atelier dell’errore (ade) is an artist collective dedicated to visual arts and performance, based in reggio emilia, italy. founded in 2002 by artist luca santiago mora, who today leads the group as artistic director, ade began as a visual arts workshop for neurodivergent children within the pediatric healthcare systems of reggio emilia and bergamo.
in 2018, after numerous exhibitions and performances in art institutions and theaters, the close-knit group entered adulthood. no longer eligible for the workshop, ade transformed into a non-profit cooperative art studio, where each artist is an equal partner. ade finances itself through the sale of its works and professional collaborations.
working across drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and performance, ade is guided by two core rules: animals are the only subject matter, and during the creative phase nothing is ever erased, preserving the transformative potential of every so-called mistake.
today, ade is composed of twelve neurodivergent artists. they approach their most ambitious projects much like a renaissance workshop, with each artist specializing in a specific aspect of the work’s execution. luca santiago mora often compares ade’s creative process to the functioning of an “organism,” where each part plays a vital and essential role. here, works are not only collective creative endeavors, but also part of a larger relational process.
since 2015, collezione maramotti, reggio emilia, has hosted ade as an ongoing project.
recent solo exhibitions and performances include pinking up, ar/ge kunst, bolzano (2026); ten, gamec, bergamo (2025); marmotoids, biennale di kaunas, lithuania (2025); freak you!, kaufmann repetto, new york (2025); marmottoloidi, biennale gherdëina 9, ortisei (2024); ade_vela_rapido, edipo re, venice (2024); idolo, laboratorio degli angeli, bologna (2024); die werkstatt, richard saltoun gallery, rome (2024); die goldkammer, palazzo nūnez-torlonia, rome (2024); errant psalms (performance), nottilucente 2024, piazza duomo, galleria continua, san gimignano (2024); chutzpah, the human safety net, venice (2022); red light gold light, massimodecarlo, milan (2021); in the gloom, the gold gathers the light against it (performance), teatrino di palazzo grassi, venice (2021); the golden birth, maxmara bond street, london (2019); ade identikit_01, collezione maramotti, reggio emilia (2019); più penetrante di un cristallo di radio, collezione maramotti, reggio emilia (2018); and the guardian animals + other invisible beings, moretti gallery, london (2016).
ade’s work has also been included in group exhibitions including tragicomica, maxxi, rome (2026); musa, casa italia – triennale di milano, milan (2026); silente conversazione, italics panorama-monferrato, castagnole (2024); hic sunt dracones, gam, turin (2022); lo zoo di luce va in città, luci d’artista, turin (2015); the fairy queen, contemporary locus 8, bergamo (2015); and in lunghe fila, art verona, verona (2007).
works by atelier dell’errore are held in the collection of collezione maramotti, reggio emilia.
freak you!, 2025, solo show at kaufmann repetto new york
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Atelier dell’Errore (AdE) [Atelier of Mistakes] is an artist collective dedicated to visual arts and performance, based in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Selected solo exhibitions
2026
PPP pinkypussypunk, kaufmann repetto, Milan
Pinking Up, AR/GE Kunst, Bolzano
2025
TEN, GAMeC, Bergamo
Marmotoids, Biennale di Kaunas, Lituania
Freak You!, kaufmann repetto, New York
2024
Marmottoloidi, Biennale Gherdëina 9, Ortisei
AdE_Vela_Rapido, Edipo Re, Venezia
Idolo, LabOratorio degli Angeli, Bologna
Die Werkstatt, Richard Saltoun Gallery, Roma
Die Goldkammer, Palazzo Nūnez-Torlonia, Roma
Errant Psalms (performance) – Nottilucente 2024, Piazza Duomo, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
2023
AdE-Open Studio
2022
CHUTZPAH, The Human Safety Net, Venezia
2021
Red Light Gold Light, MASSIMODECARLO, Milano
In the Gloom, the Gold Gathers the Light Against It (performance) – Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, Venezia
2019
The Golden Birth, MaxMara Bond Street, London
AdE Identikit_01, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia
2018
Più penetrante di un cristallo di radio, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia
2016
The Guardian Animals + other invisible beings, Moretti Gallery, London
2015
Il Verme dell’Indo dalle gocce sanguinanti, KulturFormen Galerie, Linz Uomini come Cibo, EXPO 2015, Milano
2014
Siamo l’inciampo, superiamo le scale volando, Casa Testori, Novate Milanese
Il Rinoceronte Inbirinto, Euward 6, Monaco di Baviera
Un Quelzaquater al bar, Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo
Ossa Fracide e Cervie Volanti, chiesa di Santa Marta, Ivrea
È un evaso della prigione della nostra immaginazione, Marsèlleria, Milano
Mosche timide che non trovano le parole, Museo Scienze Naturali E.Caffi, Bergamo
2013
24x7x12 EST, MAImuseo, Sospiro
2012
La Cervia Eustachea, Chiesa di San Stae, Venezia
Cervus Cervia Cervie, Museo Scienze Naturali, Bergamo
2010
Energia della Bellezza, Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo
Selected group exhibitions
2026
Tragicomica, MAXXI, Rome
Musa, Casa Italia – Triennale di Milano, Milan
2024
Silente Conversazione, Italics Panorama-Monferrato, Castagnole
2022
Hic Sunt Dracones, GAM, Torino
2015
Lo Zoo di luce va in città, Luci d’Artista, Torino
The Fairy Queen, Contemporary Locus 8 , Bergamo
2007
In lunghe fila, Art Verona, Verona
Atelier dell’Errore are:
Laura Aurelio, aka Sméagol
Giorgia Ballabeni, aka GB7
Gianluca De Marco, aka GiangiGiangetto
Nicole Domenichini, aka Niki Baxter
Giulia Gaiti, aka Mozzy
Nicolò Grisendi, aka Sid
Marco Iardino, aka Scotland Yardo
Francesco Mandalà, aka Metta
Luca Santiago Mora, aka Garibaldi
Matteo Morescalchi, aka The Gamer
Matteo Sandrin, aka Pitbull
Giulia Zini, aka July Shining
atelier dell’errore,
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Atelier dell’Errore. Hic sunt dracones., 2022
GAM
bestiario dall’atelier dell’errore, 2007
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