MALALA ANDRIALAVIDRAZANA
b. 1971 in Madagascar.
Lives and works in Paris, France.
BIOGRAPHY
Influenced by her formal architectural training, Malala Andrialavidrazana uses the photographic medium to explore the crossing universes and boundaries of nature and culture. Social changes and spatial structures in a globalized world are at the heart of her artistic reflections; by examining in-between spaces, she proposes an open frame where borders do not exist.
Malala Andrialavidrazana graduated from Paris La Villette School of Architecture in 1996. Her “d’Outre-Monde” series, disclosing funerary customs at the boundaries of nature and culture, was awarded the prestigious HSBC Prize for Photography, and released by the renowned Actes Sud publisher in 2004. She received the joint support of the Institut Français and the National Arts Council of South Africa through the France-South Africa Seasons 2012 & 2013 program for her project “Echoes (from Indian Ocean)”, published by Kehrer Verlag in 2013.
Her work has been exhibited in numerous international institutions, including: PAC (Italy, 2017), Kalmar Konstmuseum (Sweden, 2017), Fondation Donwahi (Ivory Coast, 2016), Bamako Encounters (Mali, 2005/2015), Théâtre National de Chaillot (France, 2015), New Church Museum (South Africa, 2014), La Maison Rouge (France, 2014), SUD Triennial (Cameroon, 2013), Gulbenkian Foundation (Portugal/France, 2013), SAVVY (Germany, 2013), Focus Mumbai (India, 2013), Biennale Bénin (Benin, 2012), KZNSA (South Africa, 2012), Tiwani (UK, 2012), DIPE (China, 2011), Pan African Festival (Algiers, 2009), UCCA (China, 2008), Centrale Electrique (Belgium, 2007), Rencontres d’Arles (France, 2007), Herzliya Museum (Israel, 2007), Force de l’art (France, 2006).
Private and public collections include: Aperture Foundation (USA), Antoine de Galbert (France), doual'art (Cameroon), Ford Foundation (USA), FRAC (La Réunion), HSBC (France), Madrid Foto (Spain), Gervanne et Matthias Leridon (France), Musée National (Mali), National Gallery (Zimbabwe), Revue Noire (France).
AWARDS
Guest advisor, Terra Foundation Summer Residency, Giverny, France, 2018.
Research & Production residency, Kalmar Konstmuseum / Design Arkivet / The Glass Factory, Sweden, 2018.
Patron of the Prix Célimène – Creativity Award for Women, Reunion Island, 2018.
Jury member of democraSEE 2 Award for Contemporary Southern African Photography, South Africa, 2018.
Jury member of the Francophonie Award for Photography, Ivory Coast, 2017.
Artist mobility grant, IFAS, 2014.
Artist residency, French Institute / National Art Council of South Africa, 2012.
Mobility grant Culturesfrance / French Institute in Tel-Aviv, 2007.
Nominated for the KLM Paul Huf Award, 2007.
Prize winner of the HSBC Foundation for Photography, 2004.
Grants for installation from the DRAC IDF, 2004.
CONFERENCES
‘L’œuvre d’art, archive de la mémoire’, roundtable moderated by Françoise Monnin, Fondation Clément, Martinique, February 2018.
Conversation with Dominique Malaquais, 50 Golborne, London, UK, October 2017.
‘Aperture Live: Platform Africa’, with Zineb Sedira and Zoe Whitley, in discussion with Brendan Wattenberg, Autograph ABP, London, UK, July 2017.
‘PARITANA’, roundtable with Temandrota, Pauline Monginot, Christine Coste, Moderated by Eric Dereumaux, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, June 2017.
Round table with Nicole Khouri, Dominique Malaquais, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Sammy Baloji, Fiona Siegenthaler, Marian Nur Goni and Jean-Paul Colleyn, in reference both to the collective publication 'Afrique-Asie' and 'L'Afrique des routes' exhibition, Musée du Quai Branly, 16 March 2017.
‘HERstory – des archives à l’heure du postféminisme’, public conversation curated by Julie Crenn and Pascal Lièvre, Maison des Arts, Malakoff, 28 January 2017.
