Joël Andrianomearisoa

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“It is neither a painting, a sculpture nor an architectural assemblage...it is an installation that has different elements that refer to architecture, painting and sculpture but also to love, desire, loss, despair, hope.”

- Joël A.

Born in 1977 in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Joël Andrianomearisoa is an artist living and working between Paris, Antananarivo and Magnat-l'Étrange.

Andrianomearisoa's work encompasses different mediums and materials, seeking to give form to non-explicit, often abstract, narrations. His mixed-media approach - encompassing sculpture, installation, craft, textile, and through unprecedented collaborations - is informed by his Madagascan roots, itself a country of diverse cultural influences. Imbued with complex emotional experiences, his delicate, often ambiguous works are considered an ongoing series of ever-evolving exercises, which consider the aesthetic and architecture of feelings that all perceive, yet cannot put a name to.

Although fabric is considered his main choice, he has never let this become a comfort zone, expanding his artistic elaboration through the use of different materials, all chosen with a precise study and purpose. Andrianomearisoa is a poet of the material, the compositions with which he designs and constructs his works are wisely studied in such a way as to be able to convey an emotion, a feeling, whether hopeful or dramatic, through the compositional arrangement of his creations.

"It is neither a painting, a sculpture nor an architectural assemblage... it is an installation that has different elements that refer to architecture, painting and sculpture but also to love, desire, loss, despair, hope"

- Joël Andrianomearisoa

The material becomes the aesthetic medium of his creed, the composer of his ideas, the communicator of a subtle and suave message. Many of his works are driven by an aesthetic credo, something that is animated by elegance, refinement, but also by the power of a subtle communication, conveying his philosophical facets without externalizing them immediately, but almost whispering softly and harmoniously to the viewer his allegory.

In 2019, Andrianomearisoa represented Madagascar at the 58th Biennale di Venezia, and his work has been exhibited in leading global institutions including MAXXI, Rome (2018); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2010); the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC (2015) and the Centre Pompidou, Paris (2005) and more recently at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2021). In 2022, beside OUR LAND JUST LIKE A DREAM at the MACAAL (Marocco), Joël Andrianomearisoa also has a solo exhibition on the continent. Therefore THE FIVE CONTINENTS OF ALL OUR DESIRES overlooked in the Zeitz MOCAA's atrium (Cape-Town, South Africa). Joël Andrianomearisoa also launched two public sculptures in Antananarivo in October 2021, supported by the Fonds Yavarhoussen. Later in 2024 Andrianomerisoa Inaugurated a new 2000 sq. meters space for his foundation, Hakanto Contemporary. Dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Malagasy art, the independent non-profit space Hakanto Contemporary was co-founded in Antananarivo in 2020 by artist Joël Andrianomearisoa, who also serves as its artistic director, and entrepreneur and patron Hasnaine Yavarhoussen. A project by artists for artists.
Exhibitions
Works
SOLO SHOWS & PROJECTS (SELECTION)

2025

TOKOTANY / Primo Marella Gallery / Milan / Italy
MIRACLE / Almine Rech / New York City / USA

PROMESSE / Fondation Zinsou / Ouidah / Cotonou / Benin

2024

Home almost home / Flow Gallery / Antananarivo, Madagascar

All of Me Takes All of Me / Standing Pine Gallery / Tokyo, Japan

MEASURES LULLABIES AND WHISPERS / Ifa Gallery / Berlin, Germany

Things and something to remember before daylight / Almine Rech Paris / France

2023

Un autre monde / Carte Blanche / Paris + par Art Basel / Grand palais éphémère / Paris / France

Serenade serenade serenade and the triumph of romances / Paris + par Art Basel Hors les murss / Jardin des Tuileries / Paris / France

Il cielo in una stanzas / Primo Marella Gallerys / Lugano / Switzerland

Litanie des horizons obscurss / Almine Rech Pariss / FrontSpace / France

Lamba forever mandrakizays / Projects / Hakanto Contemporary / Antananarivo / Madagascar

