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LORENA IS A VENEZUELAN CANADIAN CONTEMPORARY PAINTER AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHOSE PRACTICE HAS BEEN SHAPED BY A LIFE LIVED ACROSS CULTURES, CREATIVE DISCIPLINES, AND CONSTANT REINVENTION. WITH A BACKGROUND SPANNING URBAN PLANNING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ACTING, AND THE ART OF CHOCOLATE MAKING, SHE BRINGS AN UNCONVENTIONAL PERSPECTIVE TO PAINTING.

HAVING LIVED IN VENEZUELA, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, MALTA, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, LORENA’S ARTISTIC LANGUAGE IS INFORMED BY MOVEMENT, CULTURAL CONTRASTS, AND AN EVER EVOLVING SENSE OF BELONGING. HER WORK INHABITS A SPACE BETWEEN NOSTALGIA AND SURREALISM, TRANSFORMING FRAGMENTS OF CHILDHOOD, EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES, AND PERSONAL MEMORIES INTO VIVID, PLAYFUL, AND EMOTIONALLY LAYERED COMPOSITIONS.

AFTER A DECADE OF BUILDING BUSINESSES AND EXPLORING DIFFERENT CREATIVE WORLDS, LORENA TURNED HER FOCUS TOWARD VISUAL ART, EMBRACING PAINTING AS A SPACE FOR EXPERIMENTATION, FREEDOM, AND SELF DISCOVERY.

COLOUR IS AT THE CORE OF HER ARTISTIC UNIVERSE. FOR LORENA, COLOUR IS MORE THAN A VISUAL ELEMENT, IT IS A LANGUAGE OF ITS OWN, A WAY TO EXPRESS WHAT WORDS CANNOT, CHALLENGE PERCEPTION, AND BRING IMAGINED WORLDS TO LIFE.