Lorenza Cavalli

"Art is a state of connection that uses the existence ingredients to unite the worlds of the possible with those of the impossible." Lorenza Cavalli ​

The foundation of my research concerns the alliance between visible and invisible.

I have always believed that technique is not a way to look backward but, on the contrary, an added value useful for achieving important and innovative creative milestones. Starting from this premise, the figurative painting that characterized the first part of my production has offered me the opportunity to play on the borderline between the material and immaterial dimensions.

During my academic training, I was chosen as the sole artist for the realization of an extensive Nautical Art project, for which I created over seventy oil paintings on canvas, appreciated by enthusiasts and leading figures in the maritime world in Italy and abroad.

From the very subject of these works, my interest in the synergy between the known and the unknown, of which navigation is a symbol, was born: an emblem of the human drive to strive for the absolute.

The oil highlights on canvas, made with a brush, continue the research begun with the abstracts that juxtapose painting and sculpture, through which I aim to capture...

EDUCATION:

Milan, Brera Academy of Fine Arts
2007 - Degree in painting

Tervuren (BE), Recherches Experimentelles et Documentation en Sciences Humaines
2004 - Training Course: 48 practical-theoretical stages of applied art experimentation and aesthetic writing

Cremona, Bonifacio Bembo Art School
1997 - Artistic High School Diploma

RESIDENCES:

Milan, Fabbrica del Vapore - Center of Contemporary Art
2015 - Artist Residence at Careof

Nice, Villa Arson - Center of Contemporary Art
2003 - Scholarship

Matelica (MC) - Installation sponsored by the EU
2001 - Residence for the enhancement of the historic center of Braccano

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 - The Gates of the Sea
Permanent installation
Costa Toscana ship of Costa Cruises

2019 - Sailing with Time
Double Solo Exhibition
Lorenza Cavalli · Shuai Zong
Five Gallery, Lugano CH

​2018 - In Limine Arcus
Open Atelier
Lorenza Cavalli Showroom, Milan

2017 - Light Up Paradise
Kromya Art Gallery, Lugano CH

2016 - Lux in Vento
MA EC Milan Art & Events Center, Milan

2015 - Sacrum Abundantiae
c / o Careof
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan

2011 - Between Spirit and Matter
Double Solo Exhibition
Lorenza Cavalli, Georganne Watters
Former Pharmacy San Filippo Neri, Parma

Mikrokosmos
Double Solo Exhibition
Lorenza Cavalli, Lorenzo Sala
CortiCircuiti, Milan

2010 - Il Cielo allo Specchio
Svettini Contemporary Art, Milan

2009 - Eco Sospesa
Svettini Contemporary Art, Milan

2008 - presented by Nautica Editrice
48th Boat Show, Genoa

Ancorae Speculum
Rocca Meli Lupi of Soragna, Parma

2007 - Skyportrait
Yacht Club Milan

​2005 - Lorenza Cavalli oil on canvas
Auction House Il Ponte, Milan

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2018
PAVIART Modern and Contemporary Art Fair
Ce.Co. Gallery
Sixth Edition, Pavia

Il Forte Arte Gallery,
Forte dei Marmi (LU)

2016
Tower of Babel
MA EC Milan Art & Events Center, Milan

2014
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