Kena Lorenzini Explained

Kena Lorenzini
Birth Name:María Eugenia Lorenzini Lorenzini
Birth Place:Talca, Chile
Occupation:Psychologist, photographer, writer
Awards:Altazor Award (2010)
Party:Democratic Revolution

María Eugenia Lorenzini Lorenzini (born 1959), better known as Kena Lorenzini, is a Chilean psychologist, photographer, writer, curator, feminist, and activist.

Early life and education

Kena Lorenzini was born in Talca in 1959 to a Catholic and Pinochetist family.[1] She completed secondary school at the Liceo Blanco Encalada in Talca in 1976.[2] She earned a degree in Gender and Sexualities, Research, and Social Intervention from the Academy of Christian Humanism University and a master's in clinical psychology with a mention in psychoanalysis from Adolfo Ibáñez University.[3]

Career

Lorenzini made her debut as a self-taught photographer in 1980.[4] Since then, her work has been published in periodicals such as the magazines , , and Pluma y Pincel, and the newspaper La Nación.[5] She takes inspiration from urban art present in Chile from the 1970s, passing through the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet into the reinterpretation of urban culture present in contemporary cities.[4] [6] Much of her photography has been devoted to documenting social protests.[7]

In 2010, she won the Altazor Award for National Arts in the photography category for Visible/Invisible, her exhibition with Helen Hughes and Leonora Vicuña.[8]

Exhibitions

Lorenzini has participated in several solo and group exhibitions, including CowParade Santiago (2006),[9] Chile, geografía de niños (2000), Visible/Invisible at La Moneda Palace (2009),[10] Historia de Chile a través de la fotografía at the National Museum of Fine Arts (2010),[11] and Fragmentos/Memorias/Imágenes a 40 años del golpe at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights (2013).[12]

Politics

In the 2017 general election, Lorenzini stood as a Broad Front candidate for senator, receiving 4,836 votes (1.3% of the total cast).[13] She is a member of Democratic Revolution and publicly advocates for women's rights, same-sex marriage, and LGBT rights.[14]

Personal life

Lorenzini's left-wing politics and identification as a lesbian caused conflict with her family early in life. She abandoned Catholicism at age 23.

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Gallo. Macarena. 'Chile no soportaría a una Pedro Lemebel lesbiana'. The Clinic. 13 June 2012. 25 May 2020. Chile Could Not Bear a Lesbian Pedro Lembel. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Liceo Blanco Encalada de Talca . . Spanish . 2016-07-31 . 2020-05-25.
  3. Web site: Antecedentes académicos docentes . Teachers' Academic Backgrounds . Fundación Henry Dunant . Spanish . 2015 . 2020-05-25.
  4. News: Recados callejeros de los 80 se juntan en libro fotográfico . Street Messages from the 80s Come Together in a Photographic Book . Daniela . Silva Astorga . . Spanish . 2010-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071926/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 2016-03-04 . dead . 2020-05-25.
  5. News: Vivienda y decoración: Kena Lorenzini . Housing and Decoration: Kena Lorenzini . Jordi . Castell . Jordi Castell . . Spanish . 2001-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060206/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 2016-03-04 . dead . 2020-05-25.
  6. News: Lente Urbano . Urban Lens . . Spanish . 2001-07-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090804/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 2016-03-04 . dead . 2020-05-25.
  7. Web site: Entrevista, Kena Lorenzini: 'Soy una mujer activista y ese es mi norte' . Interview, Kena Lorenzini: 'I am a Woman Activist and This is My Goal' . Contintanegra . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20130713025930/http://contintanegra.cl/2012/07/%E2%80%9Csoy-una-mujer-activista-y-ese-es-mi-norte%E2%80%9D/ . 2013-07-13 . dead . 2020-05-25.
  8. Web site: Helen Hughes, Kena Lorenzini y Leonora Vicuña . Altazor Awards . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016214140/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/helen-hughes-kena-lorenzini-y-leonora-vicuna/ . 2013-10-16 . dead . 2020-05-25.
  9. News: Vacas invitan a dialogar con la ciudad . Cows Invite Dialogue with the City . Heidi . Schmidlin Moore . . Spanish . 2005-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084114/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 2016-03-04 . dead . 2020-05-25.
  10. Web site: Visible/invisible: tres fotógrafas durante la dictadura militar en chile . Visible/Invisible: Three Photographers During the Military Dictatorship in Chile . . Spanish . 2009 . 2020-05-25 .
  11. News: La primera historia fotográfica de Chile . The First Photographic History of Chile . Maite . Armendáriz Azcárate . . Spanish . 2010-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073037/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 2016-03-04 . dead . 2020-05-25.
  12. Web site: 'Fragmentos/Memorias/Imágenes. A 40 años del Golpe' . Fragments/Memories/Images. 40 Years Since the Coup . . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424193347/http://www.museodelamemoria.cl/expos/fragmentosmemoriasimagenes/ . 2013-04-24 . dead . 2020-05-25.
  13. News: Circunscripción 9 – Maule . . Spanish . 2020-05-25.
  14. Rompiendo el silencio: Parejas lésbicas . Breaking the Silence: Lesbian Couples . Alejandro . Lavquén . . 736 . Spanish . 2011-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208115437/http://lavquen.tripod.com/entrevistaakenalorenzini.htm . 2015-12-08 . dead . 2020-05-25.

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