The Portuguese artist José Lourenço (Lisbon, 1975) is a visual artist graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon and a stop motion animator. Lourenço works with an imaginary of contemporary pop art to which he adds his own themes, namely architecture, and techniques.

His solo exhibitions include “Habitat” at Galeria Siboney – Santander; “Conforme o dia” at Galeria Carlos Carvalho – Lisbon; “Anamorphosis” at Marilia Razuk Galeria – São Paulo and “Paisagens” at Pavilhão de Portugal – Lisbon. It is represented in public and private collections, including: Museu de Arte Contemporânea Unión Fenosa (MACUF), Coleção Norte, Governo de Cantabria, Fundação D. Luís I, Fundação PLMJ, Fundação Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Conde de Fenosa, Museu de Belas Artes de Santander, Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, among others.

Habitat XV, 2023, chosen as the image for the 2024 edition of Drawing Room Lisboa, belongs to a series of paintings and drawings that invent domestic situations full of joy and well-being, in which irony is not lacking. Images of colorful children’s toys and landscapes of relaxed beauty seek to provoke surprise, mystery and other emotions, always with a refined and geometric aesthetic, where color is the protagonist and the point of view surprising.