ITALIAN, B. 1981

Lorenzo Vignoli was born in 1981 in the medieval Tuscan town of Lucca, Tuscany, exposed to art from an early age by parents who nurtured his creative curiosity. 

He studied Painting at Central Saint Martin's School of Art in London and Figure Drawing and Urban Landscape at the Art Institute of Chicago before embarking on years of formative travels, gathering creative inspirations at artist residences in far‑flung places like Rwanda, Israel, Bosnia, Ireland and Brazil.

Returning to his home town of Carrara, Italy, he enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara and spent several years working as a resident sculptor in the iconic marble emporiums in and around Carrara and Pietrasanta.

Lorenzo Vignoli's skill of stonemasonry references the classical sense of beauty and the aesthetic style of two sculptors in particular, Michelangelo and Rodin. His captivating sculptures are evocative of classical figurative forms as much as they are influenced by modernist abstract movements.

Vignoli’s sculptures have been exhibited throughout Italy and in several public and commissioned projects in California, Australia, China, Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.

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CURRENT AND UP COMING PROJECTS

In 2025/26, his marble sculpture Embrione, carved from Carrara marble, will be exhibited for one year by the sea at Lido di Pietrasanta, as part of a prestigious public exhibition organized by the Comune di Pietrasanta. Embrione embodies the fragile yet powerful essence of human existence, and its placement by the sea highlights its dialogue with nature and time.

Alongside this, Vignoli is leading an International Sculpture Symposium at the Monastery of Siloe in Grosseto, bringing together artists from around the world to share visions, techniques, and cultural exchange through the art of sculpture.

He is also currently working on a new collection of sculptures, continuing his exploration of the interplay between classical traditions and modern abstraction, expanding the emotional and formal language of his work.