Joanie Lemercier

Joanie Lemercier is a pioneering projection mapping artist who has fundamentally shaped how light and technology intersect with visual storytelling. Her signature work established projection mapping as a recognized artistic medium, creating immersive experiences that merge cutting-edge technical innovation with artistic vision.

Lemercier's career reflects a commitment to examining the intersection of art, technology, and environmental responsibility. Her body of work includes the ongoing project "We Are Not Going to Mars" and "Slow Violence" (2023), both of which explore urgent contemporary themes through visual media. Notably, she publicly abandoned climate-heavy NFTs, recognizing the environmental cost of the technology. She has since developed an open-source solar energy framework and now creates art installations that use solar data to make CO2 emissions visible to audiences, transforming abstract climate data into tangible visual experiences.

As a speaker, Lemercier offers audiences a rare perspective from someone working at the intersection of artistic practice, technological development, and climate accountability. Her work demonstrates that artists can be rigorous environmental advocates without abandoning innovation or artistic ambition. She speaks from direct experience about the difficult decisions required to align creative practice with ecological responsibility, and how data visualization and art can work together to communicate invisible environmental impacts to broad audiences.