SEAN PAUL LORENTZ
Metal Work & Sculpture
Petaluma, California

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My work is the product of an instinctive process
involving personal experience
and the perpetual development of skills within the medium I am using.
The materialization of each piece and the resulting discoveries I make about the medium or myself are critical elements of the finished sculpture. Each piece is cumulative of the knowledge gained from the ones preceding it, and represents the fluid evolution of my abilities
and my own personal responses to the materials I am manipulating and attempting to master.
Often kinetic, my work interacts with the viewer,
requiring their participation for its activation and movement.
With much of art guarded and untouchable, I break from the norm
and invite people to play with my work, become a part of it, and become surprised by
what their touch creates.

Sean Paul Lorentz

1983
Born in Petaluma, California
Currently lives and works in San Francisco Bay Area

Education

2006
Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art
University of California, Santa Cruz
2003-2005
Florence French Scholarship for the Arts and Irwin Project Award

Exhibitions

2012
CW Gallery, Petaluma, CA
2011
Special Relativity, Spacetime Studios, Queens, NY
2011
Group Show, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2011
Menagerie Collective, Hollis Studios, Oakland, CA
2010
Outrageous Claims, two person show with Eli Slaydon, Linda Ryan Gallery, Livermore. CA
2010
Beyond the Garden Wall, Dimensions Galleria, Petaluma, CA
2010
Rivertown Revival Public Gathering, Floating Installation in Petaluma River, Petaluma Arts Council, Petaluma, CA
2009
Eli Slayden & Sean Paul Lorentz, Self-Produced, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA
2009
Annual Juried Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
2008
Annual Juried Exhibition, Petaluma Art Council, Petaluma, CA
2007
Marin Brain Injury Network Benefit Exhibition, Marin County, CA

Residencies

2012
Salem 2 Salem Residency, Salem, Germany
2008-2010
Athena Artist Residency, Athena Foundation

Collections

Collection of Dallas Price & Bob Van Breda, San Francisco, CA
Collection of Kimberly Pfendler, Petaluma, CA
Private Collection, Hollywood, CA
Private Collection, Tiburon, CA

Commissions

2010
The Patt Dombroski Outdoor Classroom, co-commissioned by Dombroski Family & The Petaluma School District
2009
Female Figure, commissioned by Kimberly Pfendler

Relevant experience

2011-PRESENT
West Coast Studio Manager, Mark di Suvero (Spacetime cc)

Work Ex

2007-2010
Studio Assistant, Mark di Suvero (Spacetime cc)
2007
Foundry Technician, Monterey Sculpture Center, Monterey, CA
2007
Foundry Technician, Bronze Works, Santa Cruz, CA
2007
Teaching Assistant: Foundry, Cabrillo Junior College, Aptos, CA
2005-2007
Teaching Assistant: Foundry, University of California, Santa Cruz