GUGLIELMO CASTELLI and FABIO CHERSTICH
GUGLIELMO CASTELLI
Guglielmo Castelli (Turin, 1987) paints worlds on the verge of dissolving or taking shape.
His figures emerge from liquid fields of color and fade into sudden transparencies, moving across the canvas as though it were a threshold rather than a stable surface.
Immersed in elusive scenographies, his characters seem to traverse states of mind rather than spaces, emotional thresholds rather than environments. Through a fluid, vibrant and unpredictable painterly language, marked by a soft stratifications alternating with sudden densifications, Castelli creates suspended images in which identity remains unstable and space becomes a field of tension between presence and absence.
He has presented solo projects at institutions including: Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2026); Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Turin (2025); Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2024); Villa Medici, Rome (2024); Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado (2023); The Cabin, Los Angeles (2020); Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza (2019); Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2018); MACRO - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma (2014).
His work has also been featured in group exhibitions at: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo | Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile, Turin (2025); GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin (2025, 2020); Fondazione Nicola Trussardi | Palazzo Morando, Milan (2025); Centre Pompidou-Metz, in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre, Metz | Paris (2025); MAXXI L’Aquila, L’Aquila (2023); Triennale Milano, Milan (2023); OGR Torino, Turin (2023); Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas (2023); Tokonoma, Kassel (2022); Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (2020); Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2018); PS120, Berlin (2018); Biennale Internationale d’Art Contemporain de Melle, Nelle (2018); The Parkview Museum, Singapore (2018); Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain - Saint Étienne Métropole; Saint-Priest-en-Jarez (2016); MAC - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Lissone (2016); Palazzo Ardessi | FuturDome, Milan (2016); The Schaufler Foundation - Schauwerk, Sindelfingen; Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel; Palazzo della Penna, Perugia (2014).
FABIO CHERSTICH
Fabio Cherstich is a theatre and opera director and set designer.
His work brings together meticulous visual composition and a strong passion for visual languages.
He has worked in numerous Italian and international theaters, including the Teatro Marinsky in Saint Petersburg, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opera d’Avignon, Opera de Marseilles, Theatre Maillon, Teatro Argentina, I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, and he is an associated artist of the Fondazione Hydn in Bolzano.
His productions have been invited to major international festivals, including the Festival d’Avignon, Festival di Napoli, Festival Premiere, stuck Contemporary Art Center - Leuven, and the Festival Dei Due Mondi.
He conceived and directed the traveling opera project “Opera-Camion”, described by The New York Times as “a unique project capable of bringing opera back to its origins.”
As a director of performative events for fashion and design, he has collaborated with Cassina, Gufram, Memphis Milano, Fay, Hermès, Off-White and Miu Miu.