b.1969
The year 1995 marked the beginning of Lorenzo Sperlonga's career as a pin-up artist - he painted his first cover for SKORPIO - the biggest comics magazine in Italy
Lorenzo Sperlonga was born in Rome in 1969. At the age of 16, he began his career as an illustrator and a graphic designer for advertising agencies and small publishers. In those first few years, he soon realized that painting was his true calling, and little by little he focused his artistic interests entirely towards sci-fi, fantasy and erotica.
As his covers started to appear in Australia, South America and Eastern Europe, the American market opened its doors to Lorenzo in 1998. Lorenzo moved to Los Angeles, where he began his collaboration with Larry Flynt Publications, as well as many other publishers such as Avalanche, Aeg, Sizzle, Fort Ross. However, in Lorenzo's words, the "real big one" happened in 2000 when he became a cover artist for historical fantasy comics magazine Heavy Metal.
Tamara Bane Gallery and Lorenzo started to work together in May 2002, just a couple of months before the release of his first book The Art of Lorenzo Sperlonga (see below).
On the wings of that international success, MG soon contacted him again to commission the double cover of the premiere issue of Artcore, the first periodical entirely dedicated to pin-up art.
Lorenzo Sperlonga continues to produce stunning artwork, a master of fantasy erotica.
All images in this gallery are copyright © Lorenzo Sperlonga. All rights reserved.
Go to The Art of Lorenzo Sperlonga
Title: The River
Date: 1993
Notes: Cover for Brown Sugar
Title: Bazooka
Date: 1994
Model: Kim Basinger
Notes: Cover for Skorpio
Title: Amazon
Date: 1995
Model: Shae Marks
Notes: Cover for Heavy Metal and Skorpio
Title: The Snake
Date: 1995
Model: Nicole Wood
Notes: Cover for Tattilo
Title: Degree 13
Date: 1995
Model: Tracy Lords
Notes: Cover for Skorpio
Title: Rain
Date: 1996
Notes: Cover for Skorpio
Title: The Bride
Date: 1996
Notes: Cover for Heavy Metal and Skorpio
Title: The Droid
Date: 1996
Notes: Cover for Lanciostory
Title: The Elf
Date: 1996
Model: Jennifer J. Lavoie
Notes: Cover for Skorpio
Title: Sunset
Date: 1997
Model: Pamela Anderson
Notes: Cover for Skorpio
Title: The Mermaid
Date: 1997
Notes: Cover for Eura Editoriale
Title: Mirror
Date: 1997
Notes: Cover for Lanciostory
Title: The Huntress
Date: 1999
Model: Julie Smith
Notes: Cover for Heavy Metal
Title: Desert Rose
Date: 2000
Notes: Cover for Heavy Metal
Title: Jade And Steel
Date: 2001
Notes: Cover for Avalanche Press and Skorpio
Title: The Gift
Date: 2002
Model: Ginger Sinclair
Notes: Painting for Tamara Bane Gallery
Title: Lizzy Goes To London
Date: 2002
Model: Lizzy Strain
Notes: Illustration for Heavy Metal
Title: Aztecs
Date: 2002
Model: Veronika Kotajic
Notes: Cover for Avalanche Press
Title: The Fairy
Date: 2002
Model: Linda O'Neil
Notes: Cover for Avalanche Press
Title: Nile Empire
Date: 2002
Notes: Cover for Avalanche Press
Title: A Bed of Roses
Title: Awakening
Title: Bad News for the Wolf
Title: Checkers
Title: Dirty Work
Title: Freya
Title: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Title: The Last Letter
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