Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato

1900 - 1995 Belo Horizonte | MG – Brazil

Currently recognized as one of the greatest names of Brazilian Modernism, Amadeo Lorenzato, of Italian descendant, began painting walls as a child, but it was in his adolescence that he studied arts, during the time he lived in Italy with his family. Back in Brazil, after an accident that made him unable to work in civil construction in 1956, Lorenzato began dedicating himself exclusively to the artistic practice. The technical refinement brought him closer to the formal aspects of lines and colors, which gained prominence with the use of a sort of metal comb, normally used to create patterns on walls. His pictorial compositions bring together simple, spontaneous and deep lines, demonstrating a genuine minimalism in the representation of the ordinary scenarios of the popular neighborhoods of Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais State.

Individual Exhibitions:

2022 Lorenzato: Landscapes, Gomide&Co, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2019 Lorenzato, Mendes Wood, Brussels, Belgium

2019 Lorenzato, Mendes Wood, New York, USA

2019 Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, David Zwirner Gallery, London, England

2019 Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Sotheby’s S|2 London Gallery, Londron, England

2017 Lorenzato: Simple single, Centro Cultural Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

2014 Lorenzato: And you can’t even imagine that Epaminondas is me, Galeria Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2014 Lorenzato, the gradeur of modesty, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2008 Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

2007 Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

2001 100 years of Lorenzato, Galeria da Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

2000 100 years of Amadeo Lorenzato, Casa dos Contos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1996 Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1994 Galeria da Caixa, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1988 Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1986 Espaço Asal, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1984 Casa dos Contos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1981 Galeria Brasiliana, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

1977 Galeria Memória Cooperativa de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1973 Galeria Arte e Livro, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1973 Petit Palais, Paris, France

1971 Galeria Chez Bastião, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1967 Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1964 Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Collective Exhibitions:

2021 They Were Here, Galeria Base, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2020 EnormousBalls, Mendes Woods DM, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2020 Landscapes of the South, Mendes Woods DM, Bruxelas, Belgium

2019 Paths, Mendes Woods DM, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2019 Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, David Zwirner Gallery, London, England

2018 Least common, multiple, Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2016 A certain look – Collection of Celma Albuquerque, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

1996 Popular Artists of Belo Horizonte, Centro Cultural da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1982 National Exhibition of Folk Paintings, Bauru, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

1981 Exhibition of Art and crafts, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1980 Earth People, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

1980 Mining Primitives, Mandala Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1976 Salão do Pequeno Quadro, Galeria da Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1973 Third Triennale of Bratislava, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

1970 Folklore Week, Galeria Minart, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1970 Five Primitives, Galeria Guignard, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1965 Salão Jovem, Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Public Collection:

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Fundação Clóvis Salgado, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil

Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco

Selected Publications:

2022 Lorenzato, author Rodrigo Moura, publisher Ubu, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2022 Lorenzato: Landscapes, Gomide&Co, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2016 Um certo olhar – Coleção Celma Albuquerque, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2014 Lorenzato, the gradeur of modesty, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2014 Quase figura, quase forma, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2011 Lorenzato, publishing company C/Arte, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

2004 Lorenzato, C/Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1997 Um século de história das artes plásticas em Belo Horizonte, C/Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1994 A identidade virtual, a pedra sabão, Secretaria Municipal de Turismo e Cultura, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
1992 A. Poteiro, Lorenzato, Rodelnégio, Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1992 Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte: 10 anos, Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1990 Lorenzato: 90 anos, Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

1974 Brazilian dictionary of plastic artists v. 2, MEC / INL, Brasília, DF, Brazil