Mr. Ligel Lambert is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and entrepreneur who owns The Art of Ligel, LLC. He works as an adjunct professor at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD) and as an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College, City University of New York. Born in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, Ligel became a U.S. citizen on October 16, 2003, while serving in the United States Marine Corps. He now resides in New York City.

Ligel has extensive international experience, having lived and worked in Japan, South Korea, and China from 2011 to 2018, as well as in the United States to present. His artistic practice encompasses various media, including painting, collage, printmaking, assemblage, and sculpture. He holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Interdisciplinary Art/Painting from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) in Melbourne, Australia (2013), a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of West Florida (2021), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design (2011).

Currently, Ligel is a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University. His dissertation focuses on leadership in art colleges and other historically White higher education institutions, exploring how leadership practices empower or inhibit Black men within their visual arts and/or art education programs.