We are a collective of artists and designers directed by Piergiorgio Robino,
based in Turin, Italy, active in contemporary art, design, and architectural fields.
Our statement
With our work, we investigate time-frames, their matrix, and their existences.
Through visual and tactile sensations, we draw comparisons between past and future
to create an influence of the perception about self and surroundings.
We play with the presumption of interlacing time-frames and exploring
the space they create, focusing on three-dimensional shapes.
The physical and tactile experience is an essential part of the expression.
We have always been interested in working with history, the lack, and its creation,
aspects necessary to build a memory. We want to create curiosity of history
that has not yet happened by making the past of the future.
Directed By:
Piergiorgio Robino (1969) born in Asti (Italy)
Our signature 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 U. Trave (1989) born in Torino (Italy)
Marzia Ricci (1988) born in Savigliano (Italy)
Stefano Lisa (1991) born in Turin (Italy)
Studio Nucleo lab is:
Ettore Fassino (1994) born in Moncalieri (Italy)
Cristina La Leggia (1992) born in Turin (Italy)
Stefano Lisa (1991) born in Turin (Italy)
Giorgio Negrisolo (1992) born in Turin (Italy)
Andrea Rinaudo (1989) born in Savigliano (Italy)
Artists who have been part of Studio Nucleo:
Andrea Bianchi (1990) born in Imperia (Italy)
Riccardo Cenedella (1994) born in Rivoli (Italy)
Giulia Alessio (1992) born in Moncalieri (Italy)
Cristina Sanlorenzo (1992) born in Moncalieri (Italy)
Nicolas Sabena (1995) born in Savigliano (Italy)
We exhibited worldwide:
Belgium (Design Museum Gent, Ghent, 2020)
Netherlands (The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2020, 2017)
Switzerland (Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, 2016)
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)
Italy
Triennale Design Museum, Milano, 2014
Mart, Museum of modern and contemporary arts, Rovereto, 2013
Fondazione Re Rebaudengo, Turin, 2009
The United States of America
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 2004
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, 2004
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2003
Studio Nucleo
Torino Head Office
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10152 Torino | Italy
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Selected Solo Exhibition
2022
Ammann Gallery, Cromwell Place, London, United Kingdom. “REV”. May 15th
2020
Nilufar Gallery, Milan, Italy. “IT’S ALL ABOUT COLOUR”. July 1st – November 30th
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 12th
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”. November 3rd – 6th
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
2023
Palazzo Donà delle Rose, Venice, Italy. “HOUSE OF GLASS: The Brick House”. September 7th – 14th
UMA Gallery, Novara, Italy. “La dialettica del concreto”. March 31st – June 4th
2022
SuperLab Bicocca, Milan, Italy. “Boolean”. September 29th – October 16th
UMA Gallery, Borderline Art Festival, Museo Calderini, Novara, Italy. “Contatto”. September 2nd – October 16th
UMA Gallery, Novara, Italy. “#SULAMASCHERA”. May 14th
Project_To, Palazzo Martini di Cigala, Turin, Italy. “Primitive”. May 5th – June 23rd
2021
UMA Gallery, Novara, Italy. “Umana matrice d’Arte”. November 12th
Villa Sanquirico, Turin, Italy. “Villa Sanquirico”. November 5th – 7th
Centre d’Innovation et de Design (CID) au Grand-Hornu. Boussu, Belgium. “COSMOS, design from here to beyond”. October 24th, 2021 – February 27th, 2022
OTTO Gallery, Bologna, Italy. “Tetraedro”. October 23th, 2021 – January 10th, 2022
Contemporary Cluster, Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome, Italy. “Cluster Apartamento”. October 15th – December 11th
Project_To, Palazzo Martini di Cigala, Turin, Italy. “Design of today”. October 3rd – November 27th
Ammann Project, Cromwell Place, London, United Kingdom. “Art & Architecture”. June 2nd – 13th
Lille 3000, Lille, France. “Colors, etc”. May 19th – November 14th
2020
Pinacoteca di Varallo, Varallo, Italy. “The Boolean”. September 25th – September 27th
Borderline Art Festival, Varallo, Italy. “The Boolean project”. September 25th – September 27th
Villa Charbonnier, Moncalieri, Turin, Italy. “Supernova Art Explosion in Villa Charbonnier”. September 17th – 20th
Design Museum Gent, Ghent, Belgium. “Kleureyck, Eyck’s Colours in Design”. May 18th, 2020 – February 21st, 2021
Frieze New York, Frieze Viewing Room, New York, USA. “Colour and Production: From the Atom to the Void”. May 6th – 15th
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. “From Thonet to Dutch Design: 125 Years of Living at the Stedelijk”. July 25th, 2020 – March 21st, 2021
CONTEMPORARY CLUSTER, Rome, Italy. “Particolare di Paesaggio”. December 10th – January 30th
2019
Nilufar Gallery, 830 North Highland, Los Angeles, USA. “Squat 6”. December 20th – March 31st
MAC Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, Italy. “Premio Lissone Design 2019”. December 5th – March 15th
Complesso Monumentale San Severo al Pendino, Naples, Italy. “De Umbris Idearum” Alessandro Sciaraffa. October 5th – 28th
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 – 22nd
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 26th
Artmontecarlo, 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 – September 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”. September 25th – October 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 12th
Galleria n.38, Lucca, Italy. “Mirror of Society”. September 7th
Ammann Gallery, Köln, Germany. “Summer Group Show”. July 11th – September 5th
Nilufar Gallery, Milan, Italy. “Exclusive/Inclusive”. 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 13th – 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
Museum of Brazilian homes. São Paulo, Brazil. “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
Ammann Gallery, Köln, Germany. “New talents”. November 2010 – March 2011
Art&Rapy, Monaco, France. “Mobilier Rare et Design”. October 20th – July 2nd
Nilufar, Milan, Italy. “Point of Origin – Nucleo + Atelier Van Lieshout”. April 14th – 19th
Villa Museo Boschi, Milan, Italy. “Ospiti inaspettati”. March 11th – May 2nd
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”. April 24th – August 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