Jessy Razafimandimby

Jessy Razafimandimby (born in 1995, Madagascar) lives and works in Geneva. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the Geneva University of Art & Design (HEAD) in 2018.

His multidisciplinary production encompasses painting, drawing, installations, and performance. Often, these practices converge, finding the artist manipulating fragmented decorative objects and textiles, which extend the work beyond its frame. These extensions reveal a clash between sculpture and painting, staged by Razafimandimby.
The artist brings a world inherited from the past back to life, making reference to French cinema of the 1960s, jazz music, design, and postwar architecture. He pays particular attention to the history of interior decoration and ornamentation, as well as social conventions and the “good manners” traditionally linked to a conservative way of life and promoted by a classist bourgeois system.
Jessy Razafimandimby’s obsessions take place principally within the home, and the practice of the artist is accordingly criss-crossed with references to domesticity and collective memory. Coexisting in his paintings are human figures and animals - but also chimerical figures that express Razafimandimby’s utopic and dystopic projections. These seem at times to merge, to mutate into new and complex forms that reveal the artist’s interest in the question of becoming. It is not as much what we become, as with whom we become it - the collective experience - that Razafimandimby interrogates.
The figures detailed by the artist are extracted from a pictorial space in which they could be contained, and projected into a present, sensorial space, that of the exhibition. In such a way, he conceives joyously disordered, agitated environments, inspired by fictional domestic environments inhabited by strange masses of objects and drapery, ghostly in affect.
These territories are inhabited by Razafimandimby’s fictional hosts, becoming a vestigial space in which the artist engages physically, employing the household as a metaphorical framework to question notions of taste, belonging, and power. He interrogates the ability of humans to construct relations with their environment, at times merging with it. These relations are imbued with attention, tenderness, and confusion.

Jessy Razafimandimby is one of the winners of the Kunstpreis Kiefer Hablitzel 2021 - Swiss Art Awards.

In 2024, he will participe in numerous projects such as two solo exhibitions at Hakanto Contemporary, Antananarivo and at Sans titre, Paris; a performance at MAH - Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva as part of the residency program “Masswascut”, curated by Anissa Touati (April 2024).

He has had solo shows at Valentin 61, Lausanne (2022); Sans titre, Paris (2022); Art au Centre, Geneva (2021); 13 vitrine, Renens (2021); Espace HIT, Geneva (2021); Arsenic, Lausanne (2020); 1.1., Basel (2020).

Razafimandimby has participated in group exhibitions at Dortmunder Kunstverein (2024); Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing (2024); Fonds d’Art de la commune de Plan-les-Ouates, HiFlow, Geneva (2024); KNMA - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (2023); ‘Bonna’, the 6th edition of the Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh (2023); ‘The Disappearing City’, Castle Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); ‘Claustrophobia Alpina III: Relief’, Forde, Geneva (2023); ‘Mon palais, choir’, Sans titre, Paris (2022); ‘Sleeping In’, June, Berlin (2022); ‘Species of Space’, Walgreens windows - The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach (2021); ‘Salon Suisse’, La Biennale Architettura, Venice (2021); Urgent Paradise, Lausanne (2021); ‘Real Shoez Life’, Basel (2021); ‘Favrile Figures (LCT in presentia)’ with Niels Trannois, La Vraie Vie, Geneva (2021); ‘Lemaniana: Reflections on Other Scenes’, Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneva (2021); Bad House Performance Festival, Mad House, Helsinki (2021); ‘Modern Nature: An Hommage to Derek Jarman’, part II, La Becque (2020); ‘Weaving Home’, Limbo Space, Geneva (2020); ‘Observer of the techniques’, Wallriss, Freiburg (2019); ‘I’ll see you back tonite’, Alienze, Lausanne (2018).

