born in 1977 in Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Joël Andrianomearisoa, with his full, sinister and joyous affirmations, was never tempted by the glory of the Nothing, but avidly by the sobriety of the All. That would mean nothing unless the images and spaces, the universe of Joël Andrianomearisoa were not there to give the non-speech, this new unknown, a form.
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.He explores many disciplines, from fashion to design, video to photography, scenography to architecture, installations to visual arts. 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.
In 2016, he received the Arco Madrid Audemars Piguet Prize and in 2019 he represents Madagascar at the 58th International Art Exhibition - Venice Biennale.
In 2020, the artist presents his project There Might Be No Other Place In The World As Good As Where I’m Going To Take You at 22nd Biennale of Sydney, in the spaces of Art Gallery of New South Wales and Museum of Contempo- rary Art Australia. Joe?l Andrianomearisoa uses sheer black curtains to ini- tiate a series of veilings, creating a work that rests across and between mo- ments in the Gallery’s collections, occupying a liminal ‘edge’ space. Bearing poetic combinations of words and text, these fabric interventions constitute a playful counter-architecture.
Dallas Contemporary, USA, presents in 2020 Dallas Andrianomearisoa’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States. the exhibition Serenade Is Not Dead highlights Andrianomearisoa’s architectural background throu- gh a carefully orchestrated grid presentation of his textile references to the body, serigraphic landscapes, appropriated and repackaged “sentimental products”, and sculptures offering a mini retrospective of the artist’s wor- king methods.
In October 2020 Joe?l Andrianomearisoa opened his solo show We Were So Very Much In Love at the Muse?e d’Art Roger Quilliot, in Clermont-Ferrand. In 2020 Joe?l Andrianomearisoa Joe?l Andrianomearisoa announces his colla- boration with Dior at the occasion of the Dior Lady Art #5.
In 2021 Andrianomearisoas continues to participate in several solo and group exhibitions and projects, including “Africa Universe-Part 2” at Primo Marella Gallery Milan; “Dear Summer” at Standing Pine in Japan; “Transla- tions Of All Our Lost Passions and Our Future Desires”, Kunsthalle Praha, among others.
Solo shows & projects (selected)
2023
Our Last Sunset Before You Go, Cape town art fair, Primo Marella Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
Dior Designer of Dreams, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JP
2022
The five continents of all our desires / Zeitz MOCAA / Cape-Town / South-Africa
Our land just like a dream / MACAAL / Marrakech / Morocco
Random desires for a certain kind of architecture / Sabrina Amrani / Madrid / Spain
Les prémices d’une mélancolie infinie / Standing Pine gallery / Nagoya / Japan
Les rêves et les nuits / Art Absolument space / Paris / France
Les herbes folles du vieux logis / Primo Marella gallery / Milano / Italy
Au rythme de nos désirs dansons sur la vague du temps / Project / Villers-Cotterêts / France
2021
Brise du rouge soleil /Tours et remparts d’aigues-mortes, / France
Les Herbes Folles du Vieux Logis / Salon d’art 2021 / Domai- ne de Chaumont-Sur-Loire
Translations Of All Our Lost Passions and Our Future Desires / Kunsthalle Praha
We Were So Very Much in Love / Musée d’art Roger Quilliot / Clermont- Ferrand / France
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
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
Solo show (tba) / 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
Solo show (tba) / Château D’Assier / Assier / France
Solo show (tba) / Centro de Arte Alcobendas / Alcobendas / Spain
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
The labyrinth of passions / Mykolas Zilinskas Art Museum / Kaunas / Lithuania
La maison sentimentale / solo project / Biennale de Dakar 2016 / Dakar / Sénégal
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 / 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
Group shows (selected)
2022
Labyrinth / Kristin Hjellegjerbe Gallery / London / GB
Kosmogonie / Cobra Museum / Amsterdam / The Netherlands
Imagine ! / FITE, Basilique de Notre Dame du Port / Clermont-Ferrand / France
Peripheral Sun / Vin Vin Gallery / Vienna / Austria
History in fragments / Sabrina Amrani gallery / Madrid / Spain
Imagine ! / Palais Ducal, Guimaraes / Portugal
Miniartextil / Beffroi, Montrouge / France
2021
Africa Universe - Part 2 / Primo Marella Gallery / Milan / IT
Dear Summer / Standing Pine / Nagoya / JP
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
2018
African Metropolis / An imaginary city / Maxxi / Roma / Italy
Hello World / Hamburger Bahnhof Museum / Berlin / Germany
A Beast, A God, A Line / Museum of Modern Art Warsaw / Poland
Joël Andrianomearisoa & Abdoulaye Konaté / Richard Koh Fine Art / Kuala Lumpur
All things being equal / Inaugural show / Zeitz Mocaa / Cape town / South Africa
2017
BienalSur / Muntref - Avenida del Libertador / Buenos Aires / Argentina
Quart d’heure américain / Mains d’oeuvres / Saint Ouen / France
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 / France
Vers le Cap de Bonne Espérance / Gare Saint Sauveur / Lille / France
2016
Essentiel paysage / Macaal / Marrakech / Morocco
White surfaces / Primae Noctis Gallery / Lugano / Switzerland
Not really really / Frederic de Goldschmidt collection / Brussels / Belgium
2015
Rencontres photographiques / Bamako / Mali
Africa Africans /Museu Afro Brasil / Sao Paulo / Brasil
Divine Comedy / Smithsonian / Washington / USA
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
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
2011
MiniArtextil 2011 / Milano & Como/ Italy
Selected public collections
Zeitz Mocaa - Cape Town - South Africa
Musée Les Abattoirs - Toulouse - France
Leal Rios Foundation - Lisbonne - Portugal
National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C - Usa
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