town / South Africa

Africa ! / Galerie Hussenot / Paris / France

2010
In Context / SA National Gallery / Cape Town / South Africa

The Global Africa Project / Museum of Arts & Design MAD / New York / Usa

Africa assume Art Position ! / Primo Marella Gallery / Milano / Italy

12th Cairo Biennale / Cairo / Egypt

Docks en ciel / Fashion & design museum / Paris / France

3rd Sinopale Biennal – Sinop / Turkey

In Context / Goodman Gallery – Arts on main / Johannesburg / South Africa

Off the wall / Gustavsbergs Konsthall / Stockholm / Sweden

A Collective Diary / Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art / Tel Aviv / Israel

2009
Sphères 2009 / Galleria Continua / Goodman Gallery … / Le Moulin / France

Regard special sur la Turquie / Ecole spéciale d’Architecture / Paris / France

Panaf / Relectures / Algiers / Algerie

20 ans et encore à la mode / Musée d’Art et d’Histoire / Cholet / France

2008
Revue Noire Collection / NAAC Atelier / Nantes / France

Africa now ! / World Bank / Washington / USA

Flow / Studio Museum Harlem / New York / USA

Black Paris – Black Brussels / Musée d’Ixelles / Brussels / Belgium

2007
L’invention de la mémoire / Saint Denis / Réunion Island

Africa Remix / Johannesburg Art Gallery / South Africa

Gooood Food bis / Maison Descartes / Amsterdam / Netherlands

Bidibidibidiboo / Ecole des beaux-arts Le Port / Reunion Island

Paris Black / Museum der welt kulturen / Frankfurt / Germany

Propos libres / La passerelle / Saint Brieuc / France

2006
Biennale du design / Saint Etienne / France

Dressing the contemporary / Progr / Bern / Switzerland

Africa Remix / Moderna Museet / Stockholm / Sweden

Africa Remix / Mori Art Museum / Tokyo / Japan

Paris Black / Iwalewa Haus / Bayreuth / Germany

9 Bienal de la Habana / Havana / Cuba

2005
Africa Remix / Centre Pompidou / Paris / France

Africa Remix / Hayward Gallery / London / England

2004
Africa Remix / Museum KunstPalast / Düsseldorf / Germany

Du Bosphore à la Moine / Musée d’Art et d’Histoire / Cholet / France

Lille 2004 / Roubaix phare textile / Musée d’Art et d’industrie la Piscine / Roubaix / France

2001
Archicouture / Chapelle de la Sorbonne / Paris / France

Sand und seide / Ifa / Stuttgart / Germany

2000
Paris pour escale / Arc - Musée d’Art Moderne / Paris / France

Fun five fun story / New South Art Gallery / Sydney / Australia

Books[]

• 2019: I have forgotten the night, Revue Noire
• 2018: No habiamos terminado de hablar sobre el amor, Centro de Arte Alcobendas
• 2018: Iry, Curador
• 2017: Chanson de ma terre lointaine, Primo Marella Gallery
• 2016: Last year in Antananarivo, Tyburn Gallery
• 2016: IV Audemars Piguet Arco Madrid Prize, Sabrina Amrani & Audemars Piguet
• 2014: Sentimental Products, Revue Noire & Vendôme Luxury
• 2013: SENTIMENTAL, Revue Noire
• 2012: 30 et presque songes, Revue Noire
• 2001: Joël Andrianomearisoa, Tableau de Mode, Revue Noire

External links[]

• http://www.africultures.com/php/?nav=personne&no=8080
• http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/joel-andrianomearisoa-45573/profile.html
• http://www.biennaledakar.org/2014/spip.php?article92