A Bio
La Lorenita
1999
Lorena Rode is a multidisciplinary artist based in Munich. Her work explores and reimagines the ways in which we cultivate relationships and form communities.
Raised across South America, Africa and Europe, Lorena is fascinated by the moment the foreign becomes familiar and the individual merges into the collective. She examines the concept of belonging through an artisanal approach, combining glass, ceramics, and wool to create what she refers to as 'unlikely neighbours'. These investigations take the form of tools, tales, and sculptures that are tested in participatory performances. She draws inspiration from how other living beings navigate care, cooperation, safety, and beauty, ultimately questioning how we live and how we might live differently.
Raised across South America, Africa and Europe, Lorena is fascinated by the moment the foreign becomes familiar and the individual merges into the collective. She examines the concept of belonging through an artisanal approach, combining glass, ceramics, and wool to create what she refers to as 'unlikely neighbours'. These investigations take the form of tools, tales, and sculptures that are tested in participatory performances. She draws inspiration from how other living beings navigate care, cooperation, safety, and beauty, ultimately questioning how we live and how we might live differently.
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Exhibitions
2026
The Ashtray, the Cupboard and the Leather Boots, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
FifteenxFifteen, Blowfish Gallery, Hertford, UK
Cuuute <3, C/off space, Munich, DE
Shops!, Lost weekend meets Young Art, Munich Jewellery week, Munich, DE
Take this Stone and Pass it on, Kobeia Gallerie, Munich, DE
2025
Tiny Objects, Haus.Kunst.Mitte., Berlin, DE
Strangely Familiar, Het Archief Art Space, Rotterdam, NL
RE:FWR, NDSM Amsterdam x Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam, NL
The Garden of Belonging, Metropolitan Museum, Iasi, RO
A fly on the Wall, Oud House, Rotterdam Art Week, NL
RE:FWD, Kunstlinie Almere x Bijbels Museum, Almere, NL
The Art of transformation, De Zolder, Rotterdam, NL
2024
BegEHREN, X-pon Art Gallery, Hamburg, DE
International Biennial of Jewellery and Metal Art, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, LT
Castillo Nostrum, Centre de la Platja, Barcelona, ES
Radical Connection, VOX-POP x Het Klimaatmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
Salon der Rotterdamse kunstenaars, The Doelen, Rotterdam, NL
Tongues, NDSM Treehouse, Amsterdam, NL
The Cierto-Pluck, Jiny svety, Anezka Praha, Prague, CZ
Fries and Tradion, Time is the New Space, Rotterdam, NL
Archipel-J. Slauerhof en 14 Anderen, Het Moet Publishing, Amsterdam, NL
2023
Dear Shapes in space, Neck of the Woods Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Messmerizing, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
A Call for Care, Buitenplaats Briennenord, Rotterdam, NL
How small can you go, RUIS, Nijmengen, NL
Young Design Selection, Het Niewe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
Mama Limonada, MoMo Festival, Rotterdam, NL
2022
Music word geserveerd”, Time is the New Space, Rotterdam, NL
Das Tischdecken, Garage, Rotterda, NL
Ya le pondremos un Nombre, EtHall, Barcelona, ES
Washing Trapped Air, CodArts, Rotterdam, NL
The Ashtray, the Cupboard and the Leather Boots, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
FifteenxFifteen, Blowfish Gallery, Hertford, UK
Cuuute <3, C/off space, Munich, DE
Shops!, Lost weekend meets Young Art, Munich Jewellery week, Munich, DE
Take this Stone and Pass it on, Kobeia Gallerie, Munich, DE
2025
Tiny Objects, Haus.Kunst.Mitte., Berlin, DE
Strangely Familiar, Het Archief Art Space, Rotterdam, NL
RE:FWR, NDSM Amsterdam x Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam, NL
The Garden of Belonging, Metropolitan Museum, Iasi, RO
A fly on the Wall, Oud House, Rotterdam Art Week, NL
RE:FWD, Kunstlinie Almere x Bijbels Museum, Almere, NL
The Art of transformation, De Zolder, Rotterdam, NL
2024
BegEHREN, X-pon Art Gallery, Hamburg, DE
International Biennial of Jewellery and Metal Art, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, LT
Castillo Nostrum, Centre de la Platja, Barcelona, ES
Radical Connection, VOX-POP x Het Klimaatmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
Salon der Rotterdamse kunstenaars, The Doelen, Rotterdam, NL
Tongues, NDSM Treehouse, Amsterdam, NL
The Cierto-Pluck, Jiny svety, Anezka Praha, Prague, CZ
Fries and Tradion, Time is the New Space, Rotterdam, NL
Archipel-J. Slauerhof en 14 Anderen, Het Moet Publishing, Amsterdam, NL
2023
Dear Shapes in space, Neck of the Woods Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Messmerizing, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
A Call for Care, Buitenplaats Briennenord, Rotterdam, NL
How small can you go, RUIS, Nijmengen, NL
Young Design Selection, Het Niewe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
Mama Limonada, MoMo Festival, Rotterdam, NL
2022
Music word geserveerd”, Time is the New Space, Rotterdam, NL
Das Tischdecken, Garage, Rotterda, NL
Ya le pondremos un Nombre, EtHall, Barcelona, ES
Washing Trapped Air, CodArts, Rotterdam, NL
Grants & Programs
2025 - Mondriaan Fund, Artist start grant
2024 - Culture Moves Europe Funding for “Castillo Nostrum”, Barcelona
2023- Annual Para-Academic Course on Territorial Innovation, Living Summerschool, Kortrijk
2021- Kunst blijft slapen, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
Education
Oktober 2026 - Now
Schmuck und Gerät Klasse Prof. Pontoppidan, Akademie der Bildenen Künste München, Germany
September 2019 - July 2023
Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bachelor of Fine Art
September 2016 - July 2018
Europäische Schule Rhein Main, Bad Vilbel, Germany
European Baccalaureate
August 2011 - July 2016
International School of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
August 2008 - July 2011
Heiligenstock Schule, Hofheim, Germany
August 2005 - July 2008
Deutsche Schule, San Salvador, El Salvador