Overview

Growing up in Paris on the famous Place du Tertre in Montmartre, Albert Delamour remembers his grandmother and aunt’s homes being full of paintings and sculptures from the early 20th century. Some of these artists were even family friends. Influenced by the greats like Picasso, Renoir, and Klimt, Delamour has created a timeless technique that stops us in our tracks, evoking a variety of emotions all from a single image. His technique is a layering process that evolved from years of experimenting with precious materials, and a passion to invent new ways to showcase photography and tell stories. It consists of layering several coats of silver and gold leaves, and a final coat of lacquer. This unrivaled combination paired with his secret touch leaves behind a liquid-glass luminescence, making each piece come alive in its own dimensional way. It has the power to mirror the past, present, and future.

 

But this is not just a technique. It’s what sets Delamour apart. It’s his trademark, keeping him in the lineage of the old masters that have inspired him since his youth. From the impressionable age of sixteen, he started photography and never stopped. Trained at the Louis Lumiere School of Cinema, he worked with esteemed photographers in France, ultimately inspiring his own self-teaching. With the pursuit of light at the heart of every Delamour creation, his process creates pieces that react with the environment, bringing depth and life to every layer, living on as a window to his wonderment.

Works
Gallery Exhibitions
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EDUCATION

1980 - 1982  Photographer for Air force squad, France

1982 - 1983  Louis Lumiere, School of Photography & Cinema

1983 - 1985  Study with master photographer Henri Coste

1998           New York University, School of Filmmaking

 

EXHIBITIONS

2017  

Scope Art Fair, Miami Basel, Miami, FL

The Other Art Fair, curated by Saatchi Art, New York, NY

Outside The Frame, Michele Mariaud Gallery, Soho, NY

Art Market, San Francisco, CA

2016  

Scope Art Fair, Miami Basel, MM Gallery, Miami, FL

Texas Art contemporary, MM Gallery, TX

Market Art & Design, BridgeHamptons, NY

Art Market, San Francisco, CA

AAF, New York, NY

2015  

Scope Art Fair, Miami Basel, Miami, FL

Art Market, San Francisco, CA

AAF, New York, NY

Toronto Art fair, Toronto, Canada

Market Art+Design, Bridgehampton, NY

Art Market, San Francisco, CA

Group exhibit, Michele Mariaud Gallery, New York, NY

2014  

Aqua Miami, Miami, FL

Solo art show, “ Icons" MM Gallery, New York, NY

Select Art Fair, Michele Mariaud Gallery, New York, NY

West Palm beach Art Fair, Michele Mariaud Gallery, FL

Hong-Kong Art Fair, Michele Mariaud Gallery, China 

 2013  

Architectural Digest Design Show, New York, NY

Wonderland collection, Art Hong Kong, Living Art Gallery, China

Cut & Uncut collection, Palm Beach Art Fair, Living Art Gallery, FL

Icons series, Fotofever, Michele Mariaud Gallery, Paris, France

2012  

Wonderland, AAF,  Los Angeles, CA

2011  

Fotofever, Photo Art Fair, Paris, France

Wonderland, RollingSnowBall 2, New York, NY

Quan Zhou Art University, China

Cut & Uncut, AAF Brussels, Belgium

2010  

Through the Looking Glass, AAF, New York, NY

Envolees, AAF,  New York, NY

2009  

Through the Looking Glass, AAF, New York, NY

Commodity Fetishism, True Art Union Gallery, Xiamen, China

Through the Looking Glass, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China

2008  

Envolees, Living Art Gallery, New York, NY

2005  

The Collection, Curated by Giovanni Rossi, Miami, FL

Croisements Paralleles, Living  Art Gallery, New York, NY

2004  

1002 project, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Designed by Nature 2, Aspen International Art Gallery, Aspen, CO

2003  

Art Garden Fantasy, Art + Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

Designed by Nature, Aspen International Art Gallery, Aspen, CO

2002  

Collaborations, National Arts Club, New York, NY

Spring Time, Henri Bendel, Fifth Ave., New York, NY

Designed by Nature, Poltrona Frau, Miami, FL

Designed by Nature, Firmenich Fines Fragrances Headquarters, New York, NY

2001  

Kodak Advertising Campaign, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY

Designed by Nature, Poltrona Frau, New York, NY

2000  

Who Is My Ennemi, Paris-Photo, Carrousel du Louvre, Carré Noir Gallery,Paris, France

1999  

Who Is My Ennemi 2, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Who Is My Ennemi 1, Collaboration with artist Andrei Molodkin, Chapelle

Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France

 

FILMS

His Mother's Body, 7', 16mm colors

Expectasy, Film short that premiered at Zoie FestAtlanta and won 3rd Best Sexy Short.

Features a 3 1/2 minute opening shot and some "acrobatic" camera moves

The Toad, Inspired from V.Hugo, 15'