Lorenzo Nassimbeni

Lorenzo Nassimbeni (b. 1975) is a conceptual architect, visual artist, and educator whose practice is rooted in the analysis of urban and natural landscape. Conceptual thought, articulated through the discipline of drawing, serves as the generator for built architectures and artworks. Nassimbeni views his prints as architectural studies that investigate urban environments and offer ideas for building design, while also remaining artworks. Working between fine art and architecture, he aims to show that the intersection of these fields fosters creative expression and offers a new space for conceptual exploration.

Lorenzo Nassimbeni (b. 1975) is a Cape Town-born artist, educator and conceptual architect. He graduated from University of Cape Town in 2001 with a degree in Architecture. After some years in formal architectural practice, he entered the field of visual arts in 2008. Nassimbeni predominately works with pen and ink. The discipline of drawing is central to his ethos as an architect and artist. In the arena of printmaking, he favours etchings and monotypes. For Nassimbeni, “printing is a deeply gratifying artistic medium as it speaks to the architectural design process in terms of conceptual discourse and technical methodology”. Nassimbeni sees his prints as architectural explorations or studies investigative of urban conditions as well as potential material for a building design while reserving their power to remain works of art. As a practitioner who works between two fields, Nassimbeni hopes to “reveal that the space between the disciplines of fine art and architecture is richly generative of new creative expression and can be seen as a new site of conceptual discourse and practice.” Lorenzo Nassimbeni first worked with David Krut Workshop (DKW) in 2013, focusing on the subterranean architecture of Johannesburg. In 2014, he was featured at both the Johannesburg Art Fair and the Turbine Art Fair. In the following year he was part of the big group exhibition the Benediction of Shade II. 2016 saw his first solo exhibition with DKP, Falling In, as well as displays at Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg Art Fair and a part in the group exhibition Inch x Inch. In 2018, Nassimbeni worked on a new body of work with DKW which was later shown in his second solo exhibition at DKP, titled Polygraph. Other noteworthy group exhibitions featuring his work include State Of The Arts, 54th International Venice Biennale, Italian Pavilion (2011); Materials revisited, 10th Triennial for Form and Content, Museum for Applied Arts, Frankfurt (2011); L'architettura del mondo, Trienalle di Milano (2012); 14th Venice Architecture Biennale, Fittja pavilion, Botkyra Konsthall (2014), and the FNB Johannesburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa (2014 and 2016). Nassimbeni has recently been awarded the Social Impact Art Prize, a competition curated by the Rupert Museum, for an architectural installation. At present, Nassimbeni is working on a variety of community-based public art projects commissioned by the City of Cape Town. Nassimbeni has given numerous public talks and has taught extensively in the Department of Architecture at both WITS and UJ, Johannesburg. He currently runs the Third Year Design programme at SEA (School of Explorative Architecture).

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Artist Series E25: POLYGRAPH Chapters by Lorenzo Nassimbeni
Oct. 18, 2018

This episode of the David Krut Projects podcast is an audio guide to artist Lorenzo Nassimbeni solo showcase, POLYGRAPH. The...

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Artist Series E15: Lorenzo Nassimbeni studio visit
May. 2, 2018

Elize de Beer and Lorenzo Nassimbeni talk about his latest ventures in art since moving to Cape Town from Johannesburg....

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Subtle differences | Chine collé
Jul. 13, 2017

[caption id="attachment_44996" align="aligncenter" width="519"] Deborah Bell, Memo (Version A) uses torn colourful sheets of chine to highlight certain parts of...

Tags: Arts on Main, Chine, Chine Collé, Colle, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, Deborah Bell, Drypoint, Emalie Bingham, etching, Jaco van Schalkwyk, Japanese Paper, Jillian Ross, Lorenzo Nassimbeni, Lynda Ballen, paper, Printmaking, Quinten Williams, Washi
What went down at the FNB Joburg Art Fair? 2016-09
Sep. 12, 2016

12.09.16 Blogger: Jessie Cohen From the moment the FNB Joburg Art Fair (JAF) kicked off, we had a fabulous range of responses...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, FNB Joburg Art Fair 2016
Who are DKP featuring at the FNB Joburg Art Fair? 2016-09
Sep. 6, 2016

09.2016 Blogger: Jessie Cohen This year, David Krut Projects is proud to showcase South African and Ethiopian artists across 4 separate booths at the...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, DESTA, FNB Joburg Art Fair 2016
Master printer feature: Jillian Ross 2016-10
Aug. 16, 2016

28.10.16 Blogger: Jessie Cohen Master printer feature: Jillian Ross [caption id="attachment_42960" align="aligncenter" width="640"] DKW master printer Jillian Ross[/caption] For profiling Ross,...

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What’s new at DKW? A display of prints and paintings curated by our staff 2016-08
Aug. 8, 2016

08/08/16 Blogger: Jessie Cohen (JC) There is a new display of work on the walls at DKW - a combination...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main
A Cape Town Colleague’s Visit to the Golden City
Aug. 1, 2016

David Krut Projects Cape Town can get icy in winter. We had our annual break for the first two weeks...

Tags: Architecture, City of Gold, Collaboration, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, Edoardo Villa, Henri Matisse, Jan Smuts, Johannesburg Art, Maboneng, Prints, Turbine Art Fair, Walter Battiss
Fling. Fall. Fly: An inspiring studio visit with Lorenzo Nassimbeni
Jun. 23, 2016

Blogger: Jessie Cohen 23.06.16 “I’m getting out the house and flinging myself into a crazy swim. If I start drowning,...

Tags: David Krut Projects Johannesburg
Architectural Printmaking with Lorenzo Nassimbeni
Dec. 10, 2015

Blogger: Jessie Cohen 10.10.15 On entering the AOM workshop, architect-come-fine-artist Lorenzo Nassimbeni is already in work mode, pacing with a...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main
AOM: Control is the word
Dec. 8, 2015

Activities (and weather conditions) are heating up at AOM before we shut our doors for 2015. The team multi-task in...

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Lorenzo Nassimbeni at David Krut Print Workshop & NIROX Projects 2015
Jan. 27, 2015

  'Replenish', Ink on paper, 20 x 25 cm, 2014.Lorenzo Nassimbeni reflects on his formative experience of working with David...

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Mongezi Ncaphayi, Lorenzo Nassimbeni and Quinten Williams at DKW, Arts on Main
Jun. 21, 2014

Artists Mongezi Ncaphayi, Lorenzo Nassimbeni and Quinten Williams were in the David Krut Workshop (DKW) recently to create new works...

Tags: Arts on Main, Collaborative printmaking, David Krut Print Workshop
Lorenzo Nassimbeni at DKW
Nov. 15, 2013

The work of architect Lorenzo Nassimbeni is unique in its focus on the area where the disciplines of architecture and...

Tags: Arts on Main, Monotype

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