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Lorenzo Chavez was born in New Mexico and now resides in Colorado with his family. He graduated with honors from the Colorado Institute of Art in 1983.  He participates in many prestigious national invitational group exhibitions including the Pastel Society of America in New York, Artists of America Show in Denver, the Coors Western Art Show, Northwest Rendezvous group, Albuquerque Art Museum, Bradford Brinton Museum, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Colorado Springs Fine Art Museum, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Loveland Museum, and the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles.
 
Recently, Lorenzo has participated as a guest artist with the Plein Air Painters of America, the Laguna Plein Air exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum, and in the "American Art in Miniature" exhibition at the Gilcrease Museum.
 

El Capitan, Navajo Nation
 

Lorenzo was honored with a successful one-man show at the C. M. Russell Museum. His work is featured in popular publications such as Southwest Art, Artists of the West, Art-Talk, The Artist's Magazine, and the Pastel Journal. Two new publications feature his works: Pure Color: The Best of Pastel (North Light Books, 2006) and Plein Air New Mexico (Richeson, 2006). He is a distinguished workshop instructor of pastel landscapes. Lorenzo's work is represented in six galleries in the United States and is included in many private and corporate collections both nationally and internationally.

 
 

Museum and National Group Shows

Gilcrease Museum-American Art In Miniature, 2006

Albuquerque Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM 2005-2006

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 2006

Bradford Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY - 2005, 2006

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum Invitational, TX - 2006

Mountaineering Museum-Western Landscape Show, 2002-2005

Plein Air Painters of America, Lake Tahoe, CA

Northwest Rendezvous Group, Member 1994-2006

Artists of America – Denver, CO

Pastel Society of America – New York, NY

Artists of the West, Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs, CO 1991-1996

Artists of the West, Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs, CO-Featured Artist 1992

Landscapes of the American West-Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, AZ-1996

Coors Western Art Show, Denver, CO-1998-2000

Colorado Governors Invitational, Loveland Museum 1990-1998

Settlers West Gallery Annual Miniature Show, 1992-2006

The American Landscape-Big Horn Galleries, National Touring Show, 1997

Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, 1994-1996

Gene Autrey Museum-Classic American Art Show, Los Angles, CA1997

Nicolaysen Art Museum-Drawing Show, 1997

   

Museum Shows-One Person

C.M. Russell Museum, 1995

 

One Person Gallery Shows

Turner Art Gallery, Denver, CO 1994, 1996 & 1999

Grapevine Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK annual show 1994-2007

Taos Art Gallery, Taos, NM 1994

Long Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 1991-1997

 

Gallery Group Shows

Trailside Galleries

-          four person show-Jackson Hole, WY

-          two person show-Jackson Hole, WY

-          three person show-Carmel, CA

Settlers West Gallery

-          five person show-Tucson, AZ

Turner Art Gallery

-          three person show-Denver, CO 2000

Mockingbird Gallery

-          two person show-Bend, OR 2002 - 2005

Pińon Fine Art

-          three person show-Denver, CO 2005

  
Teaching: Landscape Painting

Scottsdale Artist School 1997-2007

Fechin Art Workshops 2005, 2007

Fredericksburg Artist School 2000-2007

Loveland Academy 1999, 2000

Valdez Art Workshops 2001

Art in the Aspens 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005

Denver Art Students League 1995

Pastel Societies Across America

  

Publications

Southwest Art - 1992, 2002

Art of the West - 1997

American Artist - 2001

Artist's Magazine - 2003 (cover artist)

Pastel Journal - 2001, 2002, 2003

Art Talk - 1992, 1998

Denver Post

Colorado Springs Gazette

 
National Affiliations

Northwest Rendezvous

Plein Air New Mexico

California Art Club

 
Education

Colorado Institute of Art - Graduated with honors 1983

Art Students League of Denver - 1987 - Studied under Mark Daily

 
Professional Workshops

Ned Jacob - 1989 

Richard Schmid - 1989

Clyde Aspevig - 1990

Michael Lynch - 1996

Skip Whitcomb - 2000

  

Venice, Italy

 
 
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