THE ART CONTEST

AT THE HEART OF THE MANIFESTATION, A SPECIAL EVENT: AN ART CONTEST DEDICATED TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 18 TO 30, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMERGING TALENTS TO GET INVOLVED AND FREELY EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY AND THEIR VISION OF BOTH PRESENT AND FUTURE SOCIETY — IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF TOTAL ACCEPTANCE AND RESPECT.

THE ART CONTEST

Creative Generations

Glimpses of Contemporary and Future Society

The Como Tattoo Convention® launches an art contest aimed at young people to give voice to their visions of today’s and tomorrow’s society.
A creative workshop where art, tattoos and culture come together to celebrate diversity and emerging talent.

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EVENT PROCEDURE:

The contest will involve small groups of 2 to 4 students from each participating school, who will have the opportunity to explore and develop, through the artistic medium of their choice, two highly relevant themes:

How young people perceive themselves within today’s society
How young people envision their near future in society

The projects will be created and/or completed and displayed during the three days of the event, within a space dedicated to arts and culture — an environment characterized by full acceptance and respect — becoming an integral part of the convention.
Projects must be finalized and submitted by 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5.

AWARDS:

At the end of the event, the three most outstanding projects will be selected by Master of Arts Filippo Borella, Matteo Rossini as an expert and collector of contemporary art, and Maria Elena Olcelli as the philanthropist promoter of the project and a sensitive art enthusiast and awarded with a special recognition dedicated to Mariuccina, founder of Olcelli Farmaceutici, a company that has been a cornerstone of the local community for over eighty years.
The prize dedicated to the selected groups will be the same for all, departing from a vertical qualification of classic competitiveness and will consist of a two-day full immersion in art at the Pietro and Alberto Rossini Foundation in Briosco (MB), during which the young winners will have the opportunity to participate in workshops, talks, guided tours and lectures given by professional art masters, confronting experts in the field and putting themselves to the test in a stimulating and creative environment. They will also try their hand at creating an artistic artifact to take home.

A unique opportunity for young artists to grow and compare notes.

A contest that enhances creativity, culture and horizontal expression, without rankings but sharing of educational experiences.

Thanks to the support of philanthropists and passionate promoters, this initiative represents a unique opportunity to celebrate the talent of young artists and enrich the cultural landscape of our community.

Rossini Art Site - Briosco (MB)

Rossini Art Site - Briosco (MB)

Rossini Art Site - Briosco (MB)

Mariuccia De Feo

Founder of Olcelli Farmaceutici

The schools that have already joined the project are:

ISGMD Design Academy
IED Istituto Europeo del Design (European Design Institute)
Liceo artistico Fausto Melotti di Cantù
(High School of art in Cantù, Como)
Scuola d’arte di Cabiate (Cabiate Art School)

Open applications!
Get your school or friends involved and participate in this innovative project.

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Gian Maurizio Fercioni

Born in Milan in 1946, Gian Maurizio Fercioni attended the Brera Art High School and completed the Set Design program at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1970. He made his debut at the Piccola Scala in 1969, designing the sets for the ballet Il circo by Elide Bonagiunta, set to music by Sergei Prokofiev. He later created sets and costumes for Mozart’s Il re pastore (1980) and designed the stage setup for Variété, a concert-show by Mauricio Kagel (1981), both also for the Piccola Scala.

In 1970, he began collaborating with the Piccolo Teatro di Milano as an assistant set designer. In 1973, he designed and made the masks for Toller by Tankred Dorst, directed by Patrice Chéreau. This led to further work with Chéreau’s team, eventually becoming the assistant to Richard Peduzzi, whom he later followed to Spoleto, Lyon, and Paris.

He established the costume department and designed costumes for all the productions of the Laboratorio Teatrale di Prato, directed by Luca Ronconi.

In 1972, alongside Andrée Ruth Shammah, Franco Parenti, and Giovanni Testori, he co-founded the Salone Pierlombardo in Milan, where he went on to design sets and costumes for over 40 productions directed by Shammah and Parenti, based on works by Shakespeare, Molière, Pirandello, De Filippo, Pinter, and Testori.

Throughout his career, he has designed sets and costumes for both opera and drama in major European theatres, working with renowned directors such as Roger Planchon, Werner Düggelin, Antoine Bourseiller, Peter Lotschak, Jean-Claude Auvray, Mario Morini, Bepi Morassi, Tobias Richter, Louis Erlo, Roberto Guicciardini, Luca De Filippo, Gabriele Salvatores, and Robert Sandoz. He has also worked in film, television, and advertising. In 2004, he oversaw the renovation of Milan’s Teatro Franco Parenti in collaboration with the De Lucchi architectural studio.

In parallel, in 1970 he opened the “Queequeg Tattoo Studio & Museum” in Milan — one of the first tattoo studios in Italy — which also houses his historical and anthropological collection. The collection includes tools for both modern and traditional tattooing, original flash art from around the world, vintage prints, and photographs of tattooed individuals from various cultures. By 2000, the studio had become a major reference point in Europe and worldwide for those interested in tattooing and was awarded official recognition by the City of Milan.

He has worked in Lyon and Oxford and has participated in the world’s major tattoo conventions for the past thirty years. Fercioni practices tattooing with both electric machines and traditional hand techniques, including the Japanese tebori method, which he learned in Japan from the legendary master Horiyoshi III.

He is the founder of T.I.P.A. (Italian Professional Tattoo Artists Association), an honorary member of T.A.I. (Italian Associated Tattoo Artists), and, since 1978, a member of the National Tattoo Association, which includes the world’s most important tattoo artists. He published a book on his mentor titled Horiyoshi III. The Art of Japanese Tattooing.

Luisa Gnecchi Ruscone

Luisa Gnecchi Ruscone is an anthropologist and tattoo historian, known as:

Author: She has published several books exploring themes related to art and culture, including Tattoo: History and Origins in Italy, an in-depth analysis of the tattoo’s history in the country.
Art Curator: Gnecchi Ruscone has a deep passion for art and has curated numerous successful exhibitions. Among the most recent is Tattoo. Stories from the Mediterranean, held at the Mudec Museum in Milan in 2024.
What is a tattoo? Why do people get tattooed today? What stories lie behind a mark that becomes forever “ours”?

This original and unprecedented exhibition project explores tattooing from a historical, anthropological, and cultural perspective, focusing on the Mediterranean basin — the region where the earliest undeniable evidence of tattooing has been found.

Starting with Ötzi, the oldest naturally mummified human body ever discovered bearing tattoos, the exhibition traces the history of tattooing from prehistoric evidence to the present day. It presents a compelling, kaleidoscopic collage of images, colors, and lived experiences as told by contemporary tattoo artists.

Set within a multimedia and interactive scenographic design by the Dotdotdot design studio, the exhibition features a rich array of documentation: objects, historical artifacts, tools, audio materials, video installations, infographics, prints, engravings, texts, and reproductions from prominent institutions and museum collections.

The exhibition is produced by 24 ORE Cultura – Gruppo 24 ORE and promoted by the City of Milan’s Department of Culture. It is curated by Luisa Gnecchi Ruscone and Guido Guerzoni, with the collaboration of Jurate Francesca Piacenti.

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THE ART CONTEST

Creative Generations

Glimpses of Contemporary and Future Society

EVENT PROCