Biography
Here you'll find Jean-Gabriel Lambert's Artist statement as well as his resume witch will give you information about events and collections he has done.
Artistic Statement
Jean-Gabriel Lambert first came into the public eye through acting and dance. As his voice technique developed, his imagination took free rein. He directed a video in which he played two characters who confront one another. Later, he added writing and singing to his artistic accomplishments and soon after, in a natural progression, he began drawing and painting. Jean-Gabriel has constructed his own tools to break the silence and touch the other with his joys and his fears, to feel alive and to be part of the movement of the earth. The future of humanity and our relationship with the other provide his creative motivation. Love, friendship and communication are both bearers of meaning and the impetus to act.
Again and again, his canvases interweave intimate stories and universal issues. In “Global Warming”, inner turbulence finds its echo in the cosmos. In another painting, we imagine ourselves floating above an immense landscape, and at the same time, wee see a wound on a body. The paint is laid on densely, darkly, with blues the color of night bordering with beaches, like waves of serenity.
The human form is never very far away. Often, figures insinuate themselves into the paintings, taking shape through the abstract gestural flux. Figurative images rise to the surface: here we see a mouth and there, a body…leaving the work open and in movement. A canvas never has a single meaning when seen through the eyes of other, it lives and it grows.
Jean-Gabriel Lambert’s artistic expression continues to emerge and assert itself as he moves forward in life. The dialogue with the public provoked by his paintings nurtures him and gives him the desire to open it ever further through his art.
Jean-Gabriel Lambert was born in Montreal, Canada.
The artistic journey that he embarked upon twenty-five years ago has led him around the word in a quest for inspiration. For the past few years, his favorite destination has been Mexico, Puerto Vallarta in particular, where he is inspired by the light and colors of its spectacular natural environment.
Resume
Exhibitions
Exhibitions Jean-Gabriel has done over the years.
January 2007 Galleria Dante Puerto Vallarta
October 2006 Gallery Desja
December 2005 Galleria Dante Puerto Vallarta
January 2005 Galleria Dante Puerto Vallarta
February 2003 Galleria Dante Puerto Vallarta
May 2002 Gallery Danielle Lambert
July 2001 Festival of the arts in the Village Montreal
October 2000 Gallery France Art
June 2000 Festival of the arts in the Village Montreal
May 1999 BELGO Building
May 1998 Summer Collection at De Bullion Studio
May 1998 Performance-exhibition at Stephan Wulf Studio
March 1998 Café Clin d’oeil
February 1998 Sutton Gallery
October 1997 Sky Pub “Deep-freeze Emotions”
September 1997 Iconoscope Gallery “Deep-freeze Emotions”
May 1996 Sky Pub “Broken Hearts”
Studies
1999-2000 Live model classes with Champieux
1996-1997 Painting classes with M. Mario Arsenault
1983-1984 Theatre course at Arts Hébertot, Paris, France
1980-1984 Training in dramatic arts at UQAM and private classes
Collections
Scotia Bank, Fiducie Desjardins, Bristol Myers, Villa Médica Hospital,
Northwest Mutual funds, Foisy.
Permanent Exhibitions
Galerie Desja, 90 rue St-Paul, old Montreal www.galeriedesja.com
Galleria Dante, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico www.galleriadante.com