Ornaghi & Prestinari

Valentina Ornaghi (Milan, 1986) and Claudio Prestinari (Milan, 1984) began their university education at the Polytechnic of Milan, graduating respectively in Industrial Design and Architecture. They both continued to study at the IUAV in Venice.
Ornaghi and Prestinari have participated in various workshops and residencies, including Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte (Turin, 2011) and VIR-Via Farini in Residence (Milan, 2013).
In 2012, they won the Regione Veneto prize and received a grant from Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa (Venice). In 2014, Ornaghi and Prestinari had a solo exhibition Familiare at the Galleria Continua (San Gimignano).
In 2016 they have participated at Artista x Artista, the first international artist residency program in Havana (Cuba) and they had their first solo exhibition in New York curated by Vittorio Calabrese, the art director of Magazzino Italian
Art, at the New York University - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.
In 2017, they have produced a number of works relating to Giorgio Morandi which were exhibited at MAMbo - Casa Morandi (Bologna) and they were awarded a residency at Carlo Zauli Museum in Faenza with a final showing held at the MIC International Ceramics Museum. They unveiled their public sculpture entitled Filemone e Bauci at the new Citylife Park in Milano the same year.
Ornaghi and Prestinari have taken part in several international exhibitions, both in experimental spaces and institutions, including MAAT, Lisbon, 2018; Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, 2016; Aguila de Oro, Havana, 2016; Le Centquatre, Paris, 2015; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2015; Museo Pietro Canonica of Villa Borghese, Rome, 2015; Biblioteca Ariostea, Ferrara, 2013; Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, 2012;

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