Joël Andrianomearisoa

Joël Andrianomearisoa (born 1977) is a Malagasy installation artist. Quotes I would not talk about rules, because there aren’t any If I decide to set limits it’d mean that this sentimental journey that I aspire to will have an end I won’t draw a limit between fantasy and the real world It’s always fascinating to create a dialogue with an artwork, it can agitate us or stir us up The Audience and the Work: Joël Andrianomearisoa 6 December 2022 We need to dream together to shape a better future together. Without dreams, we can’t imagine what is coming next and how we want to influence it. Together we never forget who we are Interview: Malagasy Artist Joël Andrianomearisoa On The Power Of Collective Dreaming 8 December 2021 As an artist, I love discovering something during the process I’m not a multidisciplinary artist – I’m just very curious about everything Challenge brings satisfaction, and sometimes, deception Joël Andrianomearisoa Turns Emotion Into Art 7 August 2025 My work is not autobiographical – it’s not about me – but I cannot separate myself completely I’m definitely not the most minimal person in the world. I like to be surrounded by a lot of different things because inspiration can come from anywhere – a fragrance, a flower, a cigarette I think I’m probably the strangest thing in the studio Everything is possible in the studio – it’s a place where you can do almost anything In the studio with… Joël Andrianomearisoa 17 October 2022 When you visit Madagascar, people are expecting something very African — but we have connections with countries like India, China, and Thailand When I’m using black it’s not just a colour. Among this idea of black, there are a lot of things from the Black Portraitures, from the black colour, from the black system, from the black market. So it’s a heavy statement on black which depends on the culture and on the context too. I’m still questioning myself and the world. Why is the continent is still divided in two parts like this? The Anglophone parts are more economically developed, and the Francophone parts are more complicated. It’s very interesting when you see all the flight maps and schedules. You see all the flights from Addis Ababa, from Angola, even from South Africa, going to New York, Paris, and Thailand When you decide to be an artist, there isn’t always a message behind it You never decide to become an artist In Studio with Joel Andrianomearisoa 9 June 2017 Perhaps I’m very emotional and you can feel this in the work My mind and my art they art together, but my life and my art is different Dak’Art 2014 Interview with Joël Andrianomearisoa Black is amazing, disturbing, but it is present and makes sense everywhere studiojoelandrianomearisoa