Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus

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Cervelli Ribelli” is a 160 square-metre venue located in the elegant quartiere of Prati, in Via Tommaso Gulli 3. In 2019, the facility was acquired on behalf of “Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus” and refurbished in order to provide all the amenities and structural requirements necessary to host various workshop activities, training courses, multi-platform digital production and cultural activities. (Cervelli Ribelli Project)

 It is here that Tommaso Nicoletti (shortened in Tommy), a young artist with neurodivergence, works with paints and brushes to convey his own vision as a “rebel mind” (English translation for cervello ribelle). In the last two years, Tommy has made over a hundred paintings in acrylic on canvas and more than two hundred drawings.

 In 2020, the Italian auction house Cambi selected some of Tommy’s artworks and published them in its own catalogue as a key element of the “Out of the Ordinary” initiative.

 Tommy is also the protagonist of two films that aired on the Italian channel Sky Arte respectively in 2017 and 2020:Tommy e gli altri(Tommy and the others) and Tommy e l’asta dei cervelli ribelli (Tommy and the auction of the rebel minds).

 In July 2020, one of Tommy’s paintings entitled “Due Trombettieri” (Two Trumpeters) was displayed on occasion of the “Bateau Tiberis” exhibition on a ferryboat on the Tiber River.

 In addition to painting, Tommy has contributed to the production of fashion accessories, pottery and design goods.

Hopefully, Tommy’s atelier (commonly known as Tommy Lab) will serve as a model for the likes of him: "people of few words but with many colourful thoughts, which hop around on chairs and tables like dancing puppets".

 

Tommy with boat and fish
Atelier-interior
Boats and seagulls
Screaming monster
Weird-looking little man, dinosaur, dragon
Glimpse into the past
White elephant
Prior to restructuring

Events at Rome Art Week

RAW2023
23 Oct 2023 | 17:30-19:30
The forbidden art of the “Didgeridoo”
Martina Lupi plays the aboriginal instrument tabu for women
Free admission
Event
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma
23-28 Oct 2023
Wonderful divergent things
Tommy Nicoletti Open studio
Free admission
Vernissage Monday 23 Oct 2023 | 18:00-20:00
Exposition
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma
24 Oct 2023 | 18:00-20:00
Unveiled art
Disegno dal vivo, burlesque e canzonette con Damiana Ardito e Sior Mirkaccio
Event on reservation
Event
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma
25 Oct 2023 | 17:00-20:00
Synthetic enchantments between humans and A.I.
Alessandro Bavari and digital art: an "open relationship"
Free admission
Event
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma
25 Oct 2023 | 18:00-20:00
I AM AI
by Fabrizio Intonti
Free admission
Event
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma
26 Oct 2023 | 11:00-13:00
Divergent art and regeneration
Incontro con Luca Pereno
Free admission
Event
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma
RAW2022
24-29 Oct 2022
Thoughts like dancing puppets
Tommy Nicoletti open studio
Free admission
Vernissage Monday 24 Oct 2022 | 18:30
Exposition
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma
25 Oct 2022 | 16:00-19:00
Pop-up workshop
Encounter between Tommy and Monica Pirone
Free admission
Event
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma
28 Oct 2022 | 18:00-19:30
Art in the Metaverse
Meeting on recent artistic avant-garde in the Metaverse with Vincenzo Bordoni
Free admission
Event
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma
29 Oct 2022 | 16:30
Live perfomance
Finissage_Encounter between Tommy and Laura Mega
Free admission
Event
Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus
Via Tommaso Gulli 3 - Roma