‘Tribute to Thabiso Sekgala’, with Lebohang Kganye, Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, Moderated by John Fleetwood, National Museum, Bamako, Mali, November 2015.
‘On the Road: Travel, knowledge transfer and crossing boundaries in Contemporary Art’, with Candice Allison, Stacy Hardy, Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, James Webb, Moderated by Kirsty Cockerill, The New Church Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, August 2014.
Lunchtime Lecture, Introduction by Nomusa Makhubu, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa, August 2014.
Public Discussion, Introduction by Maxine Thomik, Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2014.
Lecture, Introduction by Rima Geffen, City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts, August 2014.
Artist Talk, Alliance Française, Cape Town, South Africa, August 2014.
Artist Talk, 2014Frames Official Opening, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK, April 2014.
‘Be National - Afrikadaa’, with Olivia Anani, Katja Gentric, Alexandre Gouzou, Stacy Hardy, Sean Hart, Camille Moulonguet,
Moderated by Louisa Barbari, La Gaîté Lyrique, Plateau Média, Paris, France, December 2013.
Public Discussion, Introduction by John Fleetwood, Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2012.
Conversational roundtable, Introduction by Peter McKenzie, Moderated by Ben Brophy, Kwa Zulu Natal Society of Arts, Durban, South Africa, August 2012.
Artist Talk, Introduction by Liza du Plessis and Peter McKenzie, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, August 2012.
Artist Talk, Introduction by Sarah Doignon, Alliance Française, Durban, South Africa, August 2012.
24h.com / Dali International Photography Exhibition, Dali, China, September 2011.
Public Discussion with Bruno Hadjih, Moderated by Sergio Edelsztein, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 2007.
MONOGRAPHS
ECHOES (from Indian Ocean), Contributions of Joel Andrianomearisoa, Julie Crenn, Nathalie Gonthier, Peter McKenzie, Didier Schaub, Ed. Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg-Berlin, 2013. (French/English)
d’Outre-Monde, Dir. Christian Caujolle, Essay by Jean-Christophe Royoux, Editions Actes Sud, 2004. (French/English)
CATALOGS
Les Femmes artistes sont dangereuses, Laure Adler, Camille Viéville, Ed. Flammarion, 2018 (date of issue to be confirmed).
InSight 2017, Introduction by Bisi Silva, Essay by Tom Jeffreys, Ed. Deutsche Bank Wealth Management / Zapote Productions (Frieze), 2017.
Public Art in Africa, Dir. Iolanda Pensa, Ed. MētisPresses, 2017.
Addis Foto Fest Fourth Edition, Dir. Aida Muluneh, Ed. AFF, 2016.
Où Poser la Tête ?, Dir. Julie Crenn, FRAC Réunion, Ed. Les Presses du Réel, 2015.
Lumières d'Afriques, Dir. Jean-Michel Champault / Roxana Azimi, Ed. AAD, 2015.
Le mur, Dir. Antoine de Galbert, Ed. Fage / La Maison Rouge, 2014.
Present Tense, Dir. António Pinto Ribeiro, Ed. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013.
Cyclone Kachay, Bitcaves / Scénos Urbaines, Ed. Ville de Saint Denis, 2013.
The City – Mumbai, Ed. Focus Photography Festival, 2013.
FNB JoburgArtFair, Group catalogue, Ed. Artlogic, 2012.
30 et Presque Songes, Dir. Joel Andrianomearisoa, Ed. Revue Noire, 2012.
Life is elsewhere, Dir. Alain Jullien, Ed. 3rd Dali International Photography Exhibition, 2011.
Tracés de voyage, Dir. Brahim Alaoui, Ed. If galerie, 2010.
JoburgArtFair Curated Show, Dir. Simon Njami, Ed. FNB / Artlogic, 2008.
Rencontres d’Arles 2007 : 38è Edition, Group catalogue, Editions Actes Sud, 2007.
Another World, 6th African Encounters of Photography, Dir. Simon Njami, Ed. Eric Koehler, 2005.
