TRANSMATTER | STUDIO NUCLEO | 2025
Gallery 1979 to Present Inaugural Collectible Design Group Exhibition: Transmatter
Gallery 1979 announceS its first collectible design group
exhibition, Transmatter, curated by Lizzy Li. The exhibition brings together
design works from eight artist and collectives from Italy, Germany,
the United States, Japan, South Korea, and China. Starting from the
inorganic nature of materials themselves, each artist interprets the unique
narratives carried by materials before and after their “transformation,”
drawing from their own cultural backgrounds and personal experiences.
The exhibited works incorporate a variety of recycled materials: reclaimed rubber,
recycled glass from beer bottles, construction waste, iron furnace slag, biodegradable
cardboard, wood scrap and waste paper, gardening clay particles, and even raw minerals
from remote mountains. These seemingly ordinary materials are transformed by the artists
into installations, furniture, and artworks, delving into the memories and deeper meanings
behind each material.
Studio Nucleo takes part in the collective with TERRA!
using biodegradable cardboard, reflecting the dimension of time.
Transmatter: A Breath Within the Warmth Left Behind
Curated by Lizzy Li
12 September – 2 November 2025
Gallery 1979, Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen, China
Studio Nucleo 2025©