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Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Unselfing, 2024, Dortmunder Kunstverein
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Unselfing, 2024, Dortmunder Kunstverein
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Unselfing, 2024, Dortmunder Kunstverein
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Unselfing, 2024, Dortmunder Kunstverein
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Unselfing, 2024, Dortmunder Kunstverein
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Unselfing, 2024, Dortmunder Kunstverein
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Righteous Market, 2024, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Righteous Market, 2024, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing
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exhibition view, Un silence qui en dit long, 2024, HiFlow, Geneva
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I am a thorn without its rose, 2024, acrylic on cotton sheet and found wooden object, 50 x 53 x 16 cm, unique
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I'm old and I'm still into that, 2024, acrylic on cotton sheet, 65 x 77 cm, unique
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You know I had to cheat, 2024, acrylic on cotton sheet, 90 x 70 cm, unique
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exhibition view, Very Small Feelings, 2023, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Bath-Ology, 2023, acrylic on bed sheet, 74.5 x 135 cm, unique
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somebody’s sweetheart, 2023, acrylic on wood, 120 x 18.5 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
To become an imitation, 2023, acrylic on found wood, 48.5 x 38.5 cm, unique
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Et l’agitation a fait de beaux meubles, 2022, acrylic on bed sheet, 98 x 83 cm, unique
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exhibition view, Paris+ by Art Basel 2022 with Sans titre, Paris
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Paris+ by Art Basel 2022 with Sans titre, Paris
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
du thé au bout des lèvres, 2022, acrylic on bed sheet, 72 x 52 cm, unique
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Les soirs aussi ont des yeux, tu sais, 2022, acrylic on bed sheet, 125.3 x 98.2 cm, unique
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Souffles, ouverture!, 2022, acrylic on bed sheet, 116.2 x 36 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
silence plat préféré, 2022, pencil on paper, frame and found fabric, 66 x 35 x 11 cm, unique
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exhibition view, à présent !, à tempérament !, 2022, Valentin 61, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
une célébrité familiale, 2022, acrylic on cardboard, 18 x 23.5 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, à présent !, à tempérament !, 2022, Valentin 61, Lausanne
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le quart d’une célébrité, 2022, pencil on paper, cardboard and frame, 36.5 x 25.5 cm, unique
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épingler chaque pensée, 2022, acrylic on bed sheet, 32 x 25 cm, unique
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rouge-de-lampe, 2022, pencil on paper, cardboard and frame, 43.5 x 37 cm, unique
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le tapage se marque au plafond, 2022, pencil on paper, cardboard and frame, 30.3 x 21.7 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
s’adosser à ce qui importe, 2022, pencil on paper, frame, 31.5 x 25 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Avec le pain, toujours prêts à surgir, 2022, Sans titre, Paris
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Tout est à tous, 2022, acrylic and oil on bed sheet, 60 x 40 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Avec le pain, toujours prêts à surgir, 2022, Sans titre, Paris
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
civilisations nouvelles, 2022, acrylic and oil on bed sheet, tissue and wood, 40.5 x 32 x 10 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
sans titre, 2022, acrylic on transparent paper, wooden frame, 25.6 x 20.5 x 5 cm, unique & sans titre, 2022, acrylic on transparent paper, wooden frame, 25.6 x 20 x 5 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Avec le pain, toujours prêts à surgir, 2022, Sans titre, Paris
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
sans titre, 2022, acrylic and oil on bed sheet, 40 x 60 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
un coeur élevé, 2022, acrylic and oil on wood, 67 x 39 x 27 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Je t'ai promis un petit ruisseau, 2022, acrylic and oil on bed sheet, 23 x 17 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
action continuelle, 2022, acrylic and oil on bed sheet, wood, 30 x 27 x 7.6 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Avec le pain, toujours prêts à surgir, 2022, Sans titre, Paris
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
entre veilleurs fidèles, 2022, acrylic and oil on bed sheet, wood, 40.5 x 32 x 8 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Stitches. Home as Composition, 2022, KRONE COURONNE, Biel/Bienne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Untitled, 2022, antique object, found fabric, bulb, charcoal on paper, unique, exhibition view, Sun Kissed, 2022, NÉVÉ, Los Angeles
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Miracle sur ce qui a du cœur, 2021, Art au Centre, Geneva
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Miracle sur ce qui a du cœur (detail), 2021, mixed media installation
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Miracle sur ce qui a du cœur (detail), 2021, mixed media installation
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Miracle sur ce qui a du cœur (detail), 2021, mixed media installation
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Species of Spaces, 2021, Walgreens windows project space - The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Need more trouble (detail), 2021, acrylic on transparent paper, painted wicker tray
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Kunstpreis Kiefer Hablitzel - Swiss Art Awards, 2021, Messe Basel
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Kunstpreis Kiefer Hablitzel - Swiss Art Awards, 2021, Messe Basel
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Allures & Pensées, 2021, oil on sheet, 30.5 x 40 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Fille de corsaire, 2021, 13 Vitrine, Renens
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Favrile Figures (LCT in Presentia), with Niels Trannois, 2021, Space Témoin, Geneva, organized by La Vraie Vie
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Favrile Figures (LCT in Presentia), with Niels Trannois, 2021, Space Témoin, Geneva, organized by La Vraie Vie
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Favrile Figures (LCT in Presentia), with Niels Trannois, 2021, Space Témoin, Geneva, organized by La Vraie Vie
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Promenade de l’Observatoire II, 2021, oil on sheet, 29 x 29 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Doggerel, 2021, acrylic on sheet, 27.5 x 35.5 cm, unique
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Lemaniana: Reflections on Other Scenes, 2021, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Lemaniana: Reflections on Other Scenes, 2021, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Lemaniana: Reflections on Other Scenes, 2021, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Lemaniana: Reflections on Other Scenes, 2021, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Lemaniana: Reflections on Other Scenes, 2021, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Lemaniana: Reflections on Other Scenes, 2021, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
performance view, O.O.O.O.O., 2020, 'Modern Nature, an hommage to Derek Jarman - part II', 2020, curated by Elise Lammer, La Becque, LaTour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
performance view, O.O.O.O.O., 2020, 'Modern Nature, an hommage to Derek Jarman - part II', 2020, curated by Elise Lammer, La Becque, LaTour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
performance view, O.O.O.O.O., 2020, 'Modern Nature, an hommage to Derek Jarman - part II', 2020, curated by Elise Lammer, La Becque, LaTour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Lemaniana: Reflections on Other Scenes, 2021, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Lemaniana: Reflections on Other Scenes, 2021, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
performance view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
performance view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
performance view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, Droit de Visite de Digestion, 2019, Arsenic contemporary performing arts center, Lausanne
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, On The Temporary Balcony Behind The Dirty Window, 2019, 1.1., Basel
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
exhibition view, On The Temporary Balcony Behind The Dirty Window, 2019, 1.1., Basel
Jessy Razafimandimby - © sans titre
Shorty, 2019, acrylic on paper, 99.5 x 124.5 cm, unique

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