Born and raised in New Jersey, and currently living in New York, Karl Lorenzen began his studies
and career in commercial art as a graphic artist and designer for the apparel and print industries.
He later studied and taught the arts of Sacred Geometry, (a hybrid of art, the sciences, and
spirituality) and gives workshops and exhibits at national and international conferences,
symposiums, galleries, museums, and cultural centers.
Lorenzen is a faculty member of the New York Open Center, and a teaching artist - in - residence at
the Omega Institute, two leading centers of holistic, wellness, and world cultural / spiritual studies
in the United States. He also teaches at Anthroposophy NYC, an affiliate of the Waldorf School.
Lorenzen recently exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum with the Japan Print Society, and
is included in an upcoming UNESCO - sponsored “Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013” exhibition in
2014. Past exhibitions / venues include Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center inFusion Gallery,
Canadian Botanical Association / L’ Association Botanique du Canada at Thompson Rivers
University, Hudson Valley Seed Library, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Gallery, NY, and the United
Nations Headquarters in New York City.
As a musician, Lorenzen is a member of Gamelan Kusuma Laras and a past member of Gamelan
Dharma Swara, two traditional Indonesian orchestras in NYC. Hosted by the Indonesian Consulate
General of New York, they performed in many New York area venues including the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Asia Society, Lincoln Center, Trinity Church, Tibet House, and
Yale University.