Jessy Razafimandimby
Bio
Jessy Razafimandimby’s (*1995) multidisciplinary practice encompasses painting, drawing, installation, and performance. These mediums often converge, as the artist manipulates fragmented decorative objects and textiles that extend the work beyond its frame. These extensions create a tension between sculpture and painting. The artist reactivates an imaginary inherited from the past, referencing 1960s French cinema, jazz, and postwar design and architecture. He pays particular attention to the history of interior decoration and ornament, as well as to social conventions and the “good manners” associated with a conservative lifestyle promoted by a bourgeois, class-based system.
At sissi club, he prepared his solo exhibition Those Yes in Your Eyes at Galerie Sans titre in Paris in 2024. He also worked on his solo exhibition at Hakanto Contemporary in Antananarivo. More recently, he presented his work at Halle Nord in Geneva in 2026 and is presenting a solo exhibition at the LaM Museum in Villeneuve-d’Ascq.
Jessy Razafimandimby lives and works between Geneva and Marseille. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from HEAD – Geneva in 2018. He is the recipient of the Kunstpreis Kiefer Hablitzel 2021 – Swiss Art Awards. His solo exhibitions include Valentin 61, Lausanne (2022); Art au Centre, Geneva (2021); Espace Témoin (with Niels Trannois) (2021); and Arsenic, Lausanne (2020). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including Sadie Coles HQ, London (2026); Mendes Wood DM, Retranchement (2025); Sissi Club, Marseille (2025); C L E A R I N G, New York (2024); Dortmunder Kunstverein (2024); Tabula Rasa, Beijing (2024); KNMA – Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (2023); Dhaka Art Summit (2023); Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (2021); and the Venice Architecture Biennale (2021). His performances have notably been presented at Halle Nord, Geneva (2026); MAH – Museum of Art and History, Geneva (2024); Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (2021); Bad House Performance Festival, Helsinki (2021); and Arsenic, Lausanne (2019). His work is represented by Sans titre, Paris