Angela Stone Lorenz (b. USA) resides in New England with annual stays in Bologna, Italy.
Below you will find biographical and bibliographical data.
Career History
This section documents which institutions have collected work by Angela Lorenz; compiles a selected bibliography of writings by the artist and works published, mostly in print, about the artist; and documents exhibitions, public performances, projects, and visiting teaching appearances.
Museum, Gallery, Independent and Public Library Collections
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, France
Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Public Library, Prints & Photographs, Boston, Massachusetts
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
British Library, London, United Kingdom
Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives, Brooklyn, New York
Center for Book Arts, New York, New York
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine
FRAC PACA (Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur), Marseille, France
Getty Center, Getty Research Institute Special Collections, Los Angeles, California
Grolier Club Library, New York, New York
Harvard Art Museums, Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints, New York, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library, New York, New York
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Prints and Drawings, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, William Morris Hunt Memorial Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Archives, Library, and Research Collections, New York, New York
National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center, Washington, D.C.
New York Public Library, Print Collection, New York, New York
New York Public Library, Spencer Collection, New York, New York
Newberry, Chicago, Illinois
Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library, Rare Book Room, Phoenix, Arizona
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden, Germany
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), Library and Archives, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Prints and Drawings Collection, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery, AA/PG Library, Washington, D.C.
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Tate Britain, Tate Library, London, United Kingdom
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, Kansas
University of the Witswatersrand, Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa
Victoria and Albert Museum, National Art Library, London, United Kingdom
Walker Art Center, Rosemary Furtak Artist Book Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Yale University Art Gallery, Prints and Drawings, New Haven, Connecticut
Academic Library Special Collections
Baylor University, Baylor Book Arts Collection, Waco, Texas
Bethel University, Artist Books and Publications Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota
Bowdoin College, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collection & Archives, Brunswick, Maine
Brown University, John Hay Library, Providence, Rhode Island
California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Special Collections and Archives, San Luis Obispo, California
Case Western Reserve University, Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections and Archives, Cleveland, Ohio
Colorado College, Special Collections and Archives, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New York, New York
Connecticut College, Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, New London, Connecticut
Dartmouth College, Rauner Special Collections Library, Hanover, New Hampshire
Duke University, Rubenstein Library, Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, Durham, North Carolina
Emory University, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Atlanta, Georgia
Florida Atlantic University, Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Boca Raton, Florida
Goucher College, Special Collections and Archives, Baltimore, Maryland
Hamilton College, Michael Lang ’67 Special Collections and Archives, Hamilton, New York
Harvard University, Fine Arts Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University, Houghton Library, Printing and Graphic Arts, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Indiana University Bloomington, Artists’ Books Collection, Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University Bloomington, Lilly Library, Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University-Perdue University Indiana (IUPUI), Herron Art Library, Indianapolis, Indiana
Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries Special Collections, Baltimore, Maryland
Kansas City Art Institute, Jannes Library, Kansas City, Missouri
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus Library Special Collections, Brooklyn, New York
Maine College of Art & Design, Joanne Waxman Library, Portland, Maine
Manchester Metropolitan University, All Saints Library Special Collections Museum, Manchester, United Kingdom
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Decker Library, Baltimore, Maryland
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Rotch Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Memorial University, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Archives and Special Collections, Newfoundland, Canada
Mills College, Special Collections and Archives, Oakland, California
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MCAD Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, Massachusetts
New School, Archives and Special Collections, New York, New York
Norwich University, Archives and Special Collections, Northfield, Vermont
Oberlin College, Special Collections, Oberlin, Ohio
Otis College of Art and Design, Millard Sheets Library, Los Angeles, California
Phillips Academy, Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Archives and Special Collections, Andover, Massachusetts
Princeton University, Department of Special Collections, Graphic Arts Collection, Princeton, New Jersey
Reed College, Special Collections and Archives, Portland, Oregon
Rhode Island School of Design, Fleet Library Special Collections, Providence, Rhode Island
Ringling College of Art and Design, Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center, Sarasota, Florida
Rochester Institute of Technology, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, Rochester, New York
St. Ambrose University, Archives and Special Collections, Davenport, Iowa
San Diego State University, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego, California
Savannah College of Art and Design, Library Special Collections, Atlanta, Georgia
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, Illinois
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Skidmore College, Department of Special Collections, Saratoga Springs, New York
Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Northampton, Massachusetts
Southern Connecticut State University, Hilton C. Buley Library Special Collections, New Haven, Connecticut
Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library, Dallas, Texas
Stanford University, Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford, California
Swarthmore College, Archives and Special Collections, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Temple University, Special Collections Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Texas Tech University, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Lubbock, Texas
Trinity College, Watkinson Library, Hartford, Connecticut
Università degli Studi di Milano, Centro Apice, Archivi della Parola, dell’Immagine e della Stampa Editoriale, Fondo della Stamperia Valdonega, Milan, Italy
Università di Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
University of Alberta, Bruce Peel Special Collections, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
University of Arizona, Poetry Center, Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona, Special Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries, Tucson, Arizona
University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library, Berkeley, California
University of California Los Angeles, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, California
University of California Los Angeles, UCLA Library Special Collections, Los Angeles, California
University of California San Diego, Special Collections and Archives, La Jolla, California
University of California Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections, Santa Barbara, California
University of California Santa Cruz, Special Collections and Archives, Santa Cruz, California
University of Central Florida, Special Collections & University Archives, Orlando, Florida
University of Chicago, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, Chicago, Illinois
University of Colorado Boulder, Rare and Distinctive Collections, Boulder, Colorado
University of Delaware, Special Collections and Museums, Newark, Delaware
University of Denver, Special Collections and Archives, Denver, Colorado
University of Georgia, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Athens, Georgia
University of Iowa, Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Iowa City, Iowa
University of Miami, University of Miami Libraries, Cuban Heritage Collection, Coral Gables, Florida
University of Michigan, Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan
University of Nevada Reno, Special Collections and University Archives, Reno, Nevada
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sloane Art Library, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, Greensboro, North Carolina
University of North Texas, Special Collections, Denton, Texas
University of Oregon, Special Collections and University Archives, Eugene, Oregon
University of Otago, Special Collections, Dunedin, New Zealand
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of San Diego, Copley Library Special Collections, San Diego, California
University of Southampton, Hartley Library Special Collections, Southampton, United Kingdom
University of Southern California, Special Collections, Los Angeles, California
University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts Library, London, United Kingdom
University of the Arts London, London College of Communication Library, London, United Kingdom
University of the West of England Bristol, Artists’ Books Archive, Bristol, United Kingdom
University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections, Salt Lake City, Utah
University of Vermont, Jack and Shirley Silver Special Collections Library, Burlington, Vermont
University of Victoria, Special Collections, Victoria, Canada
University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections, Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Washington, Special Collections, Seattle, Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Special Collections, Madison, Wisconsin
Virginia Commonwealth University, Book Art Collection, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Tech, Art & Architecture Library, Blacksburg, Virginia
Washington University in St. Louis, Julian Edison Department of Special Collections, St. Louis, Missouri
Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library Special Collections, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Wesleyan University, Special Collections and Archives, Middletown, Connecticut
Wheaton College, Buswell Library Archives and Special Collections, Norton, Massachusetts
Whitman College, Penrose Library, Walla Walla, Washington
Williams College, Chapin Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Special Collections, New Haven, Connecticut
Selected Bibliography by the Artist
Angelonium: Angela Lorenz Collected Works and Websites. angelonium.com
“Art in Isolation.” Essay for virtual lecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2020. Available at http://www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com/
“Art in Sequence.” Essay commissioned (never published), Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, 2001. Available at http://www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com/
Gelatauro XX: A Mythical Feast. Bologna, Italy: Fig Lit, 2018.
