The private life of Vincent Mazeau is a major contributor to his fame. He was married to designer Jenna Lyons for a decade and they had a son before they divorced in 2011. However, Mazeau’s professional life is also an interesting one, having worked in different industries. He is most famous as an artist, former set designer, art director, and restauranteur.
Mazeau has worked on the movie set of Safe Men, has his artistic works exhibited in many places, including the Lehmann Maupin New York Gallery, and collaborated with fashion houses such as St. Laurent and Dolce & Gabbana.
Jenna Lyons’ Ex-Husband is a Yale Graduate
Mazeau earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture in 1995 from Yale. Other famous people who attended the Yale School of Art include Chuck Close, Joan Wadleigh Curran, and Janet Fish. Some sculptors that attended the institution are Eva Hesse, Nancy Graves, James Angus, Wangechi Mutu, Charlotte Park, Martin Puryear, Jean Blackburn, Frederic Remington, Priscilla Roberts, Fred Sandback, Sula Bermúdez-Silverman, and Richard Serra.
In any case, his ex-wife Jenna graduated from the Parsons School of Design in 1990. The school is an art and design college in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
All to Know About Vincent Mazeau’s Extensive Career Over the Years
He Worked on a Movie Set and Started a Company
Jenna Lyons’ Ex-husband worked as an art director of set and props in the Art department of Safe Men (1998).
The film about two bad singers mistaken for top safe-crackers at a bar features Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, and Michael Lerner.
Apart from this, Mazeau is revealed to have started an art direction company with friends.
Jenna Lyon’s Ex-Husband’s Career as an Artist and His Link With Fashion
Vincent is successful in his own right as an artist. He has exhibited many works in numerous places, including the Lehmann Maupin New York Gallery.
This being at the center of his fame, he has worked with fashion photographers such as Richard Avedon, Steven Klein, and Steven Meisel.
He has also been involved in commercial campaigns where he worked with famous brands such as Yves St. Laurent, Alexander McQueen, and Dolce & Gabbana.
Over time, some of his editorial work was published in Italian Vogue, American Vogue, and W magazine.
Vincent Mazeau Became the Co-Owner of Restaurant in 2016
Years after his career as an artist kicked off, Vincent started a new career journey as a restauranteur. He started the restaurant, Cherry Point Restaurant with Chef Julian Colcott and Garrett Smith in New York in 2016.
The restaurant was an English-inspired eatery before it was closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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All About His Love Life with Lyons
Vincent Mazeau and Jenna Lyons met in the 1990s and were married in 2002. They welcomed their only child together, a son Beckett Lyons Mazeau on October 3, 2006.
Following Beckett’s birth, Vincent became a stay-at-home father to help in raising their son. Many stories surround why the artist stayed at home to care for their child. Some reports claim that it was Lyon who asked Vincent to stop commercial work and in exchange, she offered him a $5 million-plus annual salary from the J. Crew.
Another story regarding this is that he was never asked to leave his job and if he ever did, it was his decision.
They Divorced in 2011
In 2011, Mazeau and Lyons’ marriage ended in a divorce. Following the divorce, Lyon was revealed to have started a relationship with a woman, Courtney Crangi, who also works in the fashion industry.
At the time the news juggled through pages, Jenna revealed that she was not ready to come out. Regardless, she and Crangi are revealed to have known each other for long and when they began their relationship, they were “quietly open”.
Also, following the divorce, Mazeau remained in the couple’s home in Brooklyn to take care of their son, Beckett. In a similar vein, Lyon is also devoted to Beckett, and at the time of their divorce, they asked the public to respect the child’s privacy.
Where is Vincent Mazeau Now?
Since the divorce, he has been living a quiet life away from the media. Despite this, he has moved on and found love. He married a woman named Natasha and they welcomed a daughter.