My heart belongs to the other / Church Projects / Cape Townn / South-Africa

Legends of daylight / Project / Mandarin Oriental Marrakech / Morocco

Les prémices d'une mélancolie infinie / Artro / Kyoto / Japan

2022

Les herbes folles du vieux logis / Primo Marella gallery / Milano / Italy

The five continents of all our desires / Zeitz MOCAA / Cape-Town / South-Africa

Our land just like a dream / MACAAL / Marrakech /Morocco

Josep, the world and I /Centre Grau-Garriga d'Art Tèxtil Contemporani / Barcelona / Spain

Random desires for a certain kind of architecture / Sabrina Amrani / Madrid / Spain

Au Rythme De Nos Désirs Dansons Sur La Vague Du Temps / sculpture parc du château de villers-cotterêts

Les Rêves Et Les Nuits / solo project / art absolument magazine / Paris

La nouvelle main / Project / Hakanto Contemporary / Antananarivo / Madagascar

Les prémices d'une mélancolie infinie / Standing Pine gallery / Nagoya / Japan

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2021

Brise du rouge soleil /Tours et remparts d'aigues-mortes, / France

Histoire d'un départ / Toulouse-Blagnac Airport X Les Abattoirs / France

Les Herbes Folles du Vieux Logis / Salon d'art 2021 / Domaine de Chaumont-Sur-Loire

Translations Of All Our Lost Passions and Our Future Desires / Kunsthalle Praha

2020

We Were So Very Much In Love / Musée d'Art Roger Quillot / Clermont-Ferrand, France

There Might Be No Other Place In The World As Good As Where I'm Going To Take You / 22nd Biennale of Sydney

Serenade is not dead / Dallas Contemporary / Dallas / USA

This evening the night doesn't want to end / Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire / France

Ici nous portons tous les rêves du monde / Fdd HY ArtPlatform Antananarivo / Madagascar

Un artiste, un monument / Cmn Tours et remparts Aigues-mortes / France

Tba / Musée d'Art Roger Quillot / Clermont-Ferrand, France

2019

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

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

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

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

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

Le vent souffle sur votre coeur / Château D'Assier / Assier / France

2017

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

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

2016

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

Parlez-moi / Institut Français / Antananarivo / Madagascar

2014

Carte blanche to Joël Andrianomearisoa X Vendôme Luxury /

Le Meurice & Hôtel D'Evreux / Paris / France

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 /

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
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)

2025

SONGER LA VAGUE SUR UN HORIZON UNE PROMESSE /Biennale des Arts et de la Culture / Nice / France (Upcoming)
DIOR, DESIGNER OF DREAMS / Museum National of Saudi Arabia / Riyadh

2024

Sur la vague infinie se joue le théâtre de nos affections / Un été au Havre / France

Africa today ! / La ferme d'en haut / Villeneuve d'Ascq / France

L'OR DE DIOR / GUARDIAN ART CENTER / Beijing, China

2023

The Five Continents of Our Desire / Zeitz Mocaa / Cape Town / South Africa

Unusual materials and forms for a new aesthetic / Primo Marella Gallery / Milan / Italy

ALMOST HERE, ALMOST THERE, ALMOST HOME / Mariane Ibrahim Gallery / Chicago, USA

NGV Triennal / Melbourne / Australia

Almost here, Almost there, Almost home / Mariane Ibrahim / Chicago / USA

Hirafen / Atelier C3T / Tunis / Tunisia

Introduction / Standing Pine Gallery / Japan

Les Fleurs du mal / Maison Guerlain / Paris / France

Passage to Promise / Gregor Podnar / Vienna . Austria

Africa Supernova / Kunsthal kAde / Amersfoort / The Netherlands

Chimères / Fondation Blachère / Bonnieux . France

CIVILIZATION : The Way We Live Now / Saatchi Gallery / London / GB

Tales for a stranger / he Warehouse / Zaventem / Belgium

Decay : An ode to the impermanent / Stedelijk Museum / Amsterdam / The Netherlands

