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| caption = Quinn with his father, the actor [[Anthony Quinn]] at the 40th Annual [[Emmy Award]]s, August 28, 1988.

| name = Lorenzo Quinn

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1966|05|07|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Rome, Italy]]

| occupation = Sculptor (1982&ndash;present)<br />Actor (1988&ndash;1999)

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| childrenfather = 3[[Anthony Quinn]]

'''Lorenzo Quinn''' (born May 7, May 1966) is a contemporary [[Italians|Italian]] sculptor and former actor. He is the eighth son of actor [[Anthony Quinn]].

Lorenzo Quinn was born on 7 May 1966 in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the son of Mexican-American actor [[Anthony Quinn]] and his wife Iolanda (nee Addolori).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-19 |title=Chi è Lorenzo Quinn |url=https://www.giornaledibrescia.it/cultura-e-spettacoli/chi-%C3%A8-lorenzo-quinn-1.3234506 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Giornale di brescia |language=it}}</ref> Quinn was raised in the United States and Italy and presently lives in [[Barcelona]] in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-07 |title=Lorenzo Quinn, la mano dell'arte {{!}} Barnebys Magazine |url=https://www.barnebys.it/blog/lorenzo-quinn-la-mano-dell-arte?uid=lorenzo-quinn-la-mano-dell-arte |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Barnebys.it |language=it}}</ref> He began practicingpractising art as a painter in the early 1980s when he enrolled at the American Academy of Fine Arts in New York City.<ref name="Merritt">Merritt Gallery & Renaissance Fine Arts: [http://www.merrittgallery-renaissancefinearts.com/artists/lorenzo-quinn/ Lorenzo Quinn - Merritt Gallery & Renaissance Fine Arts], accessdate: November 24, 2017</ref> In 1988 he married Giovanna Cicutto and the family moved to Spain.

Quinn professionally acted professionally in the late 1980s, portraying the young Italian violin maker [[Antonio Stradivari]] in the 1988 Italian film ''Stradivari'', directed by [[Giacomo Battiato]]. Quinn's father Anthony starred in the same production as the adult Stradivari.<ref name="BiareseSolinas1988">{{cite book|author1=Cesare Biarese|author2=Francesca Solinas|title=EuropaCinema 88: V mostra del cinema europeo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VjLS5vwQyaEC|year=1988|publisher=EDIZIONI DEDALO|isbn=978-88-220-4528-7|page=161}}</ref> Quinn subsequently played the Spanish surrealist artist [[Salvador Dalí]] in ''Dalí'', alongside English actress [[Sarah Douglas (actress)|Sarah Douglas]] portraying his wife Gala.<ref name="Comas2003">{{cite book|author=Àngel Comas|title=Diccionari de llargmetratges: el cinema a Catalunnya després del franquisme, 1975-2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_ldAh9kBl4C|year=2003|publisher=Cossetània Edicions|isbn=978-84-96035-96-6|page=75}}</ref> Quinn won the best new actor award at the [[Biarritz Film Festival]] for his work on ''Dalí''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cambio 16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PusjAQAAMAAJ|date=July 1991|publisher=Información y Revistas, S.A.}}</ref>

==ExhibitionsFirst exhibitions ==

In the early 2000s, Quinn made the decision to abandon his acting career to instead devote himself entirely to art.

Quinn’s public art includes ''Encounters'', commissioned by Fundatur and donated to [[Mallorca]] in 2003. It is now situated in [[Palma de Mallorca]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lorenzo Quinn - Artists |url=http://www.washingtongreen.co.uk/artists/lorenzo_quinn/profile.asp |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906145039/http://www.washingtongreen.co.uk/artists/lorenzo_quinn/profile.asp |archivedate=2011-09-06 |accessdate=2011-09-05 |publisher=Washington Green}}</ref>. Further works are on display at King Edward’s Wharf – ''Creation'', ''Volare'' and ''Crossing a Millennium'' – with their characteristic focus on the hand, the human form, and the circle.

Quinn's ''Forces of Nature'' series of sculptures have been displayed in England, Italy, the United States, Singapore, Netherlands, Qatar and Monaco.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-04-16|title=Gravity-Defying Sculpture of Mother Nature Rotating Earth|url=https://mymodernmet.com/lorenzo-quinn-the-force-of-nature/|access-date=2020-10-18|website=My Modern Met|language=en}}</ref>

Among other commissions, for the people of [[Birmingham]], in October 2005, Quinn created the sculpture ''Tree of Life''<ref>{{cite web |date=2005-10-07 |title=Birmingham's Blitz victims remembered |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/10/04/memorial_feature.shtml |accessdate=2008-04-23 |work=BBC}}</ref> representing those that had perished in the [[Birmingham Blitz|Birmingham air raids in World War II]].

Quinn designed the ''Ride The World'' trophy for the MOTO GP championships.<ref>{{cite web| author= Independent Newspapers Online |url=http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=751&fArticleId=377882 |title=New MotoGP World Championship Trophy |publisher=motoring.co.za |date=2010-05-05 |accessdate=2011-09-05}}</ref> The trophy was presented to [[Valentino Rossi]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sports |first=Dorna |title=Rossi receives first ever World Championship Trophy {{!}} MotoGP™ |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2004/03/27/rossi-receives-first-ever-world-championship-trophy/135935 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=www.motogp.com |language=en}}</ref>