Jean-Antoine Norbert made a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II that is on permanent display at the British Consulate NYC. His work was sold in the Art auction “Take home a nude” at Sotheby’s. He has exhibited at Gallery Claire de Villaret, Paris and Michelle Landolt, New York. His work was viewed in numerous shows in New York and Florence Italy. He is the Recipient of The David Schafer Portrait Scholarship and has been a copyist at the Museo del Prado in Madrid. His work is in private collections in New York, Malaysia and Switzerland. His work has two directions. In the first he talks about life energy forces. He means the vibrant energy that is at the origin of the creation of Life. He talks about freeing the body from its chain of suffering so that it can express joy. He is strongly influenced by the viewpoint he developed as a physician MD and the practice of activities like Yoga. Because it create a well-being that have tremendous impact on our health and increase the old age quality of life. Jean-Antoine undertakes the theme of Catharsis, the second direction of his work, as an artistic platform where he begins a dialogue with his personal struggles. He earned an MFA from the New York Academy of Art, a diploma from the Angel Academy of Art in Florence Italy and a medical degree from UNIL, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.

Education
2016 Master of Fine Art, New York Academy of Art, NYC
2012 Diploma of the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
1995 Diploma of Medicine, University of Lausanne
Award
2016 Finalist of the Queen Elizabeth II Portrait Competition, judged by
Tracey Emin
2015 Recipient of The David Schafer Portrait Scholarship
Solo shows
2016 Prosthodonthics of New York, NY Memories of Italy, pop up show
2007 Galerie Claire de Villaret, Paris, France


2006  Villa Mégroz, in Lutry, Switzerland
Group Shows
2017 Superwomen, 107 Bowers Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2016 Deck the walls, Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
Picturing the unprintabel, Flux Factory, NYC
The Coffee Art Project, New York Coffee Festival Exhibition, NYC
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
MFA Open Studio, Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
Tribeca Ball, Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
Momentum Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
2015 Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
Breaking the Ice, New York Academy of Art, NYC
Take Home a Nude, art auction, Sotheby’s, NYC
Art from the Boros III, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Chelsea, NYC
MFA Open House, Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
“Exclusif-Inclusif ”, The Royalton hotel, 44th St, New York, NYC
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, NYC

2014 Deck the Walls, Wilkinson Gallery, NYC
Copy/ Cut/ Paste, New York Academy of Art, NYC
2013   Scape , New York Academy of Art, New York, NYC
August to October, Madonaro, street painting, Florence, Italy
2010 L'eredità di Annigoni, Villa Bardini, Florence, Italy


Work experiences

2016 Painting artist assistant, Ygal Ozeri Studio, NJ, USA
New York Academy of Art, Curatorial committee for the show Momentum,
NYC.
2015 Amanda Gan’s Portrait commission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
“Impossibility to sleep under pressure”
2014 High school of Ste-Thérèse, Québec: Lecture on portraiture in Florence, Italy
2013 The Museum of Prado, Madrid, Spain: Copyist
2006 Junior high school of Préverenges and Lonay in Switzerland
Teacher substitute, 4 month
2005 Junior High School of Crissier and Bussygny, in Switzerland
Art teacher substitute, 4 month
2004 Self-employed: Painting and sculpting, Switzerlan
2002-03 Domaine de la Gracieuse in Lonay, Switzerland, Waiter 50%
2000-01 La Strada: Waiter, Lausanne, Switzerland

Internship in different companies: Ironwork, Carpentry, Stone-cutting
Lausanne, Switzerland
99-2000 Club Méditerranée: Windsurf instructor, Foça Village in Turkey
and Sainte-Lucie Island, Caribbean
97-98 Physician Assistant MD, Rehabilitation Medicine, Dr M.Baechler, Hospital
of Chamblon sur Yverdon, Switzerland
1996 Physician Assistant MD, Internal Medicine, Dr B.Haldiman Hospital of
Sierre-Loèche, Switzerland

Media
International Contemporary Artist Vol XII
24 Heures, Swiss French national press: Artist Portrait
Languages

French: Mother tongue
English: Fluent, both speaking and writing
Italian: Fluent, both speaking and writing
German: Good knowledge both speaking and writing
Hobbies

Jogging, fitness, sailing, reading, movie

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