Malala Andrialavidrazana / Patrick Taberna, CCF Foundation for Photography, 2004. (Portfolio)
EDUCATION
DPLG, Graduated from the School of Architecture in Paris La Villette, France, 1996.
SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Solo show, Alessandro Casciaro Gallery at VOLTA 14, Basel, Switzerland
50 Golborne at 1:54 Art Fair, Pioneer Works, NY
38th EVA International - Ireland's Biennial, Limerick, Ireland
Figures, Alessandro Casciaro Gallery, Bolzano, Italy
A Beast, A God and A Line, Dhaka Art Summit, Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh | touring at Para-Site, Hong Kong; TS1, Yangon, Myanmar; MoMA, Warsaw, Poland
Afriques, Artistes d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, Fondation Clément (in partnership with Fondation Dapper), Martinique
Lumières d'Afriques, Touring exhibition at African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Eumetsat, Darmstadt, Germany
Ailleurs est ce rêve proche, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
2017
Aperture Foundation at Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, US
Decolonize This, First Karachi Biennale: KB17' Witness, Karachi, Pakistan
Aperture Foundation at Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris, France
50 Golborne at AKAA Art Fair, Carreau du Temple, Paris, France
Echoes and Figures, 50 Golborne, London, UK
50 Golborne at 1:54 Art Fair, Somerset House, London, UK
Afronova at 1:54 Art Fair, Somerset House, London, UK
Figures, C-Gallery, Milano, Italy
Histoires brodées, Focus of the 14th Biennale de Lyon, Musée Africain, Lyon, France
Aperture Foundation, Special exhibitions, Expo Chicago, US
Africana, Kehrer Pop Up in Arles, Arles, France
Africa, Raccontare un mondo, PAC, Milano, Italy
Echoes–Fragments, Cape and Cape House, Paris, France
Making Douala, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
Rip it up, Changjiang Biennale of Photography & Video art, Chongqing, China
Aperture Pop Up, 1:54, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY, US
Deep Memory (Djupt Minne), Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
Figures, Collectionair, Online exhibition, Worldwide
Collectionair at Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Figures, WeTransfer curated wallpapers, Online random exhibition, Worldwide
HERstory – des archives à l’heure du postféminisme, Maison des Arts, Malakoff, France
Lumières d’Afriques, Musée Théodore-Monod / IFAN, Dakar, Senegal; Palais des Nations / UNOG, Geneva, Switzerland
Sommet de Bamako pour le Partenariat, la Paix et l’Emergence, Bamako, Mali
2016
Echoes (from Indian Ocean), Addis Foto Fest, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Studio Bamako, Kehrer Galerie, Berlin, Germany
L'Autre Continent, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Le Havre, France
Origins and trajectories: Contemporary art from Africa and the Diaspora, Piasa, Paris, France
Lumières d'Afriques, Fondation Donwahi, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Doual'art, Cape Town Art Fair, CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa
That Art Fair's Featured Artists, Palms Decor, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa
2015
Lumières d'Afriques, Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances, Paris, France
Où poser la tête ?, Collection du FRAC Réunion, Villa de la Région, Saint-Denis, Reunion Island
Lumières d’Afriques, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris, France
Telling times, 10th Bamako Encounters, National Museum, Bamako, Mali
Memento – Petits arrangements, Mois de l’Art Contemporain, Cité du Volcan, Reunion Island
2014
No fixed abode, The New Church Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Le mur / La Collection Antoine de Galbert, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Kehrer Verlag, Paris Photo LA, Los Angeles, USA
Echoes–Fragments, Itinéraires des Photographes Voyageurs, Porte 44/MC2A, Bordeaux, France
2014 Frames, Center for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK
2013
Douala Metamorphoses, Triennale SUD, Douala, Cameroon
Sentimental, Revue Noire, Paris, France
Kehrer Verlag, Paris Photo, Paris, France
Present Tense, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, France
