Lorenzo Monnini
Lorenzo Monnini, Stanza series, 2022, 130 x 100 cm, oil on canvas, exhibition view 'Garage Band', courtesy of Adrien Thibault.
Lorenzo Monnini’s (b. 1990) work reflects his interest between the language of architecture and the manifestation of political ideas through optical canons and visual iconographies, looking at hierarchies among the objects that compose the contemporary landscape. Adopting a sculptural approach to pictorial language, he works with crafted materials, repurposed imageries, and textural experimentations, referencing how different densities, opacity, colours, consistencies often sit one next to the other – sometimes in a deceptive, or illusionary form.



Biography
Exhibitions
Monnini's work has been featured in monographic and group exhibitions, including at: Balcony (2019, Lisbon), Cripta747 (2019, Turin), Hockney Gallery (2018, London), Kunstraum Gallery, in collaboration with FTHo (2018, London), Barbican Art GroupTrust, for the London Artworks Open Prize (2017, London), Camberwell College of Art for his degree (2017, London), Dilston Grove Gallery (2015, London), The Bear (2014, London), Harts Lane gallery (2014, London).
Awards
2019 Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust, London, UK
2017 Artwork Open Prize, selected by Florence Peake and Tai Shani at the Barbican Arts GroupTrust, London, UK
Related Artworks
Lorenzo Monnini (b. 1990, Milan) lives and works in Milan. He holds an MA in painting from the Royal College of Art (2018) and a BA in Fine Art from Cam- berwell College of Arts (2016).
Awards
Residencies
2019 Cripta747 Studio Programme , Turin, IT
2019 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, IT
Lorenzo Monnini, 'Stanza 1', 2022, Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 130 cm
Lorenzo Monnini, 'Stanza 2', 2022, Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 130 cm
Lorenzo Monnini, 'Gran Torino', 2019, Oil on linen, ropes, 40 cm x 50 cm
Lorenzo Monnini, 'Gazebo', 2019, Oil on linen, sand, ropes, 77 cm x 100 cm
Lorenzo Monnini, 'Sun Dial', 2019, Oil on linen, sand, ropes, 100 cm x 77 cm
Lorenzo Monnini 'Untitled', 2019, Oil on canvas, modeling paste, 47 cm x 60 cm,
Lorenzo Monnini 'Untitled', 2019, Oil on canvas, modeling paste, 47 cm x 60 cm,
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