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Chavez on a paint trip in ItalyLorenzo Chavez was born in New Mexico. He graduated with honors from the Colorado Institute of Art in 1983.  He participates in several national invitational group exhibitions including the Pastel Society of America in New York, the Artists of America Show in Denver, the Northwest Rendezvous, the Colorado Springs Fine Art Museum, the Nicolaysen Art Museum, the Loveland Museum, and the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles.

In 1995, he 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, and The Artist's Magazine (cover artist). He is a distinguished workshop instructor of pastel landscapes. Lorenzo's work is represented by six galleries in the United States and is included in many private and corporate collections nationally and internationally.

 

Education

Colorado Institute of Art - Graduated 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

Museum and National Group Shows

Northwest Rendezvous Group, Member 1994-2001

Artists of America – Denver 1999

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, 1992-2000

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, CA 1997

Nicolaysen Art Museum-Drawing Show, 1997

Mountaineering Museum-Western Landscape Show, 2002

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 shows since 1994

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, 2003

 Teaching

Scottsdale Artist School 1997-2003

Fredericksburg Artist School 2000-2003

Painting in the hills outside of Florence, Italy

Loveland Academy 1999, 2000

Valdez Art Workshops 2001

Northwest Pastel Society 1996, 2001

Art in the Aspens 1995, 1997, 2003

Denver Art Students League 1995

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

California Art Club

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