Jean-Gabriel Lambert
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"Spectacular 11"
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"En fin le Mexique"
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"Viva la Fiesta"
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"All My Friends #3"
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On Hold
"Soleado #4"
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"Sky #1"
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"Sky #2"
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"Madeleine #6"
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"PV 2007 1"
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"PV 2007-2"
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"PV 2007-3"
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"PV 2007-4"
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"PV 2007-5"
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"PV 2007-6"
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"PV 2007-7"
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"PV 2007 8"
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"Verde 2"
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"Tout l'or 2"
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"PV 2007-H"
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"PV 2007-I"
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"PV 2007-G"
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"PV 2007-F"
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"PV 2007-D"
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"PV 2007-B"
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"PV 2007-A"
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"PV 2007-E"
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"Soleado 5"
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"Noir et Blanc 10"
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"Noir et Blanc 11"
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"Noir et Blanc 12"
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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