Jean-Gabriel Lambert

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Jean-Gabriel Lambert first came into the public eye through acting and dance. As his voice and dance 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, we see a wound on a body. The paint is laid on densely, darkly, with blues the colour of night bordering white 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… words written directly onto the canvas convey a closer relationship to meaning, leaving the work open and in movement. A canvas never has a single meaning when seen through the eyes of others, 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 Montréal, Canada.

The artistic journey that he embarked upon twenty years ago has led him around the world in a quest for inspiration. For the past few years, his favourite destination has been Mexico, Puerto Vallarta in particular, where he is inspired by the light and colours of its spectacular natural environment.

 Major Exhibitions

2003-2005               Galleria Dante

May 2002              Danièle Lambert Gallery

July 2001               Festival of the arts in the Village

October 2000            France art Gallery

June 2000             Festival of the arts in the Village

June 2000             ‘Seven on seven’ at Stephan Wulf

May 1999             Exibition at the Belgo building

May 1998             Summer collection at De Bullion studio

May 1998              Performance-exhibition at Stephan Wulf

March 1998            Exhibition at Café clin d'oeil

February 1998            Sutton Gallery

October 1997  Sky Pub, St. Catherine Street, ‘Deep-freeze Emotions’

September 1997            Iconoscope gallery "Deep-freeze Emotions"

May 1996              Sky Pub, St. Catherine Street, "Broken Hearts"

Studies: 

1999-2000  Live model classes with Champieux

1996-1997      Painting classes with Mario Arsenault

1983-1984      Theatre course with Arts Hébertot, Paris, France

1980-1984  Training in dramatic arts at UQAM and private classes