He is a visual artist who graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon and also works as a stop-motion animator.

His solo exhibitions include “Hábitat” at Galería Siboney (Santander); “Conforme o dia” at Galeria Carlos Carvalho (Lisbon); “Anamorfosis” at Marilia Razuk Galeria (São Paulo); and “Paisajes” at the Portugal Pavilion (Lisbon), among others.

His works are held in both public and private collections, including the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Unión Fenosa (MACUF), Colección Norte, Government of Cantabria, Fundação D. Luís I, Fundação PLMJ, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Fundación Conde de Fenosa, Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, and Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, among others.

Drawing inspiration from architects and designers of the twentieth-century modern movement, the artist depicts domestic environments that appear stripped back yet are profoundly human in the small details of everyday life: an open book, a vase of flowers, a toy left behind in the middle of activity.

José Lourenço immortalises moments through the sharp shadows and textures that permeate his paintings. Oscillating between dream (evoked in natural settings that stretch as far as the eye can see) and hypothetical reality (materialised through the presence of mundane objects), the artist creates his own habitat, a shelter in which he lives and finds protection.