Laurent La Gamba

Laurent La Gamba is a self-taught French visual artist and photographer. Early paintings, using acrylic paint on large canvases, have been likened to American photorealism. In 2001 he was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and began working on his first camouflage art and pro-cryptic installation. In 2002 he was artist in residence at the La Napoule Art Foundation (Mandelieu, France). It is during this time that his work started to gain international recognition. Between 2002-2006 exhibitions of his camouflage / pro-cryptic art installations: set in supermarkets, airports and other public spaces, were held is USA, Europe, Taiwan, and Canada - series include; “High Gloss”, “Open Fridge”, “Swimming Pools”, “Supermarkets”, “Inside MIR”.
This work was followed by a series of photography and video installations entitled Moving Superficiality which combined his personal passion for sports cars with art.
Laurent La Gamba’s most recent project is a series of sculptures / installations. Entitled Pandemonium of Versatile Objects this work explores mass production and consumerism and the role they play in formulating memories and identity, through the visual coding of celebratory gift bows.

Awarded an MA on "First clinical cases in psychoanalysis" from the Sorbonne University, Paris(1993-98), the subject of psychoanalysis; particularly the work of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, permeate much of La Gamba’s work.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Laurent La Gamba, Camouflages, Space 538 Portland, USA
2006 Laurent La Gamba, Urban Camo, Juming Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
2005 Laurent La Gamba, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage
2005 Laurent La Gamba, Urban Camouflage, The Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A
2005 Laurent La Gamba, Swimming-pools, Galerie Gora, Montréal, Canada.
2005 Laurent La Gamba, Trompe-l’oeil, Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Utica, New York, U.S.A.
2004 Laurent La Gamba, Bodies in disguise, Photography Gallery Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio,, US.A
2003 Laurent La Gamba, Homochomies, photographs, installations and video works, Galerie B, Vic, France.
2003 Laurent La Gamba, Pro-cryptic photography, Wilson Street Gallery, Albury, Australia.
2003 Laurent La Gamba, Pro-cryptic Installations ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
2001 Laurent La Gamba, Chamber of Commerce, Tarbes, France.
1999 Laurent La Gamba, Galerie Espace 515, Marsanne, Drôme, France.