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Guillaume Jean Lefebvre's
life as an artist in New York.
By Heidi Joffroy - November 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Updated on November 26, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.
Guillaume Jean Lefebvre is an artist with great heart. This expatriate Vosges in New York for about two years is a Jack of all trade , that has indeed found its way.
Painter, actor and photographer, the latter even hit the eye of the american actor Billy Porter.
Suit, Red carpet, pose in front of multiple of photographers, the american dream of Guillaume-Jean Lefebvre came true here in two year.
The Vosgien has chosen to leave everything to flourish in "the city that never sleeps" New York.
A few days ago, work's artist from the Vosges even caught the eye of the American actor Billy Porter. It was during a charity gala, as the Americans know so well how to do, that Guillaume-Jean Lefebvre was able sell two of his paintings in support of the LGBT movement (which concerns lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders, N.D.LR), and to people without residence. “I presented two canvases for the auction, one of which is of the image of actor Billy Porter." explains the artist thanks to whom the sum of 7,000$ has of harvested.
" I have been participating since three years at the annual grand gala "Ali Forney Center" which takes place at the beautiful Cipriani from Wall Street with celebrities like Billy Porter, Lindsay Lohan, Lady Gaga, Jussie Smollett"
lists the Vosgien who does not hesitate to put his talent to the benefit of charities.
An exhibition to help Hurricane Irma victims
"I am very proud to participate in an event like this because it is to support an important cause and I am delighted that my art can raise important donations. I regularly participate in volunteering missions in order to give to eat withouthome. I have organized with Darian James my first personal exhibition to help the victims of Hurricane Irma in the Virgin Islands, The money raised allowed to buy twenty generators."
Painter, actor, graphic designer and photographer, the new yorker originally from the Vosges, however, did not have an easy journey. Born in Remiremont Guillaume Jean Lefebvre lives successively between the North and the Vosges and moved very frequently in his childhood.
A serious accident in 2009
In 2008, he decided to leave school at the age of 17 "try his luck" in Paris, driven by his passion for cinema.
Victim of a serious accident a year later, he spent three days in a coma. For nearly six months he had to learn to walk again. “This period was a real click, I wanted to resume my passions in hand,” says the artist.
He resumed his studies and validated a baccalaureate pro commerce. As an autodidact, he feeds on his passions:
photography, graphic design, acting, painting and sculpture. He even manages to sign in the famous Parisian agency "Agence Céline" with which he participates in commercials or TV series.
You can see it in the clip “Andalouse”
by Kendit Girac or in programs like that of Mac Lesggy, “E = M6”.
While some of his projects fail and his life privacy is not the best, Guillaume Jean Lefebvre decides to drop everything to start from scratch.
"Going to New York was the best decision I made" assumes the artist.
At the foot of the Empire State Building, the Vosgien boy flourishes. Its artistic activity is gaining momentum both in photography and in painting, and he is very proud to count among his fans the actor Billy Porter.
Heidi JOFFROY
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