Ornaghi & Prestinari are an Italian artistic duo exploring the relationship between art, design and craftsmanship, combining traditional materials and innovative techniques to create works with a strong conceptual and aesthetic impact. Their research focuses on the reinterpretation of everyday objects and the interaction between form, function and memory.
In 2017 they participated in the exhibition Stille at Villa Pacchiani in Santa Croce sull'Arno, curated by Ilaria Mariotti and organised by Associazione Arte Continua.
Valentina Ornaghi and Claudio Prestinari were born in 1986 and 1984 respectively in Milan, where they live and work.
Valentina Ornaghi graduated in Industrial Design, Claudio Prestinari in Architecture, both at the Politecnico di Milano. They continued their studies at the IUAV University of Venice.In 2016 they held a first solo exhibition in New York, curated by Vittorio Calabrese, at New York University - Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.Their solo exhibitions include: Galleria Continua, San Gimignano 2014 and 2018, Galleria Continua, Les Moulins 2018 and MAMbo - Casa Morandi, Bologna 2017.
In 2012 they received the Regione Veneto Prize from the Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa (Venice) and in 2018 the Club GAMeC Prize.In 2017 they presented the public sculpture Filemone e Bauci (Filemone and Bauci) for the new ArtLine park in CityLife, Milan.They have participated in workshops and residencies, including those at the Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, Turin 2011; VIR-Viafarini in residence, Milan 2013; Artist x Artist, the first international residency in Havana 2016.
In 2017 they were the winners of a residency at the Museo Carlo Zauli in Faenza, with a final exhibition at the MIC Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche.They have had many group exhibitions including Fondation d'Entreprise Martell, Cognac 2020; Rocca di Angera, Angera 2020; Castello Gaasbeek, Brussels 2019; MAAT, Lisbon 2018; Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar 2016; Arte Continua, Havana 2016; Le Centquatre, Paris 2015; Palazzo Reale, Milan 2015.