Spotlight Artist

Nicolas Lambelet Coleman

South
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The Proud Artist and His Work

Man in striped shirt standing by an easel with his painted portrait in a colorful room.

oil on canvas

II Moretto

Man standing on a gondola, rowing two elderly men, with colorful poles in blue water.

oil on canvas

Fountain in the Medina

Man in a beige suit sits on a patterned chair, holding a book, with a cat by his feet.

oil on panel

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Artist Statement

 I am a figurative painter with a particular focus on self-portraiture and the intersection of self-conception and the physical environment. I think of my work as being primarily about spaces. In my portraits, the figure often takes a secondary role to the interior or exterior atmosphere in which I position myself. These settings are crucially informed by my own experiences, memories, and travels. Growing up in the South to a blended Black and Swiss family, much of my identity was constructed through a process of self-invention to which my art was central. I now use myself as a kaleidoscopic subject in my work to subvert the boundaries that we have constructed around identity and the tribal nature of what it means to be human.

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