ARTISTS Leonardo Cappellini

Leonardo Cappellini

A very young craftsman and artist from Florence, Leonardo Cappellini attended the scientific high school, which allowed him to get closer to the natural world and take an interest in the natural processes that make up our ecosystem.
With his subsequent degree in Design, Leonardo finds his source of artistic inspiration in nature. He begins to create small wooden objects and, after accidentally discovering the lathe technique, Leonardo is fascinated by the infinite possibilities with which this material can be handled. An intense phase of woodturning experimentation began for him: in every free space and moment of his life, Leonardo devoted himself to the study and processing of this material until he decided to transform this passion into his work.

ATELIER:

He opens his first workshop outside the Florentine city to have direct contact with his muse: nature. In a short time, his home in Molin del Piano also becomes a real art atelier. This place, surrounded by olive groves, woods, and streams, thus transforms into a space for research, experimentation, and pure creation. Uncontaminated by the rest of the world and far from urban noise, Leonardo here has the opportunity to listen to nature, perceive the breath of trees and connect with his main medium: wood.

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ARTISTS Alessandro Valeri

Alessandro Valeri

Alessandro Valeri lives and works between Paris and Rome, where he has a studio at Pastificio Cerere, the cradle of the “Nuova Scuola Romana” (Achille Bonito Oliva, 1984). He studied at the Istituto di Stato per la Cinematografia e Televisione Roberto Rossellini and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome between the late 1980s and early 1990s.

His research develops through various materials and techniques: photography, painting, drawing, writing, sculpture, neon, electronics, video, sound design, advertising, and installations. Classical and innovative techniques blend together, creating an ever-evolving, ultra-contemporary creative journey with a critical focus on reality, which he continuously interrogates, investigates, and challenges.

His work is driven by a profound desire for creative and social participation and sharing, aimed at generating change in both individual and collective consciousness.

He has also expressed his artistic inspiration in the field of advertising and social communication, signing campaigns for major national and international brands and winning some of the most prestigious awards in the sector (2001–2010).

THE ATELIER IN ROME

In the heart of San Lorenzo, Pastificio Cerere is one of the symbolic locations of contemporary Roman art. A former industrial factory from the early 20th century, in the 1980s it became a reference point for artists who transformed the abandoned spaces into studios and workshops, giving rise to the Scuola di San Lorenzo (School of San Lorenzo) and a new creative language.
Today, Pastificio continues to be a hub for artistic research. Among the artists working there is Alessandro Valeri, who chose this historic building for his studio. His studio interacts with the industrial memory of the place, becoming an environment for visual and conceptual experimentation, where photography, symbolic art, and narrative intertwine.
The Pastificio Cerere thus remains a living place, where past and present meet, and Valeri’s vision contributes to renewing its creative identity every day.