sissi club, Marseille

Through his practice, Joshua Merchan Rodriguez pays particular attention to what he calls historical, political and poetic “knots”, and to the manipulation and displacement of living and non-living matter that occurs within them. For Art-o-rama 2026, the artist presents a body of work developed during his residency and exhibition at Ojalá, Paris, in 2025, on the invitation of Violette Morisseau. Focusing on conductive metals such as copper, he examines how the material preserves and connects, alters and contaminates. The presentation brings together a site-specific installation and a new series of heliogravures on copper.

Joshua Merchan Rodriguez (b. 1996, Colombia) lives and works in Paris. He graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2024. His work has been exhibited at 100% l’exposition, La Villette, Paris (2026); Salon ACME, Mexico (2024, 2025); CRAC Alsace, Altkirch (2025); sissi club, Marseille (2025); Ojalá, Paris (2025); Guadalajara90210, Mexico (2023, 2025); Galerie du Crous, Paris (2024); Air de Paris, Romainville (2024); Julio artist-run space, Paris (2024). He was awarded the ENSBA–Poush grant (2025), the Galerie du Crous (2024) and Bredin Prat (2023) prizes.