Lorenzo Quinn Artist Biography"It is essential to find a balance in life. Many times that balance is due to the people that surround us and that hold us firm to the ground and without whom we would float into perdition".
Born in Rome in 1966, Lorenzo Quinn, the son of acclaimed actor Anthony Quinn, was raised in both Italy and the United States where he studied at the American Academy of Fine Arts in New York and subsequently in workshops and foundries across the United States and Europe.
Starting out as a painter in 1982, he soon discovered that a dimension was missing from his works and that he could not offer anything that had not already been offered by other artists before him. Turning to sculpture because of a deep-rooted need to create, he found this medium allowed him to convey his innermost feelings to the viewer; it is, in fact, this direct communication which Lorenzo constantly seeks. Lorenzo Quinn says, "It is the viewer that interests me not the art critic...I make art for myself and the people who wish to come along for a ride through my dreams." He is inspired by the great masters such as Michelangelo, Bernini, Carpaux and Rodin, and he frequently returns to Italy to gain inspiration and knowledge.
Lorenzo's work is included in many private collections throughout the world. Commission work has included being commissioned by the Vatican to sculpt the likeness of Saint Anthony, in commemoration of the Eighth Centennial of the Saint's birth. Lorenzo Quinn's sculpture was blessed by the Holy Father in Saint Peter's Square before it was placed in the Basilica del Santo in Padua in 1995.
Quinn has also been commissioned by the United Nations to produce a stamp for their collection, as well as placing several monumental sculptures throughout the UK and Europe. Other than having exhibited throughout the United States, Lorenzo has shown his work in South America, Europe and Asia.
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