Jerome Lagarrigue

Jerome Lagarrigue
Born (1973-08-18) August 18, 1973 (age 51)
NationalityFrench
OccupationPainter

Jérôme Lagarrigue (born August 18, 1973[1]) is a French painter living in New York City.[2][3][4]

Biography

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Lagarrigue was born in Paris, 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 City, where he now lives. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, with a major in illustration, in 1996.[1][5]

Two years after graduation, Parsons School of Design made Lagarrigue professor of drawing and painting.[6]

In 2002, Lagarrigue won the John Steptoe Award for New Talent for his illustrations in Freedom Summer.[7]

Solo exhibitions

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  • 2001 - "Boxers", The Cutting Room Gallery, 19 W 24th St, New York City.[1]
  • 2002 - "Recent works", Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles.[1]
  • 2003 - "Paintings", UFA Gallery, 526 W 26th St, New York City.[1]
  • 2005 - "Synchresis", TheXpo Gallery, 63 Pearl St, Brooklyn, New York City.[1]
  • 2006 - "Paesaggio Del viso", Villa Medicis, Rome, Italy and Oliver Waltman Gallery, Paris.[1]
  • 2007 - "Boxing", Galerie Olivier Waltman, 74 Rue Mazarine, Paris.[1]
  • 2009 - "Brooklintimate", Galerie Olivier Waltman, 74 Rue Mazarine, Paris.[1]
  • 2010 - "Urban Boxing United", Palais de la Bourse, Marseilles, France.[1]
  • 2011 - "Anne Claire", BDG Gallery, 535 W 25th St, New York City.[1]
  • 2012 - "Closer", Waltman Ortega Gallery, 2233 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL.[1]
  • 2014 - "Visible Man", Driscoll Babcock Gallery, 525 W 25th Street, New York City.[8]
  • 2017 - "The Tipping Point", Lazarides Gallery, 11 Rathbone Place, London, UK.[9]

Books illustrated

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  • 1999 - "My Man Blue", text by Nikki Grimes. ISBN 978-0-14-230197-5
  • 2002 - "Freedom Summer", text by Deborah Wiles. ISBN 978-0-689-87829-9
  • 2003 - "Me and Uncle Romie", text by Claire Hartfield. ISBN 978-0-8037-2520-1
  • 2004 - "Going North", text by Janice N. Harrington. ISBN 978-0-374-32681-4
  • 2004 - "Freedom on the Menu", text by Carole Weatherford. ISBN 978-0-8037-2860-8
  • 2007 - "Poetry for young people", poems by Maya Angelou. ISBN 978-1-4027-2023-9
  • 2007 - "Pleine Face", text by Sylvain Coher, publisher: Éponyme. ISBN 2-84809-069-3 [10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Lagarrigue, Jerome. "Resume". Official website of Jerome Lagarrigue. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  2. ^ 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 ..."
  3. ^ 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 ..."
  4. ^ 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."
  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. Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  7. ^ "Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present | Coretta Scott King Roundtable". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  8. ^ "Jérôme Lagarrigue: Visible Man - Exhibition - Driscoll Babcock Galleries". Driscollbabcock.com. 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  9. ^ "Jerome Lagarrigue - The Tipping Point - Lazinc".
  10. ^ Eponyme N° 3, Eté 2006. La Baule Ecrivains en Eric Pessan, Jean-Paul Barbe - Decitre - 9782848090696 - Livre. Decitre.fr. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
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