EVAn Sebastian lagache
Bio
Evan Sebastian Lagache, a 28 year old painter was born and raised in New York City. His career began ten years ago, when he was still painting in plein air at Washington Square, where he was first discovered. Since then, he describes his work as a meditation, and a way to find peace in the tumult of the City. Thus, his paintings are inspired by the City and its structure, but are also a way to connect with nature and its elements.
Lagache defines his style as Abpsychism for it is a dialogue between abstract painting techniques and the inner working of the human psyche, influenced by emotions and surroundings. Envisioning a world that exists within the mind despite the world that has been built around us.
To do so, he works with many different mediums including acrylic, oil, ink, fire, graphite, collage and digital manipulation to produce emotionally evocative works. His palette traduces an holistic vision of the environment : from black and white concrete-tone, to deep blues and greens, and also vibrant warm tones.
His work was first represented by Julie Keyes Art at the Mark Borghi Gallery in NYC, in a group show “View from Within”, alongside Basquiat, Kondos, de Kooning and Calder. Ever since that day, Evan Sebastian Lagache has exhibited in over 80 shows across NYC in many galleries, and featured at major Art Fairs including Art Basel as well as Pulse in Miami Beach and Art on Paper Fairs-NYC.
After the pandemic, he spent his time in an artistic residency in Barbizon, France, an experience that unveiled a strong desire within him to explore the perspectives that the French landscape offered. This opportunity to dig deeper within his French roots, inspired a new series of paintings exploring the notion of new beginning. Developing an a earth-tone palette led him to pursue a new artistic quest within the symbiosis between human nature and mother nature, reviving the theme of man rising from the dust.