Lorenzo Epis

I am a multidisciplinary visual artist and graphic designer from Bergamo, Italy. I graduated in 2020 at the University of Arts London, where I attended a Design for Art Direction BA degree at the London College of Communication.

While at my first year of university, I witnessed Brexit evolving right in front of my eyes, leaving me extremely perplexed and keen on giving somehow my contribution in order to help the united Europe ambition to keep on flourishing.
Since this very moment, most of my researches and experimentations as an artist will verge around the urge to fill what I like to call, the European Union iconographic deficit.

I believe that despite the numerous achievements brought by the process of European integration, the scarcity of a bold and vibrant EU visual language within popular culture is undermining the development of a proud and genuine sense of belonging by citizens towards the European project.

My works focus on the fluidity and playfulness of the European dream, picturing extremely technical issues of identity and politics opposed to a strong, whimsical, vivacious and sometimes humorous graphic motif. Filling the gap between the seemingly bureaucratic Union architecture and the European citizenship represents a long-fought structural debate to support more representative and inclusive policy-making processes. As the solution to this factual democratic deficit needs to start locally, I have decided to contextualize my art in the need to uplift the conversation on what the European construction represents and in the ways through which it can be proactively debated to support the fundamentals values and principles of our society.

The enthusiasm for pro-Europe activism and the deep engagement for visual arts merge into ARTIVISM, telling the story of a Europe fueled by awareness and excitement for an increasingly blue and yellow future, together.