La Lorenita
1999
1999
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Bio
Lorena Rode is a multi-media artist and writer. She was born in Germany, but grew up navigating between Europe, South America, and Africa, constantly adapting to new environments. This nomadic upbringing challenged her sense of belonging, making her both a home to the foreign and foreign to her roots.
In her work, Lorena seeks to embrace such harmonious contradictions. She challenges certainties like the notion that objects lack life or that truth relies solely on measurable aspects. Her focus on animating materials reflects her belief that all matter carries a unique vitality. Through mediums like clay, wool, fabric, and steel, she engages in a meditative dialogue with her materials, crafting sculptures, jewellery, costumes, and interactive creations.
Her art re-imagines narratives and offers pathways toward a symbiotic relationship with the environment and each other, aiming to embody care and serve as a tangible expression of nurturing.
Reach out to me!
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Exhibitions
September 2023
Group show, “A Call for Care”, Buitenplaats Briennenord, Rotterdam
August 2023
Group show, "How small can you go", RUIS, Nijmengen
August 2023
Design Fair, Trendz, Gorichem
April 2023
Young Design Selection, Het Niewe Instituut, Rotterdam
April 2023
Performance, “Mama Limonada”, MoMo Festival, Rotterdam
April 2023
Group show: “Music word geserveerd”, Time is the New Space, Rotterdam
September 2022
Performance: “Das Tischdecken”, Garage, Rotterdam
June 2022
Group show, “Ya le pondremos un Nombre”, EtHall, Barcelona
November 2022
Performance: “Washing Trapped Air”, CodArts, Rotterdam
May 2021
Short Film Challenge, "Defragment", Galerie de Jaloezie, Rotterdam
Events & Programs
September 2023
Annual Para-Academic Course on Territorial Innovation, Living Summerschool, Kortrijk
September 2023
Het Grote Atelier Weekend, Rotterdam
May 2023
Art Route, Go west!, Rotterdam
November 2021
Group project, Kunst blijft slapen, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
September 2022
Het Grote Atelier Weekend, Rotterdam
Work Expierience
August 2021
Workshop curator, working with ceramics and glass,
Steiner Pottery, Frankfurt
July 2021
Workshop curator at the Elderly Home Quellenhof,
Bad Vilbel
September 2019 -
March 2020
Art assistant of Jessica van Deursen, Rotterdam
November 2018
Art assistant of Pablo Gamboa Santos, Quito
November 2018
Art assistant of Pepe Avilés, Quito
October 2018
Art assistant of Maria Perez, Quito
December 2017
Curator of the workshop for the elderly: “Recreate memories Artistically”, Bad Vilbel
Education
September 2019 - July 2023
Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bachelor of Fine Art
September 2016 - July 2018
Europäische Schule Rhein Main, Bad Vilbel, Germany
European Baccalaureate
August 2011 - July 2016
International School of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
August 2008 - July 2011
Heiligenstock Schule, Hofheim, Germany
August 2005 - July 2008
Deutsche Schule, San Salvador, El Salvador