About
Jacques Lamy first came to America on business in 1985, and while visiting Dallas, he saw a vibrant, dynamic city and chose to make it his home. By the time of his passing in 2016 he had become an institution in the Dallas design community and was known nationally as a respected artist with artistic sensibility and classical European training and the dynamic energy of his adopted home city.
Born in Paris in 1946 and raised in the heart of an idyllic French countryside near the Loire Valley, Jacques Lamy began painting at a very early age. Jacques completed his formal artistic training at the prestigious Ecole Nationale Superieur des Arts Decoratifs (Paris) in 1971. While there, he received the highest peer recognition in European Arts; the coveted Prix de Rome award for painting.
Jacques Lamy’s career as an artist, designer and art teacher took him from his native France to life abroad in Spain, Africa, and the United States. His broad artistic interests and his classic training in art and design have enabled him to enjoy a wide variety of artistic experiences from designing furniture, lamps, tapestries, and elegant garden statuary to creating large scale murals for public viewing and enjoyment.
In addition to his renowned mural work, Jacques received international recognition for his popular line of decorative fresco paintings, which can be found in finer homes, restaurants, hotels and offices.
When not producing work for his clients, Jacques personal artistic style is very much a melding of old and new – a merging of a classically trained artist with a modern artistic vision. The medium is multi-media and the composition has a modern, abstract quality but the Old World training in design and composition lends the whole an air of classical grace.
Curriculum Vitae
Jacques Lamy,
Born, February 24, 1946 – Paris
Died, September 18th 2016, Dallas, TX
Art Education Ecole National Superieure des Arts Decoratifs – Paris
Art Teaching Casa de Velasquez – Madrid, Spain – 1971-1973
National Institute of Art, Dakar, Senegal – 1973-1978
Has taught art in France, Spain, and Africa
Established in the U.S. since 1985
Art Awards Prix de Rome de Peinture – Casa de Velasquez - 1971
Silver Medal for Industrial Creation - 1981
Museums Musee D'Art Roger Quillot, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Jesuit Art Museum – Dallas, TX
Exhibits
2012-current Represented by Wall Gallery – Dallas, TX, USA
2004 Jesuit Art Museum – Dallas, TX, USA
2001-current Galerie Fine Art – Nantes, France
2000 City Hall, Chamalieres – France
1998 Ivanffy – Uhler Gallery – Dallas, TX
1994-1996 Jacques Lamy Fine Art Gallery
Dallas,TX
1995 Neiman Marcus- Dallas and Atlanta
1981-1984 Gallery Frederic Mechiche – Paris
1979-1980 Gallery Philippe Freignac – Paris
1977 Gallery Teranga – Dakar, Senegal
1976 Gallery Renaudot – Dakar, Senegal
1975 Palais Des Eveques – Alan, France
1974 National Institute of Art – Dakar,
Senegal
1973 Salon de La Principaute – De Monaco – Monaco
1972 Salon of Segovia – Spain
1971- 1972 Casa de Velasquez – Madrid, Spain
Institute of France – Paris
1968 – 1970 Salon D’Automne – Paris
Salon De Mai – Paris
Major Art Instillations
Cru Wine Bar & Restaurant – Dallas & Plano, TX
Sfuzzi Restaurants
Old Course Hotel – St. Andrews, Scotland
Ritz Carlton Hotel – Pasadena, CA
Hyatt Regency Hotel - Reston, VA
Bacco Restaurant – New Orleans, LA
Japengo Restaurant – La Jolla, CA
Numerous residential projects throughout North America & Latin America