“Engaging Visitors: A Visual Artist’s Perspective on Special Collections.” Invited essay (never published) for Houghton Library Conference “Who Cares?”, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2017. Available at http://www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com/
Rainy Day Windfalls: Chance Encounters in the Archive of Angela Lorenz. Venice, Italy: Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, 2015.
“Blue Camouflage: Our Airplane Spotting Classes We Hope We Won’t Use Yet” and “What Artists Study.” In What Artists Study: Distinguishing Abbot Academy’s Legacy in Coeducation. Andover, MA: Phillips Academy, 2014.
Caccia al tesoro smeraldo [designer]. Bologna, Italy: Occhio sulla città, 2011.
“Research in the Works.” In At the Turn of the Centuries: The Influence of Early 20th Century Book Arts on Contemporary Artists’ Books. New Haven, CT: the jenny-press, 2007. Also available at http://www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com/
“Introduction and Acknowledgements” and “Denouement Denuded—Stripping Away at the Finished.” In Creating with Abandon: Process in the Artist’s Books of Angela Lorenz. Bologna, Italy: Stamperia Valdonega, 2006. With Stephen Bury, Rosemary L. Cullen, Marcia Reed, Laurie Whitehill Chong.
“Julia Child and the Art of Cooking Up Friendships.” In Smith College News from the Libraries, spring 2006.
“Artist’s Books-For Lack of a Better Name.” 2002. Available at http://www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com/whatis.htm
“Artist’s Note.” In Bound to Make Books: An Exhibition of Limited Edition Books by Angela Lorenz. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Library, 1994.
Unsuspected Books. Siena: Arte & Libri, 1992.
Selected Bibliography about the Artist
Allen, Brian T. “The Rarefied, Cryptic, and Fascinating Medium of Artist’s Books.” The National Review, April 6, 2019.
Allis, Sam. “Fusing words and art, she creates books of boundless imagination.” The Boston Globe, October 21, 2003.
“Angela Lorenz.” Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press, 2014.
“Angela Lorenz: The Artist’s Book as Volume of Knowledge.” Curriculum Packet, Addison Gallery of American Art (Fall 2007): 4.
Angelos, Julie. “A Curious Artist.” talk aBOut 9 (March 2000): 6-7.
Antonetti, Martin. “Et in Arcadia Ego: A Fine Printing Pastorale in Northern Italy.” Bookways 8 (July 1993): 23-24.
Appel, Allan. “Art Turns ‘Bikini Dancing Girls’ Into Athletic Stars.” New Haven Independent, June 16, 2015.
Baker, Madeline. “Discovering the Victorious Secret: Angela Lorenz and the Athleticism of Ancient Roman Women.” IRIS Magazine, September 20, 2016.
Balzarotti, Stefania. “I Libri Insospettati di Angela Lorenz.” Domina 45 (Aug-Sept 1992): 104.
Barilli, Renato. “Il Mondo ‘sub specie’ libri.” In Bound to Make Books: An Exhibition of Limited Edition Books by Angela Lorenz. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Library, 1994.
Bettley, James. The Art of the Book. London: V&A Publications, 2001.
“Book Artist on Visit From Bologna.” Beacon Hill Times, November 3, 1998.
Brévart-Demm, Carol. “Is It a Book? Is It an Artwork? Yes! It’s Book Art.” Swarthmore College Bulletin (July 2013).
Blumenthal, Barbara B. Cabinet of Culinary Curiosities: Books and Manuscripts from the Mortimer Rare Book Room. Northampton, MA: Smith College, 2010.
Bury, Stephen. The Body & the Book: Looking at the Artist’s Book and the Body. London: Flaxman Press, 1996.
—–. “Street Credibility.” In Creating with Abandon: Process in the Artist’s Books of Angela Lorenz. Bologna, Italy: Stamperia Valdonega, 2006.
Campagnano, Lidia. “Castello di Carta.” Il Manifesto, May 3, 1991.
Ceruti, Veronica. I Ghiaccioli – Arte Concettuale Gastronomica. Bologna: Zone C/O Graffio, 2001.
Chong, Laurie Whitehill. “Cabinets of Curiosties.” In Creating with Abandon: Process in the Artist’s Books of Angela Lorenz. Bologna, Italy: Stamperia Valdonega, 2006.
Corgnatti, Marina. “La Parola Scritta.” Corriere del Ticino, May 3, 1991.
Courtney, Cathy. “Artists Books: Lay Text, Atlas 4 etc.” Art Monthly 174 (March 1994): 31.
—–. “Celebrating Tony Zwicker.” Art Monthly 238 (Jul-Aug 2000): 51-52.
