L'artiste

Crédit photo : Almine Rech

Born in 1977, in Antananarivo (Madagascar)

A graduate of the École spéciale d’architecture (Paris) in 2003, Joël Andrianomearisoa expresses himself through various mediums and materials, seeking to give form to non-explicit, often abstract narratives. From sculpture to installations, from craftsmanship to writing, from textiles to architecture, he adopts a plural approach inspired by his Malagasy roots but above all by the world and its multiple geographies. Infused with complex emotional experiences, his work gives rise to delicate yet tension-filled pieces, like our breaths of life. A series of ever-evolving exercises… ongoing research into the materiality of emotions.

Joël Andrianomearisoa has presented his work in several prestigious institutions around the world and as part of major exhibitions: he has shown at Kunsthalle Praha in Prague, Dallas Contemporary, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington DC, MACAAL in Marrakech, the Dakar Biennale, the Sydney Biennale, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Hamburger Bahnhof, and Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. In 2019, he represented Madagascar for the first time at the 58th Venice Biennale with a monumental installation for its national pavilion. His works are part of the collections of Zeitz MOCAA (Cape Town), the Smithsonian (Washington DC), the Studio Museum in Harlem (New York), the Muzeum Sztuki (Łódź), and the Yavarhoussen Collection (Antananarivo). In 2025, three emblematic works entered the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (USA). In 2020, Joël Andrianomearisoa founded an independent space in Antananarivo dedicated to artists, with the support of his friend Hasnaine Yavarhoussen: Hakanto Contemporary embodies the artist’s commitment to the creative scene of his home country. Throughout his career, he has received several distinctions, including the Arco Madrid Audemars Piguet Prize in 2016. In 2019, the Republic of Madagascar appointed him Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, and in 2024 France made him a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2025, Joël Andrianomearisoa was named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in Madagascar.

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