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Ligel Lambert, MFA

Ligel Lambert is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, professor, and entrepreneur whose creative practice spans painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, assemblage, and sculpture. He is an adjunct professor at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College, and a part-time faculty member at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City, where he teaches studio art. Originally from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, Ligel grew up in Savannah, Georgia, and became a U.S. citizen in 2003 while serving in the United States Marine Corps from 2000 to 2004. His global experiences—living and working in Japan, South Korea, China, and the U.S.—inform his artistic approach.

Ligel holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art and Painting from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia (2013), an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of West Florida (2021), and a BFA in Graphic Design (2011). He has collaborated with artists such as Wycliffe Gordon, Howard R. Paul, and Bob James, and his work has been exhibited internationally in New York City, Savannah, Suzhou, Melbourne, Jacksonville, Virginia Beach, and Raleigh. Ligel's artwork is included in private and public collections, including RMIT University, the Tisdell Cottage Foundation, the Coastal Jazz Association, the City of Jacksonville, and the personal collections of Wycliffe Gordon and Kasseem Dean (Swizz Beatz). He is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University’s Teachers College, focusing on research, leadership, and college teaching of studio art in higher education, and resides in New York City, New York, USA.

Ligel Lambert Creating a Symbolic Painting of Derrick Adams (2024)

Artist Statement

My work inhabits the space where identity, sound, and visual expression converge. In The Inspirational Artist Professor Series, I honor artist professors whose vision, creativity, and dedication have shaped the art world and higher education. Through portraiture, I elevate their presence, mentorship, and leadership within academic and artistic communities, offering a reflection on visibility, influence, and legacy.

Alongside this series, I translate sound into visual form. Using transmediation, I transform auditory experience into material expressions, exploring the emotional, physical, spiritual, and psychological textures of our world. Musical notations I have developed since my youth have become a framework through which I examine memory, social commentary, and identity.

Across these practices, I am drawn to resonance—in the portraits we create, the sounds we visualize, and the lives we honor. Whether through portraiture or visualized sound, my art seeks to capture the unseen sounds & rhythms of human experience, revealing how creativity, mentorship, and expression shape the spaces we inhabit and the communities we build.

Ligel Lambert Creating the Symbolic Representation of Mark Thomas Gibson (2025)

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