LGeorge Art
As Lorena George, the artist behind LGeorge Art, I invite you into a world where I transform the overlooked into the unforgettable. My sculptural and ephemeral works are an invitation to pause, to truly feel, to imagine, and to rediscover the profound beauty residing in life’s fleeting moments.
Each creation is a deeply personal sensory experience – a deliberate exploration of light, texture, and the transient nature that defines our existence.
My Inspiration: From Bean to Art
As an Ecuadorian visual artist living in Northern Italy, I found my artistic voice in the rich coffee culture surrounding me. Six years ago, during an interior design course in Milan, a project on a coffee brand sparked an unexpected fascination. Discovering the potential of coffee’s “discarded part” – its grounds – I was captivated by the idea of transforming this humble waste into art. This curiosity ignited a passionate journey of experimentation, leading me to create sculptural and ephemeral works that explore texture, light, and impermanence through the unique medium of coffee.
Ephemeral and Sculptural Matter: A Duality in Coffee
My current work delves into the fascinating duality of coffee waste, giving rise to two distinct yet interconnected lines of creation:
Sculptural Work (Permanent)
Here, coffee residue becomes my rich palette of earthy browns, creating high-density, textured canvases. These solid pieces are my exploration of light and shadow, achieving an almost visceral, sculptural depth and a powerful, enduring presence. With these works, I actively invite the viewer to go beyond mere visual contemplation: to touch, to feel the textures, to experience the artwork through a complete and tangible sensory journey.
Ephemeral Work (Fugacity)
These are portraits created entirely with dry, discarded coffee grounds. Often, these figures are born directly from my imagination – faces that emerge from my mind and materialize fleetingly. They are designed with a poignant vulnerability, destined to vanish with a single breath or the whisper of the passing wind. These works are my meditations on impermanence, enduring only through their photographic and video documentation – capturing eternity in a fleeting
My Professional Trajectory: Art as a Force for Change
My career has been a multidisciplinary journey, firmly rooted in creation, conservation, and pedagogy.
- Social Impact (2010–2018): This period was profoundly important to me. I founded and directed an inclusive art studio, a space dedicated to training and empowering artists with disabilities to achieve self-sustainability. I spearheaded multiple artistic inclusion projects, proudly leading the training of over 80 teachers in inclusive methodologies, convinced that art should be accessible to all.
- Art and Curatorial Practice: I’ve had the privilege of organizing significant exhibitions, such as “Raíces del Alma” (2016), and directing large-scale public art interventions that brought art directly into the community.
- Cultural Heritage: My commitment to conservation led me to collaborate in the meticulous restoration of the high altarpiece of the historic Church of the Company of Jesus (Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús), a cherished UNESCO World Heritage site in Ecuador.
- International Exhibitions: My work has traveled, allowing me to share my vision internationally, including exhibitions like “Ebocándome” in Florence, Italy (2001), and numerous showcases in my beloved Quito, Ecuador.”
Through every piece, every project, and every brushstroke, I strive to demonstrate that art can be both fragile and powerfully transformative. I use the discarded and the transient not just as materials, but as catalysts to provoke lasting reflection on beauty, memory, and the profound, ever-present reality of change.
