Jacques Palumbo was born in Algeria and completed a BA in philosophy (1959) before studying for a year at the École d’architecture et des beaux-arts in Algiers. In 1960, he left for Paris to study art (history and academic drawing), attending the Institut d’arts et archéologie de Paris and receiving a graduate degree in drawing and visual arts (Diplôme supérieur de dessin et d’arts plastiques, 1964). In 1965, the same year that he earned a certificate in high school teaching (Certificat d’aptitude pédagogique à l’enseignement secondaire), he immigrated to Canada and settled in Montreal to begin his career as a painter, printmaker and sculptor. Palumbo’s works have been presented in many exhibitions both in Canada and abroad, including the 1992 Symposium de sculpture de Trois-Rivières, and can presently be found in private and public collections in Canada and Europe. In the early 1970s, he used mathematics as the foundation of his colourful, geometric pieces, later turning to computers to combine art with science. He has been devoted to writing for several years now, publishing his first novel, Un Iguane en hiver (“an iguana in winter”) in 2006, followed by his second, Don Pascale (L’Harmattan, Paris, col. Amarante), in 2007.
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« Un phare sur le fleuve : Le symposium de TroisRivières », ESPACE #22, p. 54.