Nucleo is a studio collective of
artists and designers based in Turin, founded and directed from 1997 by
Piergiorgio Robino, guest professor at the Politecnico of Turin, at Domus
Academy of Milan and Bezalel Academy of Jerusalem.
Nucleo is an atelier composed by a
dozen of artists, designers and artisans chosen to give projects an artisanal
form. The artworks, made by resin, wood and metal, have as a common ground a
history conceived in its complete form of past, present and future, that is
then manipulated and folded in accordance with creation, investigating Mankind
through Time. NUCLEO’s research is expressed in every artefact, explicating the
original and three dimensional material aspects that are innate in everyday
objects.
Nucleo’s
designs have been exhibited worldwide: in the Netherlands (The Stedelijk
Museum, Amsterdam, 2017), Switzerland
(Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, 2016), Italy (Triennale Design Museum,
Milano, 2014; Mart, Museum of modern and
contemporary arts. Rovereto, 2013; Fondazione Re Rebaudengo, Turin, 2009),
Brazil (Museu Nacional do Conjunto Cultural da República, Brasília, 2008),
Germany (Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005), Spain (Marco Museum of
Contemporary Art, Vigo, 2005 ), France (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 2004),
and the United States (Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh 2004; Chelsea Art
Museum, New York, 2004; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2003) and exhibiting in
leading Fairs specializing in art and design.
Nucleo is directed by:
Piergiorgio
Robino (1969) born in Asti (Italy)
Nucleo signatures are:
Piergiorgio
Robino (1969) born in Asti (Italy)
Stefania
Fersini (1982) born in Aosta (Italy)
Alice Carlotta
Occleppo (1981) born in Torino (Italy)
Alexandra
Denton (1984) born in Göteborgn (Sweden)
Edoardo
Umberto Trave (1989) born in Torino (Italy)
Marzia Ricci
(1988) born in Savigliano (Italy)
Nucleo workshop is:
Andrea Bianchi
(1990) born in Imperia (Italy)
Stefano Lisa
(1991) born in Torino (Italy)
Ettore Fassino
(1994) born in Torino (Italy)
Nucleo Statement
Our work can be described as an investigation of
time-frames; their matrix and their existences.
Distinctive, curious and tactile, we draw comparisons
between the past and the future.
A theme that influences the perception of the
“self” and the surroundings.
We play with the presumption of interlacing
time-frames and exploring the space they create.
With a focus on three dimensional shapes, the physical
and tactile experience is an important part of the expression.
We have
always been interested in working with history, the lack of history, and the
creation of it. Aspects necessary to build a memory.
We believe that through making a past of the future,
we can create a curiosity of history that has not yet happened.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2018
Studio Nucleo, Turin, Italy. "The Sacred Gift".
October 30th - November 4th
Cinema
Arti, Milan, Italy. “Driade Moon Mission 50th Anniversary”. April 17th – 22nd
2017
FuturDome,
Milan, Italy. “Nucleo. The Law of Past Experience”. September 27th — December
15th
2016
Project
Space, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland. “4,3 x 1017 SECONDS”.
October 18th
2015
Ammann
Gallery, Köln, Germany. “Nucleo | Nuove
Arti”. April 14th – June 12nd
2014
Institut
Culturel Italien, Paris, France. "Manifesto" Nucleo retrospective.
March 25th - May 6th
2013
Galerie
Italienne, Paris, France. “Stone Age". September 8th – October 15th
Ammann
Gallery, Köln, Germany. “Nucleo | Future
Archeology”. April 19th – May 20th
2012
- 2011
Ammann
Gallery, Köln, Germany. “Nucleo | New Ages”. November 25th 2011- February 29th
2012
2010
Secondome
Gallery, Rome, Italy. “Primitive”. October
21st - November 20th
Galerie Italienne, Paris, France. "Primitive". January 8th - February
6th
2009
Artissima,
Turin, Italy. “Primitive”. 3rd – 6th November
Fondazione
Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy. “Local design shop”. May 5th - 18th
2006
Abitare
il Tempo, Verona, Italy. “Eutopia”. September 21st - 25th
2003
Abitare il tempo, Verona, Italy. “Nucleo Home, Living XXI Century”.
September 18th – 22nd
Selected Group Exhibition
2019
Grimaldi Forum, Montecarlo. “PAD Monaco, Art+Design”.
April 26th – 28th
Nilufar
Depot, Milan, Italy. “Far”. April 9th – 14th
Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci. Milan,
Italy “ RO Plastic Master’s Pieces”. April 6th – 14th
2018
Studio Nucleo, Turin, Italy. "Innesti". October 31st -
November 30th
MUMEDI with Triennale Design Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. “Vegetal House”.