Rooms of resonance / Cloud Seven / Brussels / Belgium

Fêtons le printemps / Saint-Vincent-de-Paul / Paris / France

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2022

Christian Dior : Designer of dreams / Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / Japan

Ubuntu, un reve lucide /Palais de Tokyo /Paris / France

Kosmogonie / Cobra Museum / Amsterdam / The Netherlands

2021

Africa Universe - Part 2 / Primo Marella Gallery / Milan / IT

Dear Summer / Standing Pine / Nagoya

2020

Africa Universe / Primae Noctis Art Gallery / Lugano / CH

Africa Universe / Primo Marella Gallery / Milan / IT

Kubatana / Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium / Norway

Encounters Art Basel / Hong Kong

2019

Two together / Zeitz MOCAA / Cape-Town / South Africa

A beast a God a Line / Kunsthall Trondheim / Norway

2018

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

Hello World / Hamburger Bahnof Museum / Berlin / Germany

Dhaka Art Summit / Dhaka / Bangladesh

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

The black sphinx II / Primo Marella / Milan / Italy

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

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

The black sphinx / Primo Marella / Milan / Italy

Autour du nouveau réalisme / Les Abattoirs / Toulouse / France

The white hunter / Frigoriferi Milanesi / Milan / Italy

Afriques Capitales / La Villette / Paris /

2017

BienalSur / Muntref - Avenida del Libertador / Buenos Aires /

2016

Essentiel paysage / Macaal / Marrakech / Morocco

White surfaces / Primae Noctis Gallery / Lugano / Switzerland

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

Comme sur du papier / Frac Réunion / Reunion Island

2015

Africa Africans /Museu Afro Brasil / Sao Paulo / Brasil

Divine Comedy / Smithsonian / Washington / USA

Something else / Off Biennale Cairo / Egypt

2014

Political Patterns / Seoul Museum of Art / Seoul / Korea

Divine Comedy/ SCADMOA / Savannah / USA

Divine Comedy / MMK / Frankfurt / Germany

Biennale de Dakar 2014/ Senegal

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

2013

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

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

2011

MiniArtextil 2011 / Milano & Como/ Italy

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

Africa Off the wall / Gustavsbergs Konsthall / Stockholm / Sweden

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

"Flow", Studio Museum Harlem, New York

2009

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

2007

"Africa Remix", Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa

Paris Black, Museum der welt kulturen, Frankfurt, Germany

2006

Biennale du design, Saint Etienne, France

"Africa Remix", Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

"Africa Remix", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, JP

9 Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba

2005

Africa Remix, Centre Pompidou, Paris

2004

"Africa Remix", Museum KunstPalast, Düsseldorf, Germany

2001

Sand und seide, Ifa, Stuttgart, Germany

2000

"Paris pour escale", Arc - Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France

Fun five fun story / Art Gallery of New South Wales / Sydney / Australia
SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Zeitz Mocaa . Cape Town . South Africa
Museum Sztutki . Lodz . Poland
National Museum of African Art . Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C . USA
Musée Les Abattoirs . Toulouse . France
Leal Rios Foundation . Lisbonne . Portugal
Macaal . Marrakech . Morocco
Studio Museum . Harlem . New York . USA
Fond Régional d'Art Contemporain . Frac La Réunion . France
Médiathèque du Tampon . La Réunion . France
Art in Embassies . Madagascar & USA
Koç Fondation . Istanbul . Turkey
Sindika Dokolo Fondation . Luanda . Angola
Fondazione Golinelli . Bologna . Italy
Collection Revue Noire . Paris . France
Fondation Zinsou . Cotonou . Benin
Frederic de Goldschmidt Collection . Brussels . Belgium
Nathalie Aureglia Collection . Monaco
Fondation H . Paris . Antananarivo . Madagascar . France
Christian Dior Haute Couture
Collection Yavarhoussen . Antananarivo . Madagascar
Centre National des Arts Plastiques . France
Collection Thibault Poutrel
Moleskine Foundation Collection
Fonds d'Art Contemporain . Paris Collections
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain . Genève
& others
COLLABORATIONS

