Jessy Razafimandimby

Born in: 1995
From: Antananarivo, Madagascar
Lives and works: Geneva, Switzerland
Represented by: (sans titre)

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Biography

Jessy Razafimandimby's multidisciplinary work spans painting, drawing, installations, and performance, often merging these practices. Razafimandimby manipulates fragmented decorative objects and textiles, pushing the boundaries of his art and creating a dialogue between sculpture and painting.

Drawing inspiration from 1960s French cinema, jazz, design, and postwar architecture, the artist explores the history of interior decoration and the social conventions tied to a classist bourgeois system. His focus on domesticity and collective memory manifests in his works, featuring human figures, animals, and fantastical beings that embody both utopian and dystopian themes.

Through these creations, Razafimandimby questions how we connect with our environment and each other, weaving in notions of taste, belonging, and power within chaotic, fictional domestic spaces.

Career highlights

Solo shows

2024, Hakanto Contemporary, Ankadimbahoaka, Madagascar: Histoires de Famille
2022, Sans titre, Paris, France: Avec le pain, toujours prêts à surgir

Group shows

2023, CASTLE, Los Angeles, USA: The Disappearing City
2023, KNMA - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India: Very Small Feelings

Collection

Chengdu, China: Zhi Art Museum

Media

2024, Art Basel: Polymath Jessy Razafimandimby is mastering the art of change