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Joël Andrianomearisoa
Born in 1977
Lives & works in Antananarivo, Madagascar and Paris, France
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Prize Audemars Piguet, serie "Labyrinthe des passions" - 2016
Private Collections : Koç Fondation. Istanbul, Turkey; Sindika Dokolo Fondation, Luanda, Angola; Fondazione Golinelli, Bologne, Italy; Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Bénin.
Public Collections : Studio Museum - Harlem. New York, Etats-Unis; Fond Régional d’Art Contemporain – Frac la Réunion, France;
Collected by museums and foundations : Zeitz - Museum Of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) / National Museum of African American History & Culture / MACAAL - Museum of African Contemporary Art Al MaadenLes Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse. Toulouse, France; Leal Rios Foundation. Lisbonne, Portugal; Médiathèque du Tampon. La Réunion, France; USA Embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar;
Presentation of the artist
Joël Andrianomearisoa is always on the edges. He does not approach his work in a direct way, but places it at the edges of the desires of whomever discovers it. His work comes down to a question of posture. He listens to the pulses of life with more generosity than they are given, and finds a way to be present in the world dans le nu de la vie, in the nude of life.
Urban space is a primary interest as well. The noises, smells, images, lights and incessant movement that generate city life compose his universe without imprisoning him in a specific geographical space. His images take viewers to places even the artist does not expect to be. « I need to be surprised by images. The situation has to be completely staggered. I do not consider myself as a photographer ; I am someone who makes images, » he says.
To compose a work, the artist needs a basic frame. Then the experiments begin, the manipulations that outline the project. « The work arises from various manipulations that lead me to the final result. When I set up an installation, I do not imagine its finality. I know the elements that compose it, but in the intant I set them up I discover something else. And that is when the work makes sense, » Andrianomearisoa says. His poetic virtuosity lies in his capacity to seize this moment of signification, when nobody can tell beginning from end.
Nationality : Madagascar
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Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Education
2003
Architecte Desa, 2003, Ecole Speciale d'Architecture, Paris, France
Solo exhibitions & presentations
2019
Biennial of Venise - Madagascar Pavillon - 56th International Venise Biennial
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2018
Le vent souffle sur votre coeur, Château d' Assier, France
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2017
La Bibliothèque Sentimentale, Musée les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
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2017
Chanson de ma terre lointaine, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
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2017
A L’Horizon de mes Jours Troubles, installation as part of Africa Now season, Galeries Lafayette, Toulouse, France
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2016
The Labyrinth of Passions, ARCOmadrid, Madrid, Spain
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2016
La Maison Sentimentale, Dak’Art 2016: The 12th Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
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2016
Labyrinth of Passions, Kaunas in Art Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania
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2016
Last Year in Antananarivo, Tyburn Gallery, London, UK
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2015
De Profundis, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
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2014
Carte blanche to Joël Andrianomearisoa X Vendôme Luxury, Le Meurice and Hôtel D’Evreux, Paris, France. (C)
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2014
Perfection, the grave of our own existence, Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
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Group exhibitions & fairs
2018
African Metropolis. An imaginary city, MAXXI, musee nationale des arts du 21em siecle, Rome, Italy
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2017
UNTITLED, Tyburn Gallery, London, UK
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2017
Vers le Cap de Bonne Esperance, curated by Simon Njami, Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France
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2017
The White Hunter, Frigoriferi Milanesi Centre for Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
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2017
Afriques Capitales, La Villette, Paris, France
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2017
Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris, France
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2017
Africa Now, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France
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2016
Essentiel Paysage, Musée d'Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech, Morocco
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2016
White Surfaces, Primae Noctis Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
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2016
Tropicália, L'Inlassable Galerie, Paris, France
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2016
Between Structure and Matter: Other Minimal Futures, aicon gallery, New York, USA
Events
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Publications & essays
2016
Book - The Labyrinth of Passions, Ademars Piguet Prize, ARCOmadrid 2016
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2015
Book - Parlez Moi, Un projet de Joël Andrianomearisoa & Omar Victor Diop, l’Intitut Français de Madagasikara, Antananarivo
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2014
Book - Sentimental Products - Joël Andrianomearisoa, Revue Noire & Vendôme Luxury
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2014
Publication - Ambrožič, Mara, Njami, Simon (eds.), The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, Germany 2014. (C)
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2012
Publication - Andrianomearisoa, Joël (ed.), 30 et presque-songes, Revue Noire, 2012
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2012
Book - Sentimental: Joël Andrianomearisoa, Artist Book. Revue Noire
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2010
Publication - Konaté, Yacouba (coe.), Africa, Assume Art Position!, Galleria Primo Marella, Milan, Italy, 2010. (C)
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2009
Publication - Cornell, Lauren and Gioni, Massimiliano and Hoptman, Laura (eds.), Younger Than Jesus, Artist Directory, Phaidon, New York, 2009. Michket Krifa, Frontières: Rencontres de Bamako, Actes Sud, 2009. (C) Panaf, Relectures, Algiers, Algeria, 2009
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2001
Book - Une première: Jöel Andrianomerisoa, Artist Book, Edition of 2000 Revue Noire