By Night, Nuit des Arts Visuels / Journées Européennes du Patrimoine, Saint-Denis, Reunion Island
Present Tense, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
Intimités, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
baudoin lebon gallery, Art Paris, Paris, France
The City, Focus Mumbai Festival, Mumbai, India
From Birth to I-dentity, Afrikadaa, Lavoir Moderne Parisien, Paris, France
Video Lounge, India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
baudoin lebon gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2012
Inventing the world: The Artist as Citizen, Biennale Bénin, Centre Kora, Cotonou, Benin
Ceremony, 30 et Presque Songes, Doual'art, Douala, Cameroon
Carte blanche à baudoin lebon, Photo Off, Paris, France
baudoin lebon gallery, Paris Photo, Paris, France
baudoin lebon gallery, JoburgArtFair, Johannesburg, South Africa
Echoes, KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
baudoin lebon gallery, MadridFoto, Madrid, Spain
Never Before, ESA / FRAC Réunion, Le Port, Reunion Island
Africa / Africa, Abbaye Saint André, CAC Meymac, France
Synchronicity II, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK
baudoin lebon gallery, India Art Fair, New Delhi, India
2011
L’Afrique à l’Honneur, baudoin lebon gallery, Paris Photo, Paris, France
On the Roof, Rencontres Off de Bamako, Bla-Bla, Bamako, Mali
Synchronicity I, Photoquai, On the roof / baudoin lebon gallery, Paris, France
Life is elsewhere, 3rd Dali International Photography Exhibition, Dali, China
Intimités, Treignac Projet, Treignac, France
Ceremony, 30 et Presque Songes, Chambre du Commerce et de l’Industrie, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Ceremony, 30 et Presque Songes, La Maison Revue Noire, Paris, France
Ceremony, 30 et Presque Songes, Teat du Champ Fleuri, Saint Denis, Reunion Island
Photos Vanitas, baudoin lebon gallery, Salon de la Mort, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
baudoin lebon gallery, India Art Summit, New Delhi, India
2010
Collection hiémale, baudoin lebon gallery, Paris, France
On the Roof, Addis Foto Fest, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
A Journey in Warsaw, Photographies Polonaises, baudoin lebon gallery, Paris, France
Tracés de voyage, Imane Farès gallery, Paris, France
On the Roof, Arena Corner & Guests, Arles, France
Slideluck Potshow, Comptoir Général, Paris, France
Insomnia, baudoin lebon gallery, Paris, France
2009
Africaines (African Women), 2nd Pan African Cultural festival, Algiers, Algeria
2008
Africa: Personal Poetics, 3rd Guangzhou Triennial Beijing Station, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Food for your eyes, Parcours Photographique Parisien, Paris, France
Ethologie, Galerie A Part, Bagnolet, France
As You Like It, JoburgArtFair Curated Show, Johannesburg, South Africa
The Ancestors’Land, Mycroft gallery, Paris, France
2007
Photographies contemporaines, RIP, Eglise des Trinitaires, Arles, France
Rites and Rituals, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
XIIth International Fair for Photography, French Institute, Fès, Maroc
Photoana, Biennale of photography of the Indian Ocean, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Saint-Denis Expos Photos (Photo Exhibition), Espace Jeumon, Saint Denis, Reunion Island
Another World, La Centrale Electrique, CEAC, Brussels, Belgium
2006
Visions d’Afrique, Voies Off, Arles, France
Un été à Bamako, Festival 10 Vagues, Maison Folie Moulins, Lille, France
Un nous : Donnant - Donnant, La Force de l’Art, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Personae & Scenarios - The New African Photography, BrancoliniGrimaldi, Rome, Italy
2005
Another world, 6th African Encounters of Photography, National Museum, Bamako, Mali
Identité/Mémoire, Like76, Paris, France
d’Outre-Monde, Arrêt sur l’Image Galerie, FRAC Aquitaine Collection, Bordeaux, France
d’Outre-Monde, Le Garage, Toulouse, France
d’Outre-Monde, Atelier Soardi, Nice, France
2004
d’Outre-Monde, baudoin lebon gallery, Paris, France
Crossing over, in «+/- L’épicerie», Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille, France
SELECTED PRESS
Germano d'Acquisto, Marie-Claire Italia, May 2018.
Diana d’Arenberg, Art Basel Hong Kong 2018: A Post-Mortem, Ocula Magazine, 6 April 2018.
Himali Singh Soin, A ripple in time, Artforum, Vol. 56, Nº8, April 2018.
Sarah Browning-de Villers, The African Artists to collect now, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Spring 2018.
Gareth Harris, Secretive Myanmar to host touring Hong Kong contemporary show, The Art Newspaper, 27 March 2018.
Caroline Goldstein, Beyond the Fair: Your Go-To Guide to Gallery and Museum Shows during Art Basel Hong Kong, Artnet News, 27 March 1018.
Rebecca Anne Proctor, 5 African Artists to watch right now, Galerie Magazine nº8, Spring 2018.
Giancarlo Riccio, Le Figures di Malala, Corriere dell’Alto Adige, 14 February 2018.
Les artistes africains d’hier et d’aujourd’hui s’exposent en Martinique, Le Point Afrique, 13 February 2018.
Snigdha Zaman, Paris-based Malala addresses colonialism, New Age Bangladesh, February 10, 2018.
Maya Barolo-Rizvi, Dhaka (Art Summit): The cultural capital of South Asia, 1st February 2018..
Kara Blackmore, The Conversationists, Art Africa n°10, December 2017.
Marie Sumalla, Le Paradoxe Malgache, Le Monde nº22660, 19-20 November 2017.
Guillaume Benoit, AKAA 2017, Slash-Paris, 11 November 2017.
Carolina Mostert, London sets the stage for Contemporary African Art, Sotheby’s, 5 October 2017.
Art Africa, In conversation with Touria El Glaoui, Art Africa, 3 October 2017.
Malcom Cossons, The insider’s guide to Frieze week, Christie’s, 29 September 2017..
Valeria Martalò, Africa. Raccontare un mondo: al PAC contro gli stereotipi, Cultura Mente, 3 August 2017.
Emilie Gambade, An investment from the heart, Elle Decoration South Africa nº115, August 2017.
Manuela Gandini, I mille volti dell’Africa tra video e installazione, La Stampa, 22 July 2017.
Melita Zajc, Africa, narrating the world, Arts Life, 6 July 2017.
Manuela Brevi, Vi racconto la mia Africa, Arte, July 2017.
Missla Libsekal & Sonia Recasens, Malala Andrialavidrazana Redraws the Map, Aperture Blog, 29 June 2017.
Missla Libsekal & Sonia Recasens, Malala Andrialavidrazana redessine les cartes, Contemporary And, 29 June 2017.
Pierluigi Panza, L’Africa di oggi in un’esposizione, Corriere della Sera, 27 June 2017.
Pierluigi Valsecchi, L’Africa getta la maschera, La Lettura nº289, 11 June 2017.
Alessandra Mammì, Africa Factory, L’Espresso, 4 June 2017.
Suzanne Tromp, Malala Andrialavidrazana: Figures, WeTransfer This Works, 24 February 2017.
Vincent Godeau, Addis Foto Fest, Afrique in Visu, 3 January 2017.
Roxana Azimi, Etre femme, artiste, africaine : mode d’emploi, Le Monde Afrique, 23 December 2016.
Paula de Almeida, Malala Andrialavidrazana: Mapping Humanity, IAM - Intense Art Magazine, 8 December 2016.
Virginie Ehonian, 3 questions à Malala Andrialavidrazana, African Links, 8 December 2016.
Missla Libsekal & Clelia Coussonnet, In/Visible Voices of Women, Another Africa, March 2016.
Ashraf Jamal, Counterfeit Worlds, Art Africa nº3, March 2016.
Gavin Williamson, Knowing the Unknowable: Writing from Madagascar, Words without Borders, December 2015.
Yves Chatap, Echoes from the Indian Ocean, IAM-Africa, July 2014.
Dagara Dakin, Portraits of Interior Landscapes, Contemporary &, June 2014.
Dagara Dakin, Echoes (from Indian Ocean), Africultures, 15 January 2014.
