Background
Lorenzo Belenguer was born in 1970 in Valencia, Spain.
Lorenzo Belenguer was born in 1970 in Valencia, Spain.
Lorenzo Belenguer studied at the University of Valencia in Spain and the University of the Arts London.
Belenguer managed an art gallery for 6 years before deciding to become a full-time artist himself.
He created "Testimonies", a project for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
His exhibitions and performances occurred at the Serpentine Gallery, Tate Liverpool, and Tate Modern. In July 2014, Belenguer participated in the art exhibition "Marvellous Mix-ups X1 Big Deal" in London. In October 2014, he was invited to exhibit in "We Could not Agree" that took place in central London.
In early 2016, Belenguer set up a studio in Villar del Arzobispo, Valencia, called "Estudio Mediterraneum" with the intention of organizing an exchange of artists residencies between London and Valencia.
In May 2016, he curated and exhibited in the show "NY/Rome Minimalism/Arte Povera" about Contemporary Minimalism that included his colleague Gavin Turk.
Belenguer set up a gallery project in May 2017 in Notting Hill, London, in an undisclosed address. It is named "The Incognito Art Gallery".
Quotations:
"I think you are an artist because you are born an artist. You are a musician because you are born a musician. You are not made; you are born. You have the need. I‘m not sure why or how or if it’s genetic code. But you are an artist because you have the need to make art. You will make it regardless of whether you sell it or not. You just keep making it. I’ve always had this need - always, always, always - but I always also felt you have to have a proper job - a safe, secure job.”
"You are either a gallerist or you are an artist. You cannot be both. You have to choose one way or the other.”
Lorenzo is a deft thinker whose work is bolstered with conceptual clarity.
He had always been fascinated by fashion. But he never translated this fascination into his own art.