Lorenzo Dolce

Lorenzo Dolce is a Chicago artist. Lorenzo has been creating and painting for over three decades. His work explores surrealism and abstraction. His medium of choice is oil paint on canvas with use of oil markers, oil stick and oil pastel. He explores automatic drawing and intuitive color choices from a primary color palate. Lorenzo has displayed artwork at various shows and galleries in Colorado, Illinois and New York. He is a four-time recipient of the Art Merit Scholarship at NEIU. Lorenzo graduated Cum Laude in May of 2025.

When creating, I use a method I am developing called, “Double-Blind Gestural Method”. I start with a blindfold, using two oil sticks or two oil pastels. Then, I approach the canvas and do a gestural drawing, with my vision occluded. I work on canvas, with oil paint, oil markers, oil sticks, and oil pastels filling in colors from my gestural drawing.

My colors are derived from the primary palette to create unity. Mixing color is one of my favorite aspects of creating. The primary palette helps me discover new color choices and combinations of color, using white and black to tone my colors. My color process is intuitive, when making color choices, reacting to what the color is, creating visual tension. Aiming...

Bachelors of Art in Studio Art From Northeastern Illinois University

2025 Fulton Street Collective, Group show, Chicago, IL

2025 The Other Art Fair, NEIU booth participant, Chicago, IL

2025 Dragonfly Gallery, Group Show, Chicago, IL

2025 Arrival Gallery, Group Show, Brookly, NY

2025 Chicago Grand Gallery, Group show, Chicago, IL

2025 Senior Exhibition: NEIU Skylight gallery, Chicago, IL


2024 Visions Unveiled, Group Show, Dragonfly Gallery, Chicago, IL

Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

2023 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

2022 Colors of Destiny, Solo Show, Add Chapter Café, Chicago, IL

2019 Fibonacci Dream, Solo Show, Sputnik, Denver CO

2018 Green Man Land, Solo Show, Sputnik, Denver CO

2010 Juried Show, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO

2009 Images of the Past, Solo Show, Zebra Gallery, Denver, CO

Skateboard Art, Group show, Zebra Gallery, Denver, CO

2008 Images of Delight, Solo Show, Strange Beauty, Chicago, IL

2007 Solo Show, Fakture Gallery, Denver, CO

2006 Solo Show, Fakture Gallery, Denver, CO

2005 Solo Show, Fakture Gallery, Denver, CO

2004 Juried Show, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO

2003 Student Group Show, Colorado Gallery, Littleton, CO

2002 Student Group Show,...