Alexandre Joly

Biography

Alexandre Joly’s work lies at the crossroads of sculpture, sound installation, music and site-specific interventions, whether within architectural settings or so-called “natural” landscapes. His work aims to offer new experiences of time and space. He is drawn to materials of often natural origin (wood, feathers, stone, plants, taxidermied animals) and explores their transformation and poetic repurposing. A key feature of his sound work is the use of piezo sensors: small industrial transducers he retools for sound diffusion. His interest in spirituality, particularly in Zen and other Eastern philosophies, quietly permeates his artistic language. He has presented solo exhibitions at Musée Ariana and Musée d’histoire naturelle in Geneva, the Chengdu Institute of Biology in China and the Musée des Beaux-Arts du Locle.