Jerome Lagarrigue

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Jérôme Lagarrigue (b. August 18, 1973[1]) is French painter and illustrator living in New York.[2] His illustrating and painting work ranges from boxing scenes to children's books.[3][4]

Biography

Lagarrigue was born in Paris, France to a French father who was an illustrator and painter, and an American mother who was a journalist and writer. As a child, he was schooled in France, but spent summers in New York, where he now lives. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, with a major in illustration, in 1996.[1][5] Two years later, Parsons School of Design made him professor of drawing and painting.[6]

Solo exhibitions

  • 2006 - "Paesaggio Del viso", Villa Medicis, Rome, Italy and Oliver Waltman Gallery, Paris, France.[1]
  • 2005 - "Synchresis", TheXpo Gallery, 63 Pearl St, Brooklyn, USA.[1]
  • 2003 - "Paintings”, UFA Gallery,"526 W 26th St, New York, USA.[1]
  • 2002 - "Recent works", Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, USA.[1]
  • 2001 - "Boxers", The Cutting Room Gallery, 19 W 24th St, New York, USA.[1]

Publications

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Lagarrigue, Jerome. "Resume". Official website of Jerome Lagarrigue. Retrieved 3 June 2010. 
  2. The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009 - Page 89 Henrietta M. Smith - 2009 " 1973– Living in Brooklyn and serving on the faculty of Parsons School of Design, Jerome Lagarrigue is immersed in the New York art world. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996. He grew up in France, the son of a ..."
  3. Paris Match 2606-2609 p26 1999 "Pourquoi ce Français vit-il à Brooklyn ? Pourquoi Jérôme Lagarrigue collabore-t-il au prestigieux « New Yorker », le supplément littéraire du « New York limes et à aucune publication française? Un peu parce que sa mère est américaine."
  4. L'Événement 752-755 p 65 1999 "ILLUSTRATEUR Jérôme Lagarrigue Il veut marier l'Europe et l'Afrique via Brooklyn Il a commencé sa carrière en peignant sur les murs de Paris. Entre un père français, grand amateur d'art, et une mère noire américaine, écrivain, le milieu ..."
  5. Smith, Henrietta M. (2009). The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009. ALA Editions. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-8389-3584-2. 
  6. "Jerome Lagarrigue: Portraits - French Culture". frenchculture.com. French Embassy. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 

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