Born in Merì (Me) in 1942, Lorenzo, belonging to the same family stock as Rocco Chinnici, has been interested in colours and art since childhood. He received his first teaching from Renato Guttuso, whom he met in 1953 in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto during an exhibition. The Maestro, struck by the attention paid to the paintings of that 'picciriddu', offered him advice. His association with a local painter, Salvatore La Rosa, known by the pseudonym Furnari, was to last longer. Furnari, who had already settled in Liguria, on his return to his home town in Sicily, met the young Lorenzo who, after meeting Guttuso, was now irremediably attracted to the art of painting.
It was Furnari who gave Chinnici his first colours and initiated him into the secrets of art. Several times Furnari would exhibit with his pupil, at least until the early 1970s. In 1965, during a very popular extemporaneous exhibition, Lorenzo Chinnici was noticed and awarded a prize by Salvatore Pugliatti, emeritus jurist and Rector of the University of Messina, a well-known admirer of the arts. In the meantime, Lorenzo Chinnici graduated and became a professional artist. In the course of his life, he would have many encounters with other artists, often stemming from his frequentation of the enlightened art dealer at Meceden in Milazzo, Nino Caruso, who has been involved in Chinnici's art in Sicily and abroad since 1969. Lorenzo also had the opportunity to frequent the Bottega d'Arte of Salvatore Fiume, with whom he formed a strong human relationship that also saw the exchange of paintings between the two on the occasion of family events. As the years progressed, his acquaintances with other great artists thickened: Mario Rossello, Giuseppe Migneco, Aligi Sassu, Ernesto Treccani and Ugo Nespolo. During these frequentations, Chinnici had positive feedback from his colleagues, feedback that increasingly consolidated him in his vocation and artistic commitment, fortifying him in the pain of the illness that had always afflicted him.
After the age of 40, the burden of pain increases and Lorenzo, who never loses the fire of his artistic passion and love for his land, leaves in the 1980s and 1990s for spiritual retreats in Assisi. These moments of profound introspection helped the artist to return to painting again strong and determined to do more and better. Shy of notoriety, disinterested in commercial painting, in easy success, Lorenzo Chinnici says he paints for himself, only to process and bring out the moods that come over him. Over the years, Chinnici has followed his broad artistic vein, which makes him practise any technique, from watercolour to murals, from fresco to stone. In 2017, the museum dedicated to Chinnici was set up in the halls of the Suburban Park in Merì (me).
His name is reviewed in 2000 national and international magazines, about 100 figures connected to the world of art and culture have written about him. Numerous collaborations with hundreds of international artists. Three hundred exhibitions in different cities around the world. He continues to live and work in Sicily. Testimonial for Maculopathies and the worldwide Covid emergency.
Critics wrote about him: L.Barbera, M.Truscello, G.C.Capritti, Maugeri, Nasillo, N.Billè, S.Greco, N.Ferrau, N.Ferrara, S.Pugliatti, E.Caruso, Nino Cacia, M.Danzè, G.Anania, A.Sciuto, M.Francolini, F.Pasini, G.Gaudio, F.Baglini, S.Feder, A.Caruso, B.Nickolls, C.Carducci, E.Comey, G.Cardone, T.Forrest, YM.Lamine, E.Catalano, D.Blakeley, F. Di Gregorio, C.Vannuzzi Landini, R. P.Escalona, F.Bellola, J.Tatano, M.Velardita, A.Lombardo, G.Gorga, G.Carfí Urso, V. Sgarbi, E.Gollini, N. Z.D’Urso, S.Thornley, M.Ferrenti, F.Di Bella, V.Certo, V.Calí, S.Nugnes, D.Celi, P.Levi, N.Ruvolo, K.Bulgarini, S.Serradifalco, P.Giambra, K.Trifiró, O.C.Greco, J.V.R.Dalí, G.Garancini, E.La Rosa, E.X.Wang, J.E.Londono Ramírez, A.Italiano, I.Bivol, C.Fici, Z.Whei, G.Pantano.
His name appears in the most well-known and accredited contemporary art publications.
Among the numerous exhibitions held we mention the most significant:
MESSINA (1963 Premio Acli)
MILAZZO (1963 Circolo Diana)
MESSINA (1964 Select)
NOVARA Sic. (1965 Estemporanea)
BONN (1965 Schimdt Gallery)
MESSINA (1966 Teatro Vittorio Emanuele)
NOVARA Sic. (1967 Premio Diana Medaglia D’oro)
TERMINI IMERESE (1968 Premio Asia)
RODI MILICI (1969 Proloco R.Milici)
BOLZANO (1969 Galleria Onas)
MILAZZO (1969 Premio Circolo Diana)
VERONA (1970 Galleria San Luca)
FIRENZE (1972 Palazzo Antinori)
MILAZZO (1972 Circolo Duca di Genova)
MESSINA (1973 Premio A.S.L.A.)
