Since its opening, Studio ORMA has hosted a dynamic program of exhibitions and events spanning visual art, installation, immersive performance, and collaborative inquiry. Its curatorial direction operates independently, with a strong focus on contemporary language, public engagement, and critical reflection on social, existential, and political themes.
Program Highlights:
Da dove inizare (Where to Begin?) – ORMA (Marco Celentani, Edoardo Innaro)
September 2024
Studio ORMA’s inaugural exhibition—a participatory environment composed of textual works, collective installations, a “wall of questions,” and audience-activation devices. The show interrogated the notion of beginnings, artistic identity, and the role of the viewer as co-creator.
Macchine Inutili (Useless Machines) – Benedetto Franceschi
October 2024
A solo show dedicated to dysfunctional mechanical sculptures—objects without practical purpose, animated by a poetic fragility and absurd grace. The exhibition explored the aesthetics of the non-functional as a form of visual poetry.
Zagurza – curated by ORMA, from an idea by Leonardo Loraschi
November 2024
An immersive exhibition inspired by Loraschi’s eponymous film, inviting visitors into a dreamlike, gamified landscape. With scenographic elements reminiscent of an escape room, the installation unfolded as a surreal journey through sound, space, and childhood imagination.
Ali, Tori e Intrusi (Wings, Bulls, and Intruders) – Pietro Simonelli, curated by ORMA
December 2024
A ceramic sculpture exhibition exploring mythology, hybrid bodies, and classical antiquity as a space unsettled by disruptive forces. The work engaged in a tactile dialogue between material and archetype.
La qualità tranquilla della luce (The Quiet Quality of Light) – Mexico-Italy group show, curated by Frisa Mesa and Emilio Valencia
December 2024
A transnational exhibition bringing together Italian and Mexican artists in painting and sculpture. The show reflected on memory and identity through light as a connective force—linking people, places, and cultural imaginaries.
La prima notte di quiete (The First Night of Quiet) – Silvio Giannini, curated by ORMA
April 2025
A solo painting exhibition featuring airbrushed works with a hyperreal, cinematic stillness. Evoking the aesthetics of photography and film, Giannini’s works meditated on detachment, silence, and suspended intimacy.
La scrofa che divora la prole (The Sow That Devours Her Offspring) – Leonardo Zappalà, curated by ORMA, with a critical text by Federica Roppo
May 2025
A visceral, site-specific installation that transformed the space into a symbolic shelter charged with political tension. Through the brutal image of the sow as metaphor for power consuming its progeny, the exhibition mounted a stark critique of modern technocratic systems—unflinching, raw, and allegorical.
Traces of Memory – group show from the Academy of Fine Arts, curated by Prof. Anna Maria Maiorano
June 2025
A thematic exhibition on memory and the sacred, featuring works by students of the Academy of Fine Arts. The show reflected on spiritual legacy, presence, and transcendence, weaving emerging voices into a contemplative dialogue.
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