Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato
1900 - 1995 Belo Horizonte | MG – Brazil
Currently recognized as one of the greatest names of Brazilian Modernism, Amadeo Lorenzato, of Italian descendant, began painting walls as a child, but it was in his adolescence that he studied arts, during the time he lived in Italy with his family. Back in Brazil, after an accident that made him unable to work in civil construction in 1956, Lorenzato began dedicating himself exclusively to the artistic practice. The technical refinement brought him closer to the formal aspects of lines and colors, which gained prominence with the use of a sort of metal comb, normally used to create patterns on walls. His pictorial compositions bring together simple, spontaneous and deep lines, demonstrating a genuine minimalism in the representation of the ordinary scenarios of the popular neighborhoods of Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais State.
Education
Real Accademia delle Arti, Vicenza, Italy
Individual Exhibitions:
2024 Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, David Zwirner Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2024 Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, David Zwirner Gallery East 69th Street, New York, USA
2022 Lorenzato: Landscapes, Gomide&Co, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2019 Lorenzato, Mendes Wood, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Lorenzato, Mendes Wood, New York, USA
2019 Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, David Zwirner Gallery, London, England
2019 Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Sotheby’s S|2 London Gallery, London, England
2017 Lorenzato: Simple single, Centro Cultural Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
2014 Lorenzato: And you can’t even imagine that Epaminondas is me, Galeria Gomide&Co, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2014 Lorenzato, the gradeur of modesty, Galeria Estação, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2008 Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
2007 Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
2001 100 years of Lorenzato, Galeria da Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
2000 100 years of Amadeo Lorenzato, Casa dos Contos, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1996 Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1994 Galeria da Caixa, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1988 Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1986 Espaço Asal, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1984 Casa dos Contos, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1981 Galeria Brasiliana, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
1977 Galeria Memória Cooperativa de Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1973 Galeria Arte e Livro, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1973 Petit Palais, Paris, France
1971 Galeria Chez Bastião, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1967 Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1964 Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
Collective Exhibitions:
2024 60th Venice Bienale: Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere, Venice, Italy
2023 The Moth and the Thunderclap, Modern Art, London, UK
2022 Brazilian stories, MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2021 They Were Here, Galeria Base, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2020 EnormousBalls, Galeria Mendes Woods DM, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2020 Landscapes of the South, Galeria Mendes Woods DM, Bruxelas, Belgium
2019 Paths, Galeria Mendes Woods DM, São Paulo - SP Brazil
2019 Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, David Zwirner Gallery, London, England
2018 Least common, multiple, Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2016 A certain look – Collection of Celma Albuquerque, Galeria Estação, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
1996 Popular Artists of Belo Horizonte, Centro Cultural da UFMG, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1982 National Exhibition of Folk Paintings, Bauru, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
1981 Exhibition of Art and crafts, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1980 Earth People, Paço das Artes, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
1980 Mining Primitives, Mandala Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1976 Salão do Pequeno Quadro, Galeria da Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1973 Third Triennale of Bratislava, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1970 Folklore Week, Galeria Minart, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1970 Five Primitives, Galeria Guignard, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1965 Salão Jovem, Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
Public Collection:
Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
Fundação Clóvis Salgado, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa - MG, Brazil
MAP - Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo - SP, Brasil
Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
Comma Art Foundation, Damme, Belgium
Selected Publications:
2022 Lorenzato, author Rodrigo Moura, publisher Ubu, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2022 Lorenzato: Landscapes, Gomide&Co, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2016 Um certo olhar – Coleção Celma Albuquerque, Galeria Estação, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2014 Lorenzato, the gradeur of modesty, Galeria Estação, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2014 Quase figura, quase forma, Galeria Estação, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2011 Lorenzato, publishing company C/Arte, São Paulo - SP, Brazil
2004 Lorenzato, C/Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1997 Um século de história das artes plásticas em Belo Horizonte, C/Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1994 A identidade virtual, a pedra sabão, Secretaria Municipal de Turismo e Cultura, Ouro Preto - MG, Brazil
1992 A. Poteiro, Lorenzato, Rodelnégio, Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1992 Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte: 10 anos, Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1990 Lorenzato: 90 anos, Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
1974 Brazilian dictionary of plastic artists v. 2, MEC / INL, Brasília - DF, Brazil