Cullen, Rosemary L. “Angela Lorenz at the John Hay Library.” In Creating with Abandon: Process in the Artist’s Books of Angela Lorenz. Bologna, Italy: Stamperia Valdonega, 2006.
Cullum, Jerry. “ACA, Agnes Scott exhibits show scope of Artists’ books,” The Journal-Constitution, 1994
Deho, Valerio. “Spray Italy: Bologna.” Juliet 63 (June 1993): 63.
Donahue, Anne Marie. “Books Unbound.” The Boston Phoenix Literary Section, January 10, 1994.
Earnest, Dagney C. “Lorenz at Left Bank Books.” The Republican Journal, November 19, 2012.
Editorial Board. “Angela Lorenz spreads to McCabe with book art.” The Phoenix, September 10, 2015.
Ehlenfeldt, Cara. “The Memory Palaces of Angela Lorenz.” The Phoenix, September 15, 2015.
Faxon, Susan C., Berman, Avis, and Reynolds, Jock. The Addison Gallery of American Art – 65 Years. Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1996.
Figliomeni, Emilia. “Seeding and Weeding: The Literary Architecture of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.” YouTube, uploaded by Angela Lorenz on 13 November 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLD4mhAScpM
—–. “Victorious Secret.” Vimeo, uploaded by Emilia Figliomeni on 20 September 2013, https://vimeo.com/75039057
Garner, Anna. “Perceptions of the Feminine Body: The Empowerment of Angela Lorenz’s ‘Victorious Secret’.” The Phoenix, September 16, 2015.
Gerz, Alix. “Curious Looks at Artists’ Books.” Temple Review 59:1 (Fall 2005).
Goldstein, Darra (ed.). “Chewing Gum” in Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Hoffberg, Judith. “Dis cover Italian Monuments.” Umbrella Magazine 13 (June 1990): 26.
—–. “The Logical Way to Become an Artist.” Umbella Magazine 16 (March 1992): 4.
“Inspirations” World of Interiors (March 2013): 68.
Isaacson, Philip. “Three Artists’ Exhibits Show Range of Possibilities.” The Maine Sunday Telegram, August 11, 1996.
Jones, Alexis. “Revealing the ‘Victorious Secret’: Past of ancient Roman female athletes unearthed in Campbell mosaic installation.” The Cavalier Daily, September 7, 2016.
[Kemmerer, Allison]. Artist’s Project: Angela Lorenz. Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 2008.
Levinson, Rebecca. “Noted Book Artist and Brown Alum Angela Lorenz Visits the JCB.” in JCB: The Newsletter of the John Carter Brown Library (Summer 2012) :12.
Lewis, Sage. False Documents and Other Illusions. Portland, ME: Portland Museum of Art, 2010.
“Library exhibit glorifies food.” Texas City Sun, November 13, 1994.
“Il Libro d’Artista in Emilia Romagna.” DVD exhibition catalog. Bologna, Italy: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, 2005.
MacPhail, Miranda. “Windfalls as Artifacts” in Chance Encounters in the Archive of Angela Lorenz. Venice, Italy: Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, 2015.
—–. “Riflessioni sull’opera di Angela Lorenz.” Titolo 27 (Fall-Winter 1998): 37.
MacVean, Mary. “Library’s Pictorial Timeline Offers Food, Glorious Food!” AP Special Features, October 28, 1994.
Manfredini, Federica. “La Parola all’Immagine.” Leggere Donna 40 (September-October 1992): 37.
McCarthy, Mary and Manna, Philip. Making Books by Hand. Rockport, MA: Rockport Publishers, 1997.
Mingozzi, Paola. “Mostre.” La Nazione, June 25, 1992.
Montanari, Laura. “Libri da Ammirare Più Che Leggere.” Il Giorno, May 4, 1991.
Naldi, Paola. “Angela Lorenz. Quando un gioco di parole si trasforma in scultura.” La Repubblica, December 20, 2005.
Nocilla, Mara. “Il Gelatauro. I ‘volontari del sottozero’ nel labirinto dei gelati.” Gambero Rosso 152 (September 2004): 198.
Nordell, Joan. The New Storytellers. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Library, 1996.
Paper Crafts: A Maker’s Guide. London: Thames & Hudson and Victoria and Albert Museum, 2018.
Paton, David. Ideologies and Identities in Digital Artists’ Books. Johannesburg, South Africa: Imagining Ourselves, Visual Identities in Representation conference at University of Johannesburg, 2009.
The Patricia G. England Collection of Fine Press and Artists’ Books. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2000.
Pontiggia, Elena. “Quei Quadri Tutti da Rilegare.” Il Giornale, May 5, 1991.
Princenthal, Nancy. “Artist’s Books Beat.” Print Collector’s Newsletter 24 (May-June 1993): 68.
—–. “Artist’s Books Beat.” Print Collector’s Newsletter 24 (July-August 1993): 144.
“Protagonisti – Angela S. Lorenz.” Arteletta 4 (Jan-Feb 2000): 14-15.
Railing, Patricia. “Bound to Make Books.” The Art Book 2 (February 1996): 34.
Reed, Marcia. “Digging to China.” In Creating with Abandon: Process in the Artist’s Books of Angela Lorenz. Bologna, Italy: Stamperia Valdonega, 2006.
Rice, L. Robin. “WSW XX Years—A Retrospective,” The New Art Examiner (November 1994).
Rossman, Jae. “Marginalia.” The Yale University Library Gazette 79:3/4 (2005): 175–179.
Rovesti, Fabrizio. “Pagine d’Artista.” La Prealpina. June 9, 1991.
Saunders, Gill. “Brought to Book: Riddle by Angela Lorenz.” The Wallpaper History Review (1995): 14-15.
Seifert, Leslie. “Gallery Menu Spans 500 Years.” Record, September 30, 1994.
Schick, Finnegan. “Exhibition tackles female athlete discrimination.” Yale Daily News, March 25, 2015.
Stoltman, Joan E. Engage, Perform, Act: How Contemporary Artists Use the Books as Form and the Book as Idea. Self-published through Lulu Books, 2008.
—–. Review of At the Turn of the Centuries: The Influence of Early 20th Century Book Arts on Contemporary Artists’ Books. The Blue Notebook 6:1 (October 2011): 45-48.