PARIGI (1973 Pleyel)
VENETICO (1974 Premio Lusserti)
LONDRA (1974 Exh. Italian Contemporary Painters)
TREVISO (1974 Galleria Pari)
MESSINA (1975 Arte Sacra Cariddi)
FIRENZE (1975 Galleria Michelangelo)
PARIGI (1975 Gran Palais)
ROMA (1975 Nuova Dimensione)
MILAZZO (1976 Circolo Duca di Genova)
ROMA (1980 Mid-Times International)
BARCELONA (1981 Gerona)
MILAZZO (1982 Circolo Duca di Genova)
MADRID (1982 Iberico)
MILAZZO (1983 Circolo Duca di Genova)
SAINT VINCENT (1985 Galleria Civica)
S.P.NICETO (1985 Rassegna A. del Territorio)
MESSINA (1986 Circolo Ufficiali)
SINAGRA (1987 Sinagrarte)
MONACO(Germania) (1987 Meceden)
MILAZZO (1988 Meceden)
CAPO D’ORLANDO (1990 Galleria Agatirio)
MESSINA (1990 Galleria dell Stretto)
BARCELLONA P.G. (1994 Galleria l’Epicentro)
MILAZZO (1998 Meceden)
RICCIONE (2002 Patchanka)
PACE DEL MELA (2003 I.C.S. G. Marconi)
MESSINA (2006 Palazzo della Provincia)
BARCELLONA P.G. (2006 Galleria Oasi)
MILAZZO (2008 1° Biennale d’Arte)
ROCCAVALDINA (2015 VII E. Di C. in Cortile)
MILANO (2015 Six Inch – The Synergy of Sons)
LONDRA (2015 Menier Gallery – The Synergy S.)
LAGO DI COMO (2016 NH Hotel – Fuoco nell’acqua)
M.S.GIORGIO (2016 – Sguardi Nascosti)
SERRA SAN BRUNO (2016 Museo Della Certosa )
ROCCAVALDINA (2016 Di cortile in cortile)
POSITANO (2016 V.C. Smeraldo – Mari del Sud)
SALERNO (2016 I Biennale di Salerno)
MIAMI (2016 Miami Meets Milano)
NEW YORK (2017 Spoleto Art meet New York )
MILANO (2017 Open your Art )
POSITANO (2017 V.C. Smeraldo – MediterraniAma)
TAORMINA (2017 Hotel Timeo)
FIGUERES (2017 S.Arte Meets Dalí)
BARCELLONA P.G. (2017 Fashion Event)
NOVA MILANESE (2017 L’Arte racconta la migrazione)
ARLES (2017 S.Arte Meets Van Gogh)
CINISELLO BALSAMO (2017 L’Arte racconta la migrazione)
NOVA MILANESE (2017 Identitá Celate)
MERÍ (2017 Museo del P.Suburbano – Radici)
CATANIA (2017 Palazzo Manganelli – Dipinti)
MERÍ (2018 – I Premio Lorenzo Chinnici )
MESSINA (2018 – Rotary Club – Arte&Solidarietá)
SAN PIETROBURGO (2018 – The Official Hermitage Hotel)
MOSCA (2018 – Hotel Novotel)
S.AGATA M. (2018 – Magikamente)
ROCCAVALDINA (2018 – Casa Vermiglia)
CALTAGIRONE (2018 – Angeli a Calatagéron)
SALERNO (2018 III Biennale di Salerno)
M.S.GIORGIO (2018 – Caravaggi Arte)
ROMA (2019 – Palazzo Velli)
PARIGI (2019 – Galleria Thuilliers)
BARCELLONA (2019 – Palazzo Gomis)
BUDAPEST (2019 – Art Expo)
PACE DEL MELA (2019 – Palazzo Lo Sciotto)
CATANIA (2019 – Palazzo del Toscano)
VERBANIA (2020 – Vino – Villa Giulia)
BELGIRATE (2020 – Alcool – Villa Carlotta)
CINA (2020 – SinoNingbo – Huangshan)
CARTAGO COLUMBIA (2021 – II Expo Latina de Arte)
CASTROCARO (2021 – CASTELLO C.D. ARTIGLIERIE)
STRESA (2021 – Palazzo dei Congrssi)
MERÍ (2021 – Timeless Immortal Art)
SPOLETO (2021 – Modigliani Art Prize)
SALERNO (2021 – 4′ Biennale – Lunatica)
PERU – SULLANA ( IV Salone Internazionale di Arti visive)
PACE DEL MELA (2021 Teatro del Mela – Nativity)
CATANIA (2021 Villa del Grado – Christmas Exhibition)
CASALVOLONE (2021 C.P.Sportivo – Contaminazione Artistica)
MERÍ (2022 Museo Antiquarium – Ikigai)
MILAZZO (2022 Palazzo D’Amico Art senza Barriere)
SALERNO (2022 Palazzo Fruscione – La Virtú della forza)
VARESE (2023 UNA-Hotels – Liquid Art
TUNXI (2023 – TIA Timeless Immortal Art China)
PECHINO (2023 – UCAS Center – Chinnici & Whei)
IACA DI PIRAINO (2023 – Alibi C. )
CALTAGIRONE (2023 – Palazzo Crescimanno D’Altafiorita)
PALERMO (2023 – Palazzo Calatafimi)
CONDRÓ (2023 – TIA Timeless Immortal Art III – Condró)
CASTROREALE (2023 – Meeting Sicily)
CASTROREALE (2023 – Artissima Prize)
CALTAGIRONE (2023 – La Collegiata)
CALTAGIRONE (2023 – Floriano)
RAGUSA (2023 – La Bucolica)
HANGZHOU CHINA (2023 – Tsung Dao Lee – Center of arts and sciences
