Portrayed above is the American artist, Didier William, painted by the artist, Ligel Lambert . William’s work reaffirms and reclaims art practices and spiritual beliefs that had been hidden in order to survive, and that are now finding public appreciation in the Caribbean and beyond. He is currently Assistant Professor of Expanded Print at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
The Black Male Artist Professor Series aims to showcase and celebrate the accomplishments of Black male visual artists/art or art education professors (must be both) who have made significant contributions to the art world or art education and have taught or are currently teaching in visual art and/or art education programs at historically White colleges and universities in the United States. The series will showcase paintings inspired by Fauvism's stylistic traditions, created using a combination of acrylic and oil paints and incorporating symbolic references associated with each subject. To maintain consistency, every painting will be of a standard size of 36" x 48", while unique techniques will be employed to represent each subject. The series will comprise of 20 to 25 paintings.
Ligel Lambert is dedicated to representing powerful figures who are inspirational Black artists and professors. Ligel is an interdisciplinary artist, adjunct professor at RMCAD, graphic designer, and entrepreneur born in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti; he became a US citizen on October 16, 2003, while serving in the United States Marine Corps and currently resides in New York City, United States. He has lived and worked in Japan, South Korea, China, and the US. His artistic skills span painting, collage, printmaking, assemblage, and sculpture. Ligel holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Interdisciplinary Art/Painting from the Royal Melbourne Institute (RMIT) University in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2013). He also completed a Master's in Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, USA (2021). He holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) in Graphic Design (2011).
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