Lagarrigue was born in Paris, to a French father who was an illustrator and painter, and an American mother who was a journalist and writer. As a child, he was schooled in France, but spent summers in New York City, where he now lives. He graduated from the
Rhode Island School of Design, with a major in
illustration, in 1996.[1][5]
2007 - "Pleine Face", text by Sylvain Coher, publisher: Éponyme.
ISBN2-84809-069-3[9]
References
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"Resume". Official website of Jerome Lagarrigue. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
^L'Événement 752-755 p 65 1999 "ILLUSTRATEUR Jérôme Lagarrigue Il veut marier l'Europe et l'Afrique via Brooklyn Il a commencé sa carrière en peignant sur les murs de Paris. Entre un père français, grand amateur d'art, et une mère noire américaine, écrivain, le milieu ..."
^The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009 - Page 89 Henrietta M. Smith - 2009 " 1973– Living in Brooklyn and serving on the faculty of Parsons School of Design, Jerome Lagarrigue is immersed in the New York art world. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996. He grew up in France, the son of a ..."
^Paris Match 2606-2609 p26 1999 "Pourquoi ce Français vit-il à Brooklyn ? Pourquoi Jérôme Lagarrigue collabore-t-il au prestigieux « New Yorker », le supplément littéraire du « New York limes et à aucune publication française? Un peu parce que sa mère est américaine."