Malala Andrialavidrazana

Malala Andrialavidrazana (born 1971) is an artist and photographer from Madagascar, who lives in Paris. She has worked and exhibited internationally, and had two books of her photography published.

Biography

Andrialavidrazana moved to Paris in the early 1980s, and graduated from École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette in 1996. After graduating, she started working in the Parisian art scene, taking a range of jobs, including directing art galleries.

In 2011, she shot the photographic series Ny Any Aminay in Madagascar. For this series, the she was invited into the homes of several families to take pictures of their interiors.

Books d’Outre-Monde (2004) – a photographic study of funeral customs around the world, with photographs taken during an expedition to South America, Asia and Oceania in 2003. Echoes (from Indian Ocean) (2013)

Selected exhibitions

9th Lagos Photo Festival (Nigeria, 2018) Fondation Clément in Le François (Martinique, 2018) 1:54 African Art Fair (UK, 2017) Le Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle (France, 2016) 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 - KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts (South Africa, 2012) Tiwani (UK, 2012) DIPE (China, 2011) Baudoin Lebon, (Paris, 2010) 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) Baudoin Lebon, (Paris, 2004)