Diptyque . Paris . 2023
Moleskine . Paris . 2022
AS Velasca . Milano . 2021
Diptyque . Paris . 2021
Dior . Paris . 2020
Homaar . Paris . 2020
Conquérant Spirits . Paris . 2019

Chocolaterie Robert . Antananarivo . 2019

Cedric Grolet . Le Meurice . Paris . 2014

OAK . New-York . 2014
News
Publications
- Africa Universe Chapter 2
  Group Exhibition Catalog 2019
  Softcover book, 115 pages
  Publisher: Primo Marella Gallery
  Dimensions: 28 x 21 x 1 cm
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- The black Sphinx II
  from Morocco to Madagascar 2018
  Hardcover book, 123 pages
  Publisher: Primo Marella Gallery
  Dimensions: 28,5 x 21,5 x 2 cm
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Joël Andrianomearisoa Madagascar, b. 1977

“It is neither a painting, a sculpture nor an architectural assemblage...it is an installation that has different elements that refer to architecture, painting and sculpture but also to love, desire, loss, despair, hope.”

- Joël A.

TOKOTANY

UNUSUAL MATERIALS AND FORMS FOR A NEW AESTHETIC

IL CIELO IN UNA STANZA

LES HERBES FOLLES DU VIEUX LOGIS

The Black Era

AFRICA UNIVERSE 2

AFRICA UNIVERSE | CHAPTER 2

Troy Makaza: "Visceral Politics"

AFRICA UNIVERSE | CHAPTER 1

Blue take me to the end of all loves

The Black Sphinx II

The Black Sphinx. From Morocco to Madagascar

Chanson de ma terre lointaine

Africa, assume art position!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Acquisition

ECHOES OF AFRICA

Joël Andrianomearisoa's collaboration with Cheval Blanc Seychelles

Joël Andrianomearisoa: Promesse

Joël Andrianomearisoa in Christian Dior Designer of Dreams

JOËL ANDRIANOMEARISOA FEATURED IN AD ARTICLE

Primo marella interviewed on african art market

Joel andrianomearisoa for Dior

hakanto contemporary

LA VAGUE AFFECTION - JOËL ANDRIANOMEARISOA

Ortigia Contemporanea

Joël andrianomearisoa presents: LE TERRAIN DE JEU DE TOUS LES POSSIBLES

Joël Andrianomearisoa: MEASURES LULLABIES AND WHISPERS

Joël Andrianomearisoa has been rewarded as Chevalier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres

Coalescent Lights

Unusual Materials and Forms for a new Aesthetic - Coming from selected African artists

Hirafen

Numéro art and Vogue article on joël andrianomearisoa

Joël Andrianomearisoa - Paris Art Week Highlights

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES JOËL ANDRIANOMEARISOA

Frieze article on Joël Andrianomearisoa

Forbes article about Joël Andrianomearisoa

Joël Andrianomearisoa collaboration with Dior

Madagascan Artist Joël Andrianomearisoa Has Quietly Honed His Practice for Decades. Why Is He Suddenly Everywhere?

PMG ArtGeneve booth featured in Le Quotidien de L'art

Joël Andrianomearisoa - Our land just like a dream

Joël Andrianomearisoa - The five continents of all our desires

Joël Andrianomearisoa - Les prémices d’une mélancolie infinie

Josep le monde et moi, Josep the world and I, Josep el món i jo, Josep el mundo y yo

The monochromatic majesty of Joël Andrianomearisoa

Unusual materials and forms for a new aesthetic

The Black Era

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Africa Universe Chapter 1

Africa Universe Chapter 2

The black Sphinx II