| The image making process itself is often foregrounded in the frequently SURREAL photographic work of Raimundo J. Lorenzo Peña (1952), who was born and continues to live in Albacete, Spain. Having started his artistic career as a painter, Lorenzo Peña studied photography at the Centre of Image Studies (Centro de Estudios de la Imagen) in Barcelona in 1979. In addition to being a practicing artist he is also a professor of physics and chemistry and teacher of audiovisual communication in the 1.E.S. ‘Amparo Sanz’ of Albacete. The following is a selection of the many exhibitions where Lorenzo´s work has been shown: Individual
2001. ‘Analogue and Digital’, Ateneo Albacetense.
1997. Albacete Hospital Complex.
1996. ‘Transformations: The Spirit of Photography’, La Asunciön Cultural Centre, Albacete.
1995. ‘Imagine’, Casa de la Cultura de Villarrobledo, Albacete. Collective
2002. ‘4 Photographers’, La Asunciön Cultural Centre, Albacete.
Amaga Gallery, Avilés.
2001. Print 2001 Madrid, Murcia Centre of Graphic Art and Contemporary Printmaking, El Jardinico.
1999. VII Photography Invitational, City of Albacete.
1995. IV Photography Invitational, City of Albacete.
Exhibition of the ‘Quince’ Association, Chinchilla de Montearagón.
1994. ‘Albacete Countryside’, Albacete Festival. In addition, he has won numerous awards for his photographic work, including the following accolades: 1998. Prize for the best colour photograph in the VII Photography Invitational, City of Albacete.
1989. Second Prize in the XXI National Photography Competition, Almansa.
1988. Plastic Arts Prize, Rallyrama 88: II Photography Rally of the Greater Metropolitan area of Madrid.
1987. First and Second Prize for Colour Photography in the competition ‘V Centenary of Franciscans’, Albacete. |
| While Lorenzo Peña´s work includes some ‘straight’ photography he more commonly combines his passions, manipulating his images and creating painterly effects by employing a wide range of image making techniques from very old processes, such as calotypes and photograms, to the latest digital technology. His work also ranges in subject. Some images are primarily studies of texture, form and colour, while others are also intriguing explorations of the body or imaginary landscapes. He often contrasts the natural and the artificial, analogue and digital, and the real and the virtual, to startling effect. |