November 1st – January 15th
Matter of Stuff, Fenman House, London, UK. “Pop Up Concept Gallery”. September
18th – October 31st
Auditorium Unità d’Italia, Isernia, Italy. “Premio Paci”. September 2nd – 30th
Museo della Casa Rossa, Anacapri, Italy. “Festival del Paesaggio”. July
28th – October 20th
Lotte
Gallery, Pusan, South Korea. “Vege.ta.tion” May 3rd – 27th
Subalterno1,
Milan, Italy. “#sendmethefuture”. April 17th - 22th
Lotte
Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. “Vege.ta.tion” March 30th – April 27th
2017
Chiostro di San Nicola Anacapri, Anacapri, Italy. “Anatomia del Paesaggio”. July
16th – September 30th
VSOP
art & design projects, Greenport, NY. “Very Special One-Time Performance”.
May 27th – July 16th
Stedelijk
Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. “Solution or utopia? Design for refugees”. May
20th – August 27th
Artmonte-carlo,
Monaco, France. “Objets mes amis”. April 29th – 30th
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy. “Salone Satellite. 20
Years of New Creativity”. April 5th – 25th
Fiera
Milano Rho, Milan, Italy. “Collezione Salone Satellite 20 anni”. April 4th –
9th
Subalterno1,
Milan, Italy. “Anthropocene”. April 4th – 9th
2016
Fondazione Capri, Capri, Italy. “Travelogue”. September 19th – 24th
Poppi
Castle, Poppi, Italy. "Poppi deposito d'arte 2016 #numerouno".
September 16th – 18th
Ammann
Gallery, Köln, Germany. “Summer exhibition”. July 28th – September 16th
Ammann
Gallery, Köln, Germany. “Between all chairs”. April 14th - June 3rd
Il
Crepaccio, Milan, Italy. “Hope”. April 10th
Triennale
Museum, Milano, Italy. “Noosphere XX1 - A Mobile And Evolving School”. April 2nd –
Sept 12th
Reggia di Venaria Reale, Venaria Reale, Italy. “Made In Italy. From
The Middle Ages To The Present Day”. March 19th – July 10th
Barriera,
Italy. “Sorriso Arcaico”. March 17th-30th
Edition
Take5, Genève, Switzerland. “Art Genève” January 28th -30th
2015
Poppi Castle, Poppi, Italy. "Poppi deposito d'arte
2015 #numerozero". October 2nd - 4th
Norma
Mangione Gallery, Turin, Italy. "So much more than the sum of its
tropes". Sept. 25th – Oct. 28th
Ammann
Gallery, Köln, Germany. "Summer group show". July 7th - September
10th
Fondazione
Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy. “Praestigium Contemporary Artists from
Italy, Imago Mundi/Luciano Benetton project”.
May 18th – June 21st
Designmonat
Graz, Graz, Austria. “ Unikat”. May 3rd – 17th
Visionnaire
Design Gallery, Milan, Italy. ‘Safari Moon’ . April 14th – July 18th
Nilufar
Gallery, Milan, Italy. "Nilufar Depot" . April 15th – 30th
CO2,
Turin, Italy.“Club of matinee idolz”. February 21st – March 22nd
Ammann
Gallery, Köln, Germany. “One and Many Chairs”. January 19th – March 27th
2014
Secondome
Gallery, Rome, Italy. “Designers’ Joy. December 15th - January 30th
Cripta
747, Turin, Italy. “Museo (Cavalli e Cavalle, Cavalli Cavalli)”. November 8th – January
15th
Triennale
Museum, Milan, Italy. “Trame- Copper Crossing in contemporary art, design,
technology and architecture”. September 16th – November 9th
Ammann
Gallery, Köln, Germany. “Summer Group Show”. July 11th – August
28th
Nilufar
Gallery, Milan, Italy. "Even More" . April 8th – 13th
Triennale
Design Museum, Milan, Italy. "TDM VII | Italian Design Beyond the Crisis
Autarky, Austerity, Autonomy". April 4th 2014 – February 22nd
2015
Gallery
Elena Shchukina, London, England. “Group Exhibition”. February 6th – March 28th
2013
Nilufar
Gallery, Paris, France. “ SPOT 2013”. October 22nd - November 12nd
Galleria
n.38, Lucca, Italy. “Mirror of Society”. September 7th
Ammann
Gallery, Köln, Germany. “Summer Group Show”.
July 11th – September 5th
Nilufar
Gallery, “Exclusive/Inclusive”, Milan, Italy. May 9th – 31st
Officine
Creative Ansaldo (O.C.A.), Milan, Italy. “Bla Bla, discussione virtuale fra i
makers” curated by Alessandro Mendini. April 9th – 14th
Biennale
Internationale Design Saint-Étienne 2013 - Cité du design, Saint Etienne,
France. “Trait d’Union – Objets d’empathie " curated by Pierre
Garner. March 13rd – September 31st
Mart,
Museum of modern and contemporary arts. Rovereto,
Italy. “Progetto Cibo. La forma del gusto”. February 9th – June 2nd
2012
Nilufar
Gallery, Paris, France. “SQUAT” . October
15th – 31st
Museo Della Casa Brasiliana Di San Paolo. “Avverati - A Dream
Come True”. September 18th – October 7th
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy. “Milanosiautoproducedesign”
curated by Alessandro Mendini. April
17th - 22nd
Nilufar
Gallery, Milan, Italy “Nilufar Unlimited”.
April 17th – 22nd
Countdown
Design, Bolzano, Italy. “Upcycling design”. February 1st – March 17th
2011
Nilufar, Spazio SanCarlo dal 1973, Turin, Italy
“Exhibition”. March 23rd - June 15th
Italia 150/Officine Grandi Riparazioni/Il futuro nelle
mani, Turin, Italy. March 17th -
November 20th
Nilufar, Spazio
Zagliani, Palazzo Durini, Milan. “Ricognizioni”. April 12th – 18th
2010
Art&Rapy,
Monaco, France. “Mobilier Rare et Design”. October 20th July – 2nd
Nilufar, Milan, Italy. “Point of
Origin - Nucleo + Atelier Van Lieshout”. April
Nilufar, Milan, Italy. “Sense of Fanciful”. April
Villa
Museo Boschi, Milan, Italy. “Ospiti inaspettati”. March - May
The
Aram Gallery, London, United Kingdom. “Prototypes and Experiments IV“. January
21st - March 6th
Triennale
Design Museum , Milan, Italy, ”Babel” . March 26th – April 27th
2009
100%Design,
Designersblock, London, United Kingdom. “Torino design attitude”. September
24th - 27th
Villa
Alliata Cardillo, Faculty of architecture, Palermo, Italy. “Avverati, a dream
come true”. May 26th - 30th
P4
Temporary Gallery, Milano, Italy. “Design Crisis”. April 22nd - 27th
2008
Pierre
Bergé & Associés, Brusells, Belgium. “40 years - 40 designers”. 40th
anniversary of Corian DuPont exhibition and auction. December 1st - 18th
Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Bienal Brasileira de
Design”. October 8th - November 5th
Triennale
Design Museum, Milan, Italy. “Message on the bottle”. September 11th - October
5th
Palafuksas,
Turin, Italy. “Geodesign”. May 24th - June 13th
Reggia di Venaria Reale, Venaria Reale, Italy. “L'Oro del
Design Italiano, La Collezione del Compasso d'Oro”. August 24th - April 31st
2007
La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy. “Luxury Design -
Neocodici del lusso & design del gioiello”. April 18th - 23rd
2005
Felissimo,
New York, Usa. “A Bit(e) of Tuscany in the Big Apple, the shape of
values”. November 7th - 18th
Marco,
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Vigo, Spain. “Strangely Familiar, Design and
Everyday life” (Travelling exhibition). June 17th - September 25th
Scottsdale
Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. ”Strangely Familiar,
Design and Everyday Life”. January 29th – April 24th
2004
Centre
Euralille, Lille, France. “Strangely Familiar, Design and Everyday Life”. Lille
04 Capitale Européenne de la Culture. (Travelling exhibition). September 4th -
November 28th
Triennale, Milano, Italy. “XX premio Compasso d'Oro ADI”.
April 16th
- 20th
Chelsea
Art Museum, New York, USA. “I.DOT Italian Design On Tour”. May 15th - 18th
Museum
für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany. “Natur ganz Kunst”. January 16th 2004 - January 16th 2005
2003
Carnegie
Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. “Strangely Familiar, Design and
Everyday Life”. November 8th 2003 - February 15th 2004
Gallery
at 545 West 22nd Street, New York, USA. “1950-2000 Theater of Italian
Creativity, Life in Italian Style”. October 10th - 26th
Walker
Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.” Strangely Familiar, Design and
Everyday Life”. June 8th - September 7th
2002
Centre
national d'art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. “Du design au
Jardin”. October 10th - July 28th
MUDAC,
Lausanne, Switzerland. “Camouflage” February 6th – May 10th