Tang, Ruijingya. “‘Bookworks’: A reinterpretation of the book as art.” The Tufts Daily, November 8, 2019.
Tolnick Champa, Judith (editor), et al. RE:Making – A Documentation of Work by Angela Lorenz. New Haven: the jenny-press, 2023.
“The Ticket: What’s Happening in the Local Arts World.” The Boston Globe, August 24, 2019.
Vitali, Roberto. “Centro d’Arte Masaorita.” Mongolfiera 60 (March 12-19): 57.
Wasserman, Krystyna and Drucker, Joanna. The Book as Art: Artists’ Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, DC: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2011.
Watkin, Mel. On Beyond the Book. St Louis: Forum For Contemporary Art, 1995.
Wiggin, Bryan. “Portraits of Literature.” The Country Almanac, December 5, 1990.
Willinger, Faith. Adventures of an Italian Food Lover. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2007.
Solo Exhibitions
2024. Making History: Works by Angela Lorenz
Western Michigan University Special Collections Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2024. Faux Food and Edible Art: Food for Thought by Angela Lorenz
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2022. Sports Garb/led
Victoria Griffin Gallery, Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
2021. Sports Garb/led
Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts
2019. Victorious Secret: The Clothes that Bind: Identity, Performance and Apparel in Athletics and Society
Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2018. Discover.ed/explor.ed/inspir.ed: The Artist’s Books of Angela Lorenz
John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
2018. R.ed in Residence
Keats Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2018. Victorious Secret: Ephemera and Process Materials
W. Van Alan Clark Library, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
2018. Victorious Secret: Women Athletes in Ancient and Modern Times
Tufts University Library, Medford, Massachusetts
2017. R.ed in Residence
Peabody Museum of Archeology, Andover, Massachusetts
2017. Victorious Secret: “The “Bikini Girls” are Winning the Pentathlon
Rockefeller Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
2016. Angela Lorenz: Collecting to Create
Book Arts Gallery, Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
2016. Victorious Secret: Noticing Elite Sports for Women, 300AD
The Press Hotel, Portland, Maine
2016. Victorious Secret: Women Athletes as Family Status Symbol: Goals for Daughters in the Roman Empire
School of Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
2015-16. Victorious Secret: Entertaining Notions of Elite Ideals for Women
Education Commons, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015. Angela Lorenz: The Artist’s Books
McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
2015. Rainy Day Windfall: Chance Encounters in an Artist’s Archive
SG Gallery, Venice, Italy
2015. Victorious Secret
The Matchbox, Science Center and McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
2015. Victorious Secret: Elite Olympic Champions as Dancing Bikini Girls
Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library and Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
2014. Victorious Secret: Entertaining Notions of Elite Ideals for Women, 300AD
Olin Library, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
2013. Angela Lorenz: A Sampler
Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2013. Angela Lorenz at the SMFA
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Library, Boston, Massachusetts
2013. Victorious Secret: Elite Olympic Champions as Dancing Bikini Girls
Brickway Gallery, Berry-Baker Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2012. Wordscapes/Parolaesaggi: Text from the Landscapes of Edward Lear (1812-1888)
SG-Gallery, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2007. Angela Lorenz: The Artist’s Book as Volume of Knowledge
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
2006. Creating with Abandon: Process in the Artist’s Books of Angela Lorenz
The Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design; John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
2001. I Ghiaccioli: Arte Concettuale Gastronomica
Zone C/O Graffio, Bologna, Italy
2000. Libri d’Artista di Angela Lorenz
The British Council, Bologna, Italy
1998. Sbottonando La Forma
Associazione Culturale Grafio, Prato, Italy
1997. Angela Lorenz
Parasol Press, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
1996. From Edible Text to Letterpress, Fine Binding to Ice: The Artist’s Books by Angela Lorenz
The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine
1994. Angela Lorenz: Limited Edition Mixed-Media Creations Which at Times Resemble Books
Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York, New York
1994. Artists’ Books by Angela Lorenz
John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1994. Bound to Make Books: An Exhibition of Limited Edition Books by Angela Lorenz
Widener Memorial Room Rotunda, Harvard University; sponsored by The Department of Printing and Graphics, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1993. Angela Lorenz
Cento d’Arte Masaorita, Bologna, Italy
1993. Diplo
Fortezza del Basso, Florence, Italy
1992. The Artists’ Books of Angela Lorenz
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
1992. Libri Insospettati
Arte & Libri, Siena, Italy
1991. La Carta dell’Artista
Castello di Belgioioso, Belgioioso, Italy
1988. Rags Make Paper
Il Laboratorio di M.L. Grimani, Monza, Italy
1983. Sleep Peacefully
Visual Studies Center, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Group Exhibitions
2023. The Farnsworth at 75.
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine
2022. Translation, Text and Image
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
2021. Time/Travel through Artists’ Books
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2020-2023. Art of the Book
British Library Treasures Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019. Book Works
Tufts University Art Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
2019. Misbehaving Books
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019. Science as Art in Artist’s Books
Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
2019. Walt Whitman’s Words: Inspiring Artists Today
Center for Book Arts, New York, New York
2018. Dartmouth’s Wunderkammer: A Cabinet of Curiosities
Class of 1965 Galleries, Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2018. Riparare le Relazioni
Oratorio di Villa Simion, Spinea (Venezia) Italy
2017. Art in the Stacks: Selections from Special Collections
Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2017. Beyond Words: Artist’s Books
Sabatini Art Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee County Library, Topeka, Kansas
2017. Library Treasures: Artist’s Books
Llandaff Library, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, Wales
2017. Open House 75: Staff Select
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2017. Seen and Unseen
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
2016. Making Sense of the Senses
Center for Book Arts, New York, New York
2015. Artists Books from the Baylor Book Arts Collection
Crouch Fine Arts Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
2015. An Eye for Excellence: 20 Years of Collecting
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
2015. Il Gusto della Visione
Expo 2015, Milan, Italy
2015. The Unicorn Found: Unicorns in Residence
Providence Athenaeum, Providence, Rhode Island
2014. Lettere Salate e Dolci: International Edible Book Festival
Biblioteca Multimediale Roberto Ruffilli, and neighborhood restaurants, Bologna, Italy
2014. Living in These Bodies
Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine
2014. Seductive Alchemy: Books by Artists, East and West Galleries
Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
2014. What Artists Study: Distinguishing Abbot Academy’s Legacy in Coeducation
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
2013. Fifth International Artists’ Book Exhibition
King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvàr, Hungary
2013. Good Eats: An Exhibition About Food
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2013. The Medicine Show
Central Booking Gallery, New York, New York
2013. La Parola Scritta: XVI Centuries of Italian Culture in Ink – Books from the Rare Collections
Special Collections Gallery, Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
2012. Telling Stories: Exploring Book Arts
Sabatini Art Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, Kansas
2011. Verde Vitale
Neighborhood environmental and photography exhibition, various locations in Bologna, Italy
2011. BonOmnia Rivisitata
Palazzo Fava, Bologna, Italy
2010. The Book as Art
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
2011. Bookmarks: The Artist’s Response to Text
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
2010. Cabinet of Culinary Curiosities
Book Arts Gallery, Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
2010. False Documents and Other Illusions
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
2010. Object Focus: The Book
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon
2010. Pictures from the Hay
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
2008. The Autocrat at the Automat: Oliver Wendell Holmes Meets Joseph Cornell
Oliver Wendell Holmes Library, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
2008. Giovanni and Martino Mardersteig. Book and Type Designers and Printers in Verona, Italy
Museum für Druckkunst, Lipsia, Germany; Grolier Club, New York, New York
2008. Keeping Time
Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2008. Text/Messages
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007. Inspired Editions: John Bunyan and His Illustrators
Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2006. The Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists’ Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2006. Book as Object: An International Survey of Sculptural Bookworks
Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2006. Bologna si Rivela: BonOmnia
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Palazzo Fava, Bologna, Italy
2006. Contemporary Artists’ Books: Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2005. Alternative Voices: Artists’ Books, Comix, and Zines
Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
2005. Il Libro d’Artista in Emilia-Romagna
Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna, Italy
2005. Resonance and Response: Artists’ Books from Special Collections
Wellesley College Library, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2004 Artisti in Cabina
Teatro Comunale, Casalecchio di Reno, Italy
2003. Bibliocosmos
Reed College Library, Portland, Oregon
2003. Preliminary Sketches
The Arts Center of the Capitol Region, Troy, New York
2002. Between Language and Form
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
2002. Built by Hand: Book as Art
Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space, Washington, DC
2002. Cabinets of Wonder/Redux
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California
2002. The Public’s Treasures: A Cabinet of Curiosities
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York, New York
2002. San Policarpo dei Poeti
Biblioteca “Salotto delle idee,” Bologna, Italy
2001. L’immagine della Parola
Otto Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy
2001. Text and Texture: The Art of the Book
Copley Library, University of San Diego, San Diego, California
2001. Unbound: Reshaping Artist’s Books
Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center, New York, New York
2000. Off the Shelf: Contemporary Artists’ Books From the Clark Art Institute Library, the Williams College Museum of Art and the Chapin Library of Rare Books
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, Massachusetts
1999. The Art of the Book
The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1999. Artist’s Books
Pence Gallery, Davis, California
1999. The Book as Art XII
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1998. Small Wonders
National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
1997. Andata e Ritorno
Galleria il Graffio, Bologna, Italy
1997. Art Multiple
Kunstmarkt International, Dusseldorf, Germany
1997. Bursting the Boundaries
Book Arts Gallery, Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
1997. Hello Again! A New Wave of Recycled Art and Design
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, Canada
1996. Artists’ Books in the Ginsberg Collection: with some South African Books from other Collections
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1996. The Body & The Book: Looking at the Artist’s Book and the Body
Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret, London, England
1996. The International Library
The Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1995. On Beyond the Book
Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
1995. Libretto Digitale
Circolo Culturale “Il Gabbiano,” La Spezia, Italy
1995. Libri d’artista a Bologna
Sala di Silenzio, Bologna, Italy
1995. Women’s Work: An Open Book
Harper Collins Exhibition Space, New York, New York
1994. Artist’s Books and Illustrators
Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
1994. Book as Art VII
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1994. 1st Loyola Book Arts Invitational
Loyola University Art Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1994. Inky Fingers: Work by Small and Fine Presses
Center for Book Arts, New York, New York
1994. Multiple World: An International Survey of Artists’ Books
Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1994. The Raw and the Cooked
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York, New York
1994. Women in the Book Arts: A Selection
Special Collections, Wellesley College Library, Wellesley, Massachusetts
1994. WSW XX Years: A Retrospective
College Art Gallery, State University of New York, New Paltz, New York
1993. Book as Art VI
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1993. Guardare a Fiuto
Circolo Culturale “Il Gabbiano,” La Spezia, Italy
1993. Next Generation: Alumni/ae Artists of Phillips Academy
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
1993. Recent Acquisitions
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York, New York
1993. TEXTYPE: Contemporary Fine Printing in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Rockefeller Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1992. Book as Art V
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1992. Tocco d’Artista
Circolo Culturale “Il Gabbiano,” La Spezia, Italy
1991. Boundless Vision: Contemporary Bookworks
San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
1991. Künstlerbücher aus den USA
Galerie Druch & Buch, Tubingen, Germany
1991. Miniature Books
Center for Book Arts, New York, New York
1990. Piccoli Editori e Libri Oggetto
Palazzo Piasenti, Carvarzere, Italy
1990. Portraits of Literature
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
1989. Celebrating 15 Years: New Works by Artist Members
Cooper Union, New York, New York
Public Performances, Presentations, and Community-Oriented Art Programming
2023
“Artists on Artworks — Angela Lorenz on New York Art Worlds, 1870-1890”
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
“Artists’ Books Weekend: Book Artist in Conversation — Angela Lorenz”.
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
“McSpheres: Material Culture Models.” Community workshop in conjunction with “Artists’ Books Weekend”
Hosted by Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
“From Faux Sushi to Edible Taoist Philosophy: Artists’ Books by Angela Lorenz”
Lecture held in conjunction with the Shaun Library exhibit “Boundless: Experimental Structures in Artists’ Books”.
Hosted by Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
2022
”Serving up History with Faux Food and Artists’ Games: Works by Angela Lorenz.”
The James M. Carpenter Lecture,
Hosted by Art Department, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
“McSpheres: Material Culture Models.” Community workshops in conjunction with exhibition “Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment” at Harvard Art Museums
Hosted by Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Sports Garb/led: Drawing Connections Between Ancient Art, Athletes and Title IX.” Multimedia workshop for youth from Community Art Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hosted by Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Sports Garb/led: Interdisciplinary Interventions.” Artist talk
Hosted by Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; funded by The Nancy Lincoln Arts Fund
“Victorious Secret: 50th Anniversary of Title IX.” Artist talk
Hosted by Independent School Gender Project Symposium
2021
Fine Arts Lecture Series. Artist talk
Hosted by Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
“Beyond the Reading Room: Archives in the World” virtual lecture series. Artist talk
Hosted by Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine; funded by the Harold and Iris Chandler Lectureship Fund
“Sports Garb/led: Workshop”
Hosted by Girls Inc., Greater Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts; funded by Society for Classical Studies’ “Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities” grant
2020
“Art in Isolation with Angela Lorenz, Walt Whitman, Primo Levi, and r.ed monde.” Artist talk
Hosted by Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
2019
“Bookworks Performance: Angela Lorenz” in Tisch Family Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.
Hosted by Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, Massachusetts
“Bologna (Salumi) Sample” In order to recreate the charcuterie artwork based on the inaugural 2014 performance, the artist produced an edition of majolica trivets in 2017. Appropriately, the piece debuted at Tufts University Art Gallery (TUAG) during a lunchtime artist talk. TUAG’s Liz Cantor hunted down Bolognese specialties at Formaggio Kitchen, a well-known local specialty food shop, and precisely cut the cured meat into specified dimensions for the artist to arrange on the trivet.
“The Clothes that Bind: Identity, Performance and Apparel in Athletics and Society.” Panel speaker
Hosted by the Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics (PERA) Department. Funded by Wellesley Centers for Women and Wellesley Athletics, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Lettere Salate e Dolci, International Edible Book Festival
Hosted by Biblioteca Multimediale Roberto Ruffilli, Bologna, Italy; funded by L’Occhio sulla città
“Outstanding Contribution to the Art of the Book.” Award recipient. Artist talk and Chewing Tzu (1993) performance
Hosted by Center for Book Arts, New York, New York
Performed with four volunteers from the audience at the annual gala when the artist was celebrated for “Outstanding Contribution to the Art of the Book.’”This edible performance piece, created fresh each time, has been performed over 50 times. It was first performed in 1993 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and, as of this printing, was most recently performed at Tufts University Art Gallery in 2019. It has also been offered to the public as an amuse bouche distributed in absence of the artist at group exhibitions at Yale University Art Gallery in 2002 and the Addison Gallery of American Art in 2017. Other notable venues include Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in 2000 and the Farnsworth Art Museum in 1996, where it was chewed on TV per request by veteran journalist Bob Dyk.
“United States of Bologna, 200 anni di amicizia a stelle e strisce.” Video interview projected at Cappella Farnese, Comune di Bologna, Italy
Hosted by Comune di Bologna; funded by Comune di Bologna and the U.S. Consulate General, Florence
2018
Conversation with scholar Massimo Riva
Hosted by John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
R.ed Day at the Hay: A r.ed-themed Scavenger Hunt
Hosted by John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
To celebrate Lorenz’s exhibition of watercolors and ephemera, the John Hay Library hosted a scavenger hunt. Twenty-six r.ed cloth figurines were hidden all over the three floors of the library for students to find and win prizes if they found all the locations.
“Victorious Secret: Women Athletes in Ancient and Modern Times.” Artist talk and panel discussion for Parents and Family Weekend
Hosted by Tufts University Library, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts; funded by The Friends of Tufts Libraries
“Visual Artist Angela Lorenz on Artistic Experimentation.” Interview for “Tell Me More” podcast. Available at https://soundcloud.com/user-491829505/visual-artist-angela-lorenz
Hosted by Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
2017
Artist talk at Rockefeller Digital Humanities Lab. Family Weekend programming
Rockefeller Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Artist talk for the The Medici Society
Hosted by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
“I Care.” Panel participant for “Who Cares? A 75th Anniversary Symposium”
Hosted by Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
R.ed in Residence. Weeklong, student-designed, campus-wide scavenger hunt incorporating social media; Artist talk for Family Weekend
Hosted by Phillips Academy; funded by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
2016
“Women Athletes as Family Status Symbol: Goals for Daughters in the Roman Empire.” Artist talk
Hosted by Art and Architecture Gallery; presented by the Women, Gender and Sexuality Program with funding from the Office of the Title IX Coordinator, the Office of the Provost and the Vice Provost for the Arts; McIntire Department of Art; Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese and the Department of Classics. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
2015
“Angela Lorenz: The Artists’ Books.” Gallery talk
Hosted by McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
“Entertaining Notions of Elite Ideals for Women, 300 A.D.” Artist talk followed by an open house with Lorenz’s artist’s books on display in the Henry Charles Lea Library, University of Pennsylvainia. Part of the Penn Humanities Forum Lecture Series “SEX”
Hosted by the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“Pedagogical Seminar: Italian Through Art.” Speaker
Hosted by Center for Italian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Rainy Day Windfalls: Chance Encounters in the Archive of Angela Lorenz.” Gallery talk, SG Gallery
Hosted by Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy
“Victorious Secret: Elite Olympic Champions as Dancing Bikini Girls.” Artist talk followed by “print your own keepsake” at Yale Library’s The Bibliographical Press
Hosted by Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University; funded by The Bibliographical Press, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
2014
Artist talk and open house with Lorenz’s works in Special Collections and Archives
Hosted by Special Collections and Archives, Olin Library, Wesleyan University; funded by Friends of the Library, Office of Equity and Inclusion, the Athletics Department, and Special Collections and Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
“Bologna (Salumi) Sample” at Lettere Salate e Dolci, International Edible Book Festival
Hosted by Biblioteca Multimediale Roberto Ruffilli, Bologna, Italy; funded by L’Occhio sulla città
The inaugural performance of this parody of the artist’s work Bologna Sample (1992). It was auctioned off to the highest bidder, Faith Willinger, guest of honor at the festival. Note to curators and conservators: certain items of charcuterie will invariably be missing each time the installation is recreated, even in Bologna, as tastes change.
Life, Life, Eternal Life: Uncle Wiggily Meets The Pilgrim’s Progress (2006). Played game with students
Hosted by Special Collections and Archives, Olin Library, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
“Living in These Bodies.” Artist talk related to exhibition of same name.
Hosted by Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine
“What Artists Study.” Artist talk related to exhibition of same name
Hosted by Steinbach Gallery; funded by the Abbot Academy Association, the Phillips Academy Art Department, the Office of Academy Resources, the Coed@40 Committee and the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
2013
Artist talk
Hosted by Dartmouth University Library; funded by Friends of the Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Collective Alphabet Book workshop
Hosted by Art Department and Book Arts Workshop, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
“History in 3-D: Ancient and Modern Examples of Modeling Knowledge, East and West.” Artist talk
Hosted by Graduate Program in European and Eurasian Studies, John Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.
Life, Life, Eternal Life: Uncle Wiggily Meets The Pilgrim’s Progress (2006). Played game with community
Hosted by Special Collections, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Performance of CAGE: 4 Notes in 33 Variations. Light Verse Magazines Vol. 4 (2010)
Hosted by Book Arts Guild, Seattle, Washington
This sound piece plays the letters C-A-G-E, which are made up of pins hammered into a music box cylinder. When the handle of the altered music box is turned, the comb drags along conceptual artist and musician John Cage’s last name. Each of the 33 music boxes is slightly different according to variations in the placement of the pins, and in the combs that were repurposed from other songs. It has been played at numerous public venues since its creation; it does not require the presence of the artist. However, the most ironic performance took place in 2013 when the artist turned the cylinder and the comb failed to engage with the pins. The sound of silence unintentionally replicated John Cage’s original 4:33 composition.
“Sartelibro” at Arte e Artigianato in Dialogo
Hosted by Biblioteca Multimediale Roberto Ruffilli and neighborhood artisans’ shops in Bologna, Italy; funded by L’Occhio sulla città
2012
“The Artist’s Book as Theater of Knowledge: When Communicating Becomes Learning.” Artist talk
Hosted by the Watts Program for the History and Culture of the Book, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island
Artist talk and book presentation
Hosted by Biblioteca Multimediale Roberto Ruffilli, Bologna, Italy
Artist talk and presentation of The Mansion of Thought: Making Knowledge Visual in Three Dimensions, East and West (2012) dedicated to Elli Garvey
Hosted by Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Artist talk on Wordscapes/Parolaesaggi: Text from the Landscapes of Edward Lear (1812-1888) (2012)
Hosted by Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy
Collective Alphabet Book workshop
Hosted by Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, Rhode Island; funded by the Watts Program for the History and Culture of the Book, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island
Collective Alphabet Book workshop
Hosted by Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia, Venice, Italy
2011
Artist talk
Hosted by Archives & Special Collections, Mount Holyoke College Library, Hadley, Massachusetts
2010
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Colloquia. Speaker.
Hosted by Stanford University, Stanford, California
“False Documents and Other Illusions.” Gallery talk and audio guide related to exhibition of same name
Hosted by Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Caccia al Tesoro Smeraldo
Community youth photography publication; open air photography exhibition in Bologna, Italy; funded by L’Occhio Sulla città
2009
Artist Talk for “Conversation With Artists” speaker series
Hosted by Textile Study Group of New York, New York, New York
2008
Artist talk and Chewing Tzu (1993) performance
Hosted by Rhode Island School of Art and Design (RISD), European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
“The Autocrat at the Automat: Oliver Wendell Holmes Meets Joseph Cornell.” Installation of community artist responses to prompts regarding anatomy professor and author Oliver Wendell Holmes’ unusual analogies to explain scientific phenomena.
Hosted by Oliver Wendell Holmes Library, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; funded by Winston Family Exhibition Fund and Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence Fund
2007
Artist talk on Pandora’s Book (2012)
Hosted by the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Barbara Lee Lecture Series. Artist talk
Hosted by Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
Gallery talk
Hosted by Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Life, Life, Eternal Life: Uncle Wiggly Meets The Pilgrim’s Progress (2006). Artist talk for International John Bunyan Society conference “Early Modern Religion and Literature in Old and New England”
Hosted at Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire
“Research in the Works.” Speaker “At the Turn of the Centuries: The Influence of Early Twentieth-Century Books on Contemporary Artists’ Books” symposium
Hosted by Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
2006
Artist talk with performance of Chewing Tzu (1993) and Soap Story (1999)
Hosted by Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Artist talk for Portland/Bologna Sister City Association
Hosted by Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon
“Passepartout” National Italian TV program hosted by Philippe Daverio
Aired by Rai3 TV, Italy, on December 3
Soap Story (1999) at Yale University Library Open House
Hosted by Arts of the Book Collection, Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut
This instance of public participation in revealing the text of Soap Story (1999) is just one of over 100 public events that have happened by the time of publication of this overview of Lorenz’s career in 2022. The text of Soap Story is revealed when the participants wash their hands with one of the six bars of soap encasing six pages of printed text, which are released as the soap is consumed. As with this event, public engagement with Soap Story is often part of a larger event, enticing readers to learn more about artists’ books and the libraries which steward them.
2005
“Il Libro d’Artista in Emilia Romagna.” Gallery talk related to exhibition of same name
Hosted by Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Bologna, Italy
2004
“Libri d’Artista e Biblioteche.” Panel speaker at conference
Hosted by Artelibro Festival del Libro d’Arte, Bologna, Italy
Memorial reception to honor life of Julia Child. Created edible commemorative mementos with rhyming text
Hosted by Boston University Culinary Arts Program, Boston, Massachusetts
2003
Artist talk
Hosted by St. Botolph Club, Boston, Massachusetts
Artist talk with performance of Chewing Tzu (1993) and Soap Story (1999)
Hosted by Wellesley Free Library, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2002
“Ulisse Aldrovandi e la forza dell’immaginazione.” Panel speaker at symposium
Hosted by Dipartimento di Psicologia, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
The Theater of Nature (2002). Panel lecture, book presentation with rhyming poetic text translated into Italian and performed by Beniamino Sidoti
Hosted at SAIS Europe Auditorium, Bologna, Italy; funded by Associazione di cultura e studio italo-americana “Luciano Finelli,” Bologna, Italy and Friends of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
2001
Artist talk
Hosted by The Baxter Society, Portland, Maine
I Ghiaccioli/The Popsicles
Hosted by Galleria Il Graffio, Bologna, Italy
Outdoor performance involving popsicle sticks gilded with ancient text, fake melted popsicles in a display case, and real popsicles with conceptual flavors relating to the aphorism of ancient wisdom. The public chose a popsicle stick with the text that most resonated with them and presented it to the artist in exchange for a popsicle flavor. The artist collaborated with Gianni Figliomeni of Gelateria Il Gelatauro, which still brands Gelatauro’s popsicle sticks with ancient wisdom relating to the time-based activity of consuming a frozen treat. The artist, in collaboration with Il Gelatauro, continue their conceptual flavor work annually for the “Gelato Ritrovato” event hosted by Cinema Ritrovato in which 100-year-old conceptual recipes by G. E. Grifoni complement annual film festival themes. The idea of the fake melted popsicles with related text eventually became Palate Palette: Ancient Pops of Wisdom (2017).
2000
Artist talk
Hosted by Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, Massachusetts
Artist talk with performances of Entropy (1987) and Chewing Tzu (1993). On occasion of solo exhibition “Libri d’Artista di Angela Lorenz”
Hosted by British Council, Bologna, Italy
Memorial reception to honor life of Tony Zwicker. Created edible commemorative mementos with rhyming text
Hosted by The Grolier Club, New York, New York
1999
Artist talk
Rhode Island School of Art and Design (RISD), European Honors Program, Rome, Italy; funded by Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1996
Entropy (1987). Time-based media consisting of four pages with text encased in ice
Hosted by the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine
This piece was first created in response to a prompt in a 1987 RISD course taught by Janet Zweig: depict a process. Each time the piece is recreated with found text from local daily newspapers collaged into a narrative. Entropy was performed for a solo show in Monza, Italy, in 1988, and for an artist’s book fair in the castle of Belgioioso, Italy, in 1991, attracting wide media attention in Italy. In 1996, it was created for a live audience at the Farnsworth Art Museum on the occasion of a lecture and solo exhibition.
Interview with Bob Dyk including a performance Chewing Tzu (1993)
Aired by WMTW-TV (ABC affiliate), Portland, Maine, on August 4
1993
Artist talk
Hosted by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; funded by the William Morris Hunt Memorial Library Visiting Committee
Artist in Residence and Visiting Artist, Critic & Lecturer Appointments
Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, Italy. Guest lecturer in book arts
Accademia di Belle Arti, Ravenna, Italy. Guest lecturer in mixed-media art
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts. Edward E. Elson Artist in Residence
Boston University in Venice, Italy. Guest lecturer in printmaking
Bowdoin College, Visual Arts Department, Bowdoin, Maine. Guest lecturer in drawing
Brandeis University, Department of Fine Arts, Waltham, Massachusetts. Visiting artist
Brown University, Department of Visual Art, Providence, Rhode Island. Visiting artist
Brown University, Graduate Seminar in Digital Humanities, Providence, Rhode Island. Guest lecturer
Brown University, Graduate Seminar on Research Methods, Italian Studies, Providence, Rhode Island. Guest lecturer
Brown University, Italian Studies/Food Studies course “Let’s eat Italy. Italian history and culture through food,” Providence, Rhode Island. Guest lecturer
Brown University, Watts History and Culture of the Book program, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island. Visiting artist
Camberwell College for the Arts, MFA in Book Arts, London, England. Guest lecturer
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Visiting artist
Colby College, Art Department, Waterville, Maine. Guest lecturer in art history
Colorado College, Colburn Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Visiting artist
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, Guest lecturer
Dartmouth College, Department of Studio Art, Hanover, New Hampshire. Visiting artist
Duke University in Bologna, Food Studies, Bologna, Italy. Guest lecturer
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine. Instructor in visual arts
Gordon College, Orvieto, Italy. Guest lecturer in visual art
Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Visiting artist
Lesley University, College of Art & Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Guest lecturer
Middle Tennessee State University, Visual Arts and History, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Guest lecturer
Mills College, Graduate Program in Book Arts, Oakland, California. Visiting critic
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts. Guest lecturer in book arts
New York University, School of Professional Studies, New York, New York. Adjunct faculty
Pacific College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon. Guest lecturer in book arts
Reed College, Art Department, Portland, Oregon. Guest lecturer in book arts
Rhode Island School of Art and Design (RISD), Center for Arts and Language, Grad Thesis Book Workshop, Providence, Rhode Island. Visiting artist
Rhode Island School of Art and Design (RISD), European Honors Program, Rome, Italy. Visiting critic
Rhode Island School of Art and Design (RISD), Summer Institute for Graphic Design Studies, Visiting artist
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Guest lecturer in book arts
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia, Venice, Italy. Faculty Artist in Residence
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine. Resident Faculty
Smith College, Book Studies Program, Northampton, Massachusetts. Guest lecturer
Stanford University, MFA Program in Art Practice, Stanford, California. Visiting artist
Swarthmore College, Art Department “Foundation Drawing” course, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Guest lecturer
University of California, UCEAP [Study abroad program], hosted accredited studio internships, Bologna, Italy
University of Minnesota, program in Florence, Italy. Guest lecturer in book arts
University of Pennsylvania, Italian Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Guest lecturer
University of Virginia, course “Global Perspectives on Gender and Sport,” Charlottesville, Virginia. Guest lecturer
University of Virginia, course “Household Archeology,” Charlottesville, Virginia. Guest lecturer
University of the Arts, Graduate Program in Printmaking and Book Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Guest critic
University of Washington, School of Art, Art History and Design, Seattle, Washington. Guest lecturer in book arts
Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Program in Florence, Italy. Guest lecturer
Wellesley College, Art Department, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Guest lecturer in book arts
Wellesley College, Art Department, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Visiting Artist in Applied Arts
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Visiting Artist
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York. Faculty
Yale University, “Studies in Visual Biography” freshman seminar, New Haven, Connecticut. Guest lecturer
Yale University, Humanities PhD seminar, New Haven, Connecticut. Guest lecturer
Angelonium 