"Career changer" aptly describes Vincent Mazeau, who has explored various fields at different times. He began as an artist, then worked as a set designer, and later as an art director, before transitioning to the culinary business by co-owning a restaurant, Cherry Point, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York.
He was one of the artists who worked on the set of the 1998 movie Safe Men and has collaborated with major fashion brands including Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, and Alexander McQueen.
Mazeau was married to American fashion designer, entrepreneur, and TV personality Jenna Lyons for nine years until their divorce in 2011, and together, they share a son, Beckett Lyons Mazeau. He later married a woman named Natasha and had a daughter.
Vincent Mazeau's Biography
Vincent Mazeau’s early life and background remain largely undisclosed, with the media not revealing his birthplace or birth year. In contrast, his ex-wife Jenna Lyons was born in Boston, Massachusetts on June 8, 1968.
Regarding his education, Mazeau received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University in 1995. However, whether he pursued the same field for his bachelor’s degree is unclear.
His alma mater, Yale University, is renowned for producing some of the world's most famous and influential personalities, including former United States Presidents Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.
A Look At The Career Of Jenna Lyons' Ex-Husband
Vincent Mazeau’s career story cut across the movie, art, fashion, and culinary industries. For 15 years, he made a name for himself as a set designer, with his set design company, Big Room.
He worked as an art director of set and props in the 1998 John Hamburg crime comedy film Safe Men. The film follows two aspiring lounge singers who are mistaken for safecrackers. It starred Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Harvey Fierstein, Michael Lerner, and Paul Gambit.
As an artist, his works have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, and the 2002 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York. In March 2005, he had his first solo exhibition at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, in New York. The exhibited works include The Castle, Double-Blind, Zero Some, Crowd, Model for Solitude, Pallet Stack ll, Broadcast, and Pallet (Zebrawood). He constructed the objects using Styrofoam and urethane from simulated snow and ice.
He also worked with some of the biggest fashion brands such as Calvin Klein, Yves St. Laurent, Alexander McQueen, and Dolce & Gabbana.
After a decade and a half, he changed his career focus by enrolling at the French Culinary Institute. After graduation, he became a restaurateur when he co-founded Cherry Point, with Julian Colcot and Garrett Smith, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, in May 2016.
Unfortunately, after 4 years, the English-inspired restaurant closed down permanently in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to him:
It might seem like I made a split-second decision to close permanently
He Was Married To Jenna Lyons For Almost A Decade
Vincent Mazeau and Jenna Lyons crossed paths in the 1990s and married in 2002. They didn’t have a child immediately; it was four years later that they had their one and only child, a son named Beckett Lyons Mazeau, born on October 3, 2006.
The artist and set designer became a stay-at-home dad to help raise Beckett. There were claims that Lyons asked him to stop working and take care of their son in exchange for a $5 million-plus annual salary from her company, J.Crew. However, another claim suggested that she never asked him to quit, it was his decision.
Nine years later, Mazeau and Lyons divorced in 2011. After the divorce, Lyons started a relationship with fellow fashion industry personality Courtney Crangi. At the time, she wasn’t ready to come out. Nonetheless, the pair had known each other for a long time, and when they started their relationship, they weren’t open publicly. In 2012, she made her relationship with Crangi public when she acknowledged her as her girlfriend, but they split up in December 2017. In 2023, she revealed she was in a relationship with photographer Cass Bird.
On the other hand, Mazeau married a woman named Natasha, and they have a daughter. So, at the moment, he is a father of two.
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