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.
Virginie Andriamirado
Joël Andrianomearisoa was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in 1977. He lives and works between Antananarivo and Paris. Andrianomearisoa has participated in a number of group shows, including Africa Remix, Rencontres Africaine de la Photographie in Bamako (2009); the Havana Biennale( 2006); The progress of love, Menil Collection, Houston (2012); and Divine Comedy (2014) among others.
His solo shows include Bir Gece, a one-night performance and installation in Istanbul (2004) ; Habillé – Deshabillé, a performance/video piece in Stockholm Moderna Museet and Saint-Brieuc ( 2009 ); Sentimental at la Maison Revue Noire Paris (2013).
CV - Joël Andrianomearisoa
Education
Architecte Desa 2003 – Ecole Speciale d’Architecture – Paris – France
Solo shows (selection)
2017 BIENALSUR, International Contemporanean Art Bienal in South America. (project)
2017 A L’horizon de Mes Jours Troubles. Joël Andrianomearisoa. Galeries Lafayettes. Toulouse, France.
2017 Le la tour du monde. Solo project for the cupola of the Galeries Lafayette Haussman Paris at the occasion of the Africa Now Season. Paris, France.
2017 Chanson de ma terre lointaine Joël Andrianomearisoa. Primo Marella Gallery. Milano, Italy.
2017 Sentimental Products by Joël Andrianomearisoa . Solo project at the occasion of the Nouveau Réalisme Show. Musée les Abattoirs Toulouse. Toulouse, France.
2017 Title TBA. Galerie des Galeries. Paris, France.
2016 Last year in Antananarivo. Tyburn Gallery. London, UK.
2016 The labyrinth of passions, Kaunas in Art. Contemporary Art Festival. Mykolas Žilinskas Art Museum. Kaunas, Lithuania.
2016 Accrochage. Rx. Ivry sur Seine, France.
2016 Dak’Art. Biennale d’Art Africain Contemporain. Dakar, Senegal. (solo Project)
2015 De Profundis. Sabrina Amrani Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
2014 Carte blanche to Joël Andrianomearisoa X Vendôme Luxury. Le Meurice & Hôtel D’Evreux. Paris, France.
2014 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, UK.
2011 0621146952. L’inlassable Galerie. Paris, France.
2011 En l’attente de l’aube qui nous surprendra aux rives du sommeil. Nomad Gallery. Brussels, Belgium.
2011 Le temps d’une rencontre ou pour toujours. Galerie Béatrice Binoche. Saint Denis, La Reunion, France.
2011 Hôtel des Rêves. Hôtel du Louvre. Antananarivo, Madagascar.
2010 A perfect kind of love. Goodman Gallery. Johannesburg, South Africa.
2010 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.
2004 Bir Gece (One night). Maçka Gallery - :mentalklinik - Infist. Istanbul, Turkey.
Group shows (selection)
2017 Vers le Cap de Bonne Esperance. Curated by Simon Njami. Gare Saint Sauveur. Lille, France.
2017 The White Hunter. Curated by Marco Scotini. Frigoriferi Milanesi Art Center For Contemporary Art. Milano, Italy.
2017 Afriques Capitales. Curated by Simon Njami, at the occasion of the 100% Afrique Festival at la Villette Paris, France.
2017 100% Afriques. La Villette. Paris, France.
2017 Essentiel paysage. Al MAdeen art Gallery. Marrakech, Morocco.
2017 Autour du nouveau réalisme - Les Dadas des Daniel. Les abattoirs - FRAC Midi-Pyrénées. Toulousse, France.
2016 White surfaces. Primae Noctis Gallery. Lugano, Switzerland.
2016 Between structure and matter: Other Minimal Futures. Aicon Gallery. New York, USA.
2016 Not really, really. Frédéric de Goldschmidt Colelction. Brussels, Belgium.
2016 Comme sur du papier. FRAC Réunion. Piton Saint-Leu, Reunion Island.
2016 Virage. Galerie de Roussan. Paris, France.
2016 Tropicália. L’Inlassable Museum. Paris, France.
2015 Something else. Off Biennale Cairo. Cairo, Egypt.
2015 Les Rencontres de Bamako. Biennale Africaine de la Photographie. Bamako, Mali.
2015 Parlez Moi. Institut Français de Madagascar. Antananarivo, Madagascar.
2015 Africa Africans. Museu Afro Brasil. Sao Paulo. Brazil.
2015 The Divine Comedy. National Museum of African Art. Washington DC, USA.
2015 You Love Me, You Love Me Not. Municipal Gallery Almeida Garrett. Porto, Portugal.
2014 Schwerelos. Arthohler Gallery. Zurich, Switzerland.
2014 Destination…1:54: Contemporary African Art. Prima Marella Gallery. Milan, Italy.
2014 African Contemporary Art. Galerie Mikael Andersen. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2014 A bitter sweet legacy. Galerie de Russian. Paris, France.
2014 Warm Heart Of Africa. Prime Noctis Art Gallery. Lugano, Switzerland.
2014 Political Patterns. Seoul Museum of Art. Seoul, South Korea.
2014 The Divine Comedy. SCADMOA. Savannah, USA.
2014 Textile languages. Thalie Art Project. Brussels, Belgium.
2014 The Divine Comedy. MMK. Frankfurt, Germany.
2014 Biennale de Dakar 2014. Dakar, Senegal.
2013 Periféeriques. Jacmel. Haiti.
2013 Epures. 7.5 club. Paris, France.
2013 Nouvelles vagues. Slmp. Palais de Tokyo. Galerie de Roussan. Paris, France.
2013 L’échappée belle. Grand Palais. Paris, France.
2012 The progress of love. Menil Collection. Houston, USA.
2012 Sericum Graphein. Glassbox Gallery. Curated by Kaiserin. Paris, France.
2012 21X29,7. Galerie de Roussan. Biennale de Belleville. Paris, France.
2012 Drive My Car. Galería Tagomago. Barcelona, Spain.
2012 MiniArtextil. Montrouge, France.
2011 MiniArtextil 2011. Milano & Como, Italy.
2011 VideoBuro #4. Curated by Julie Crenn. Paris, France.
2011 Eat Me. Goodman Gallery. Cape Town, South Africa.
2011 Africa !. Galerie Hussenot. Paris, France.
2010 In Context. SA National Gallery. Cape Town, South Africa.
2010 The Global Africa Project. Museum of Arts & Design MAD. New York, USA.
2010 Africa assume Art Position !. Primo Marella Gallery. Milan, Italy.
2010 12th Cairo Biennale. Cairo, Egypt.
2010 Docks en ciel. curated by Adrien Pasternak. Paris, France.
2010 3rd Sinopale Biennal. Sinop, Turkey.
2010 Winter Show. Goodman Gallery. Johannesburg, South Africa.
2010 In Context. Goodman Gallery – Arts on main. Johannesburg, South Africa.
2010 Off the wall. Gustavsbergs Konsthall. Stockholm, Sweden.
2010 A Collective Diary. Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. Tel Aviv, Israel.
2009 Sphères 2009. Galleria Continua. Goodman Gallery. Le Moulin, France.
2009 Regard special sur la Turquie. Ecole spéciale d’Architecture. Paris, France.
2009 Panaf. Relectures. Algiers, Algeria.
2009 20 ans et encore à la mode. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire. Cholet, France.
2009 Africa now !. World Bank. Washington, USA.
2009 Black Paris – Black Brussels. Musée d’Ixelles. Brussels, Belgium.
2009 Revue Noire Collection. NAAC Atelier. Nantes, France.
2008 Flow. Studio Museum Harlem. New York. USA.
2007 L’invention de la mémoire. Saint Denis, La Réunion.
2007 Africa Remix. Johannesburg Art Gallery. South Africa.
2007 Gooood Food bis. Maison Descartes. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2007 Bidibidibidiboo. Ecole des beaux-arts Le Port, Reunion Island.
2007 Paris Black. Museum der welt kulturen. Frankfurt, Germany.
2007 Propos libres. La passerelle. Saint Brieuc, France.
2006 Biennale du design. Saint Etienne, France.
2006 Dressing the contemporary. Bern, Switzerland.
2006 Africa Remix. Moderna Museet. Stockholm, Sweden.
2006 Africa Remix. Mori Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan.
2006 Paris Black. Iwalewa Haus. Bayreuth, Germany.
2006 9th La Habana Biennale. Havana, Cuba.
2005 Africa Remix. Centre Pompidou. Paris, France.
2005 Africa Remix. Hayward Gallery. London, England.
2004 Africa Remix. Museum KunstPalast. Düsseldorf, Germany.
2004 Du Bosphore à la Moine. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire. Cholet, France.
2004 Lille 2004. Roubaix phare textile. Musée d’Art et d’industrie la Piscine. Roubaix, France.
2001 Archicouture. Chapelle de la Sorbonne. Paris, France.
2001 Sand und seide. Ifa. Stuttgart, Germany.
2000 Paris pour escale. Arc - Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris. France.
2000 Fun five fun story. New South Art Gallery. Sydney, Australia.
Art fairs
2017 Art Brussels. Sabrina Amrani Gallery. Brussels, Belgium.
2017 ArtParis ArtFair. Magnin-a. Paris, France.
2017 The Armory Show. Sabrina Amrani Gallery,. New York, USA.
2017 ARCOmadrid. Sabrina Amrani. Madrid, Spain.
2017 Cape Town Art Fair. Sabrina Amrani. Cape Town, South Africa. (solo show, Mascarade)
2017 Cape Town Art Fair. Primo Marella Gallery. Cape Town, South Africa.
2017 India Art Fair. Sabrina Amrani. New Delhi, India. (solo project)
2017 Artefiera, Bologna Art Fair. Primo Marella Gallery. Bologna, Italy.
2016 ArtBo. Sabrina Amrani. Bogota, Colombia.
2016 1:54 Contemporary Africa Art Fair New York, Sabrina Amrani, New York, USA. (solo show)
2016 Art Brussels, Sabrina Amrani, Belgium, Brussels.
2016 Art Dubai, Sabrina Amrani, Dubai, EAU.
2016 ARCOmadrid, Sabrina Amrani, Madrid, Spain.
2016 India Art Fair, Sabrina Amrani, New Delhi, India.
2015 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Sabrina Amrani, London, UK.
2015…..ArtInternational, Sabrina Amrani, Istanbul, Turkey.
2015…..Art 15, Sabrina Amrani, London, UK. (solo show)
2015…..ARCOmadrid, Sabrina Amrani, Madrid, Spain.
Awards
IV Audemars Piget ARCOmadrid Prize. Madrid, Spain.
Selected public collections
National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian Institution. Washington D.C., USA.
Studio Museum - Harlem. New York, USA.
Fond Régional d’Art Contemporain - Frac. La Réunion, France.
Médiathèque du Tampon. La Réunion, France.
Art in Embassies. Embassy of the US in Antananarivo. Madagascar.
Koç Fondation. Istanbul, Turkey.
Sindika Dokolo Fondation. Luanda.
Books
Sentimental Products – Joël Andrianomearisoa. Revue Noire & Vendôme Luxury, 2014.
30 Et Presque-Songes – Joël Andrianomearisoa. Revue Noire, 2012.
Sentimental - Joël Andrianomearisoa. Revue Noire, 2012.
Jöel andrianomeriasoa. Une première. Revue Noire, 2001.
