Jerome Lagarrigue

{Jerome Lagarrigue was born on August 18, 1973, in Paris, France. Son of a French father and African-American mother, he is known for his paintings and illustrations. The main topics of his work include portraits, urban landscapes and fight sports. In 2005 he was recipient of the Villa Medicis grant given by the French Academy in Rome.

Biography

Education

1996: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA.

Awards

• 2005 - Recipient of the Villa Medicis grant and residency program, Rome Italy.

• 2002 - Coretta Scott King- John Steptoe Award for best new talent.

• 2000 - Marion Vanett Ridgway Award for best illustrator.

• 1996 - Joseph Lefevre Award for excellence in painting, RISD.

Solo exhibitions

• 2006 - "Paesaggio Del viso", Villa Medicis, Rome Itlay and Oliver Waltman Gallery, Paris, France.

• 2005 - "Synchresis", TheXpo Gallery, 63 Pearl St, Brooklyn, USA.

• 2003 - "Paintings”, UFA Gallery,"526 W 26th St, New York, USA.

• 2002 - "Recent works", Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, USA.

• 2001 - "Boxers", The Cutting Room Gallery, 19 W 24th St, New York, USA.

Publications

• 2007 - "Plein Face", text by Sylvain Coher, publisher: Eponyme.

• 2006 - "Poetry for young people", poems by Maya Angelou, publisher: Sterling.

• 2004 - "Freedom on the Menu", text by Carole Weatherford, publisher: Dial Penguin. "Going North", text by Janice N. Harrington, publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux.

• 2003 - "Me and Uncle Romie", text by Claire Hartfield, publisher: Dial Penguin.

• 2002 - "Freedom Summer", text by Deborah Wiles, publisher: Simon and Schuster.

• 1999 - "My Man Blue", text by Nikki Grimes, publisher: Dial Penguin.