Kin Lorente

Painting · Madrid, Spain

Born just outside Madrid to a poet and a painter-decorator, Kin Lorente grew up surrounded by art. At twelve he won a painting prize in Aranjuez; his father later founded the Mediterranean Gallery in Madrid.

Years at sea as a young sailor shaped his perspective. Back in Madrid he studied at several academies, apprenticed with the abstract painter Laxeiro, and has since been collected around the world.

To live by art is difficult, so only those born to make art attempt it, because the art lives within their heart.