Lorenzo Quinn was born in 1966 in Rome, Italy and lives in Barcelona, Spain. He is an Italian sculptor and former actor and the son of actor Anthony Quinn. Quinn’s childhood was split between Italy and the United States. His father had a profound influence on him. He is best known for expressive recreations of human hands. Quinn began practicing art as a painter in the early 1980s. He graduated from New York University in 1988 and studied at the American Academy of Fine Arts in New York and professionally acted in the late 1980s.