Foundations

Fondazione Officine Saffi

Officine Saffi was founded in 2011 with the aim of promoting contemporary ceramics in Italy.

Via Giovanni Battista Niccolini, 35a, 20154

Fondazione Officine Saffi, founded in 2011 by Laura Borghi, is a leading non-profit foundation investigating contemporary international ceramics. It takes an unparalleled 360-degree approach to the field, promoting new research and experimentation while exploring the past. The foundation expands the dialogue between art, craft, and design through a dynamic, cross-disciplinary programme of exhibitions, educational activities, and publications, fostering a vibrant conversation about ceramics that engages a diverse audience.

All activity at the foundation is driven by the belief that ceramics is a vehicle for artistic, cultural, and social transformation. By fostering an open and participatory environment, Fondazione Officine Saffi encourages both artists and audiences to reflect on what it means to live in today’s world, relate to the Other and nonhuman life, and create social and cultural value through engagement in a multidisciplinary programme. This approach builds momentum around ceramics in the twenty-first century.

The foundation supports artists, designers, and makers at different stages of production, promotion, and recognition of their work, serving as a platform for emerging creatives and for projects and narratives that flourish outside established market systems. Its commitment to exploring Italian culture aligns with its intercultural identity and its ambition to create a broader dialogue that resonates globally, in collaboration with a hybrid network of international talents, institutions, and organisations.

Contacts & Details

OPENING TIMES:
Tue – Fri 10:30am – 13pm, 14:30pm – 6:30pm

T: +39 02 36 68 5696
M: info@officinesaffi.com
W: Fondazione Officine Saffi

ADDRESS
Via Giovanni Battista Niccolini, 35a, 20154

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Represented Artists
Silvia Celeste Calcagno
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Claudi Casanovas
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Hans Coper
Artist
Roger Coll
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Yewen Dong
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Mia E Göransson
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Morten Løbner Espersen
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Ian Godfrey
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Paolo Gonzato
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Keiji Ito
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Yasuhisa Kohyama
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Torbjørn Kvasbø
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Loredana Longo
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Shozo Michikawa
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Kazuhito Nagasawa
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Elisa Ossino
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Irina Razumovskaya
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Lucie Rie
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Päivi Rintaniemi
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Gippeum Roh
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Anders Ruhwald
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Christina Schou Christensen
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John Shea
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Zsolt József Simon
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Shingo Takeuchi
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Kati Tuominen-Niittylä
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Kaja Upelj
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Nanni Valentini
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Carlo Zauli
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Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Yasushisa Kohyama: Born, Not Made
Officine Saffi presents the first solo show in Italy by Yasushisa Kohyama: “Born, Not Made“. The...
23 Mar 2022 - 20 May 2022
Fondazione Officine Saffi
Milan
Exhibitions
Officine Saffi Award 4
Finalists’ exhibition
07 Sep 2021 - 07 Nov 2021
Fondazione Officine Saffi
Milan
Exhibitions
Yewen Dong: Much Ado About Nothing
Officine Saffi presents for the first time in Italy the work of a young Chinese artist, Yewen Dong.
18 Mar 2020 - 24 Apr 2020
Fondazione Officine Saffi
Milan
Exhibitions
Open to Art. Ceramic Award
The exhibition includes the works of the finalists to the third edition of “Open to Art”,...
13 Feb 2019 - 18 Apr 2019
Fondazione Officine Saffi
Milan
Exhibitions
Anders Ruhwald: The Thing in Your Mind
Officine Saffi in Milan present a solo show by Anders Ruhwald (1974, Denmark, lives and works in Detroit,...
14 Apr 2018 - 22 Jun 2018
Fondazione Officine Saffi
Milan
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