José Lourenço
Bio
José Lourenço (Lisbon, Portugal, 1975) is a Portuguese visual artist, creative professional and animator, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon. His artistic practice explores the relationship between colour and architecture, developing a distinctive visual language characterised by attention to detail and a sense of humour. He has held several solo exhibitions, and his work is included in national and international collections, such as the PLMJ Foundation, the Union Fenosa Museum of Contemporary Art (MACUF), the Pedro Barrié de la Maza Foundation and the Northern Contemporary Art Collection of the Government of Cantabria. He has also developed creative projects for international brands including Casio, Huawei, TAP and Uber.
Statement
Inspired by architects and designers of the twentieth-century modern movement, the artist depicts homely environments, seemingly stripped down, but incredibly human in the details that show everyday life, such as an open book, a vase of flowers or a toy abandoned in the midst of activity.
José Lourenço immortalizes moments through the sharp shadows and textures that permeate his paintings. Between the dream, represented with natural environments as far as the eye can see, and hypothetical reality, materialized by the presence of mundane objects, the artist creates his own habitat, a refuge where he lives and finds protection.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
