Paul Lorenz CV
Paul Lorenz CV

Paul Lorenz
21569 West Durango Street Buckeye, Arizona 85------------ ------------
Education
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MFA, Music Composition, Vermont College of Fine Art (2019), Montpelier, Vermont Extension Program, Painting, University of California, Berkeley, California
Studio Program, International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
Studio Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Architecture degree, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
Professional Experience
2004-present 2003-2011
2001-2003
2007, 2009 2005-2011
2001-2003
Independent artist, Paducah, Kentucky and Phoenix, Arizona Professional artist, exhibiting nationally and internationally.
Academy of Art University, Paducah, Kentucky
Master class instructor: Abstraction and Interpretation I, II, III Master Directed Study advisor for MFA candidates,
Cyber Campus, On-Line Classes
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
Master class instructor: Abstraction and Interpretation I, II, III Master Directed Study advisor for MFA candidates
Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy Conference Lecturer, Abstraction
River’s Edge International Film Festival, Paducah, Kentucky 2010, Director
2009, Programming Consultant
2005-2008, Chairman of Film Selection and Co-Director 2005, Co-Founder of festival
Fourth Street Studio, Berkeley, California
Professional artist, exhibiting nationally and internationally

Chamber Performances
2019 Etude for Bellows (Anna’s Ghost Ensemble), Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont
2018 A Suitcase of Trouble (with Roger Zahab) The Sky is a Wall (loadbang)
Trauma Opening (Carla Kihlstedt, Jenny Davis, Garrett Steele, D.J. Tetreault, Ethan Foote) Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montepelier, Vermont
Black Shadows (with Soli Chamber Ensemble), Alba Music Festival, Alba, Italy
Black Line No. 2 (with Counterpoint Vocal Quartet)
Vermont College of Fine Art
Membrane (with Carla Kihlstedt, Diane Moser, Mike Early and John Malia) Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, Vermont
2017 String Quartet No. 24 (extracted from Octet No. 1) Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Pink Horizon (with Transient Canvas), Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, Vermont
2015 Octet No. 1 and Improvisation,
Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2013 Hackney WickED Art Festival, London, UK
Heygate Estate Improvisation Concert, London, UK
Sound Performances
2018 Linear Stream, (with Perception Project), Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
2017 Membrane (with Todd Birdsong), 112 S. 5th Street, Paducah, Kentucky U9N2E6S1C7O (with Perception Project), UNESCO Conference, Paducah, Kentucky
2016 Untitled:Line (with Todd Birdsong), Paducah School of Art and Design, Paducah, Kentucky
2015 Reclamation & Reception (with Todd Birdsong), Studio Mars, Paducah, Kentucky Ink Makes Noise (with Todd Birdsong), Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky

Video Scores
2016 Punctuation Marks for an Endless Sentence (with Ynin Shillo)
2015 Mary (with Glenn Hall), SELF Festival, Venice, Italy (in conjunction with the Venice Biennale)
Residencies and Symposia
2014 Shangyuan Art Museum, artist in residence, Beijing, China
2013 Rhythm Analysis, artist in residence, Fourthland, London, UK 2009 Air Le Parc, artist in residence, Pampelonne, France
2008 Association des Beaux Arts, Monastir, Tunisia
Select Publications
2015 Shayukou, catalog for solo exhibition, Yeiser Art Center
Shayukou, book with CD, Yeiser Art Center
2014 Patron Magazine, February/March issue, ‘Noted Galleries. LuminArte Gallery’ Line and Sound, the London Recordings and Merida Sessions, book with CD
2011 House Beautiful, July/August Issue, ‘A 900 SF Apartment’
2009 Chicago Gallery News, April/August: Homey Advert, pg 14 and pg 44
2007 SRQ, November: ‘Ghost World: Absence and Shadow’ Chicago Home + Garden, September/October: ‘Picture This’ WOW, volume 11: ‘Paul Lorenz
2006 Arts Across Kentucky, Summer 2006: ‘Surpassing Expectations’ 2003 Art of Northern California, Alcove Books, Berkeley, California

Solo Exhibitions (Drawing and Painting)
2019 Between Living and Sound, Modified Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
2018 Linear Stream, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
2016 Geometric Abstractions, LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, Texas Nights and Clouds, the Center on Halsted, Chicago, Illinois
2015 Shayukou: the Paintings, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky Personal Archaeology, Gallery IMA, Seattle, Washington
2012 Line and Shadow, Gallery IMA, Seattle, Washington
Architecture and Moment, the Center on Halsted, Chicago, Illinois Color and Momentum, Homey Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2011 In One Day, Cortona Gallery, Ashford University, Clinton, Iowa
2010 After France, Homey, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Oil and Water, Gallery IMA, Seattle, Washington New Work, Galerie Daniel Vignal, Toulouse, France
New Work, Homey, Chicago, Illinois
2008 New Work, Greene Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida Paper, Canvas and Panel, Homey, Chicago, Illinois
2007 New Work on Canvas, Greene Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida Marks and Gestures, Hang, San Francisco, California
2005 New Work on Paper, Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico
2002 Running and Standing Still, Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, California On the Horizon, Hang, Palo Alto, California
2001 New Work, Hang, San Francisco, California

Select Group Exhibitions (Drawing and Painting)
2018 DADA Art Walk, LuminArte |Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 Abstract Mind, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Cedarhurst Biennial, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
2015 Pintura Fresca, Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2014 Outside the Lines, LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, Texas Pintura Fresca, Eco-Domaine de l-Etrille, Bruz, France
Present Art, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2013 Aligned, DM Contemporary, New York City, New York New Works, LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Palm Springs Modernism:Contemporary Work, Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, California
World Wide West, the Hofburg Palace, Innsbruck, Austria
The Summer Show, DM Contemporary, New York City, New York
Realites Nouvelles, Paris, France
2012 Realites Nouvelles, Paris, France Pintura Fresca, MOP, Sydney, Australia
Unfolding Evolutions, Spazio Linea, Florence, Italy
2011 Pintura Fresca, Edsvik Konsthall, Sollentuna, Sweden (Stockholm) The Summer Show, DM Contemporary, New York City, New York Faces of Abstraction, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
It’s a Fine Line/Obsession and Will, DM Contemporary,
New York City, New York
2010 Pintura Fresca, Nothburga Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria
Art & Integration, Studio Artemisia, Palazzo della Podesta. Pescia, Italy
2009 Pinture Fresca, Holtzman Gallery, Towson University, Towson, Maryland
Pintura Fresca, Knauer Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Artists for Peace Art Action Project, Istanbul Dolmabahce Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 Pintura Fresca, Gallery 425, Slough, United Kingdom (London) Pintura Fresca, artyfakt, Singapore
2006 Talent 2006, Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, New York 2005 Talent 2005, Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, New York

Kentucky National Biennial, Murray State University, Murray, KY Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
2004 Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY ArtExpo.Mexico.04, Galeana 70, Centro, Morelia, Mexico
2002 Triennale International d’Art Contemporain, La Grande Arche, Paris, France
2001 Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
Awards
2009 Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy Citta de Firenze Medal
2005 Kentucky National Biennial, Third Place Winner
2001 Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy Fifth Place Medal, Painting