JOËL ANDRIANOMEARISOA
GUEST ARTIST
Biography
Born in 1977 in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Joël Andrianomearisoa lives and works between Paris and Antananarivo. He is a graduate from the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, and his work explores many disciplines, from fashion to design, video to photography, scenography to architecture, installations to visual arts. Andrianomearisoa’s work has been shown, among others, at the Maxxi in Roma, the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, the Smithsonian in Washington and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. In 2019, he represents the first pavilion of Madagascar at the Venice Biennale (Italy), with the support of Rubis MécénatHe is represented by galleries Sabrina Amrani (Madrid) and Primo Marella (Milan).
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Since 2019, Joël Andrianomearisoa led several workshops with the lab’s young trainees and created original artworks with the Polyfloss wool produced on site. These artworks was exhibited for the first time at the exhibition « Brise du rouge soleil » in Aigues-Mortes (France) from 19 May to 26 September 2021, through an installation of 4 pieces made with the Polyfloss wool, of which 3 were acquired by Rubis Mécénat for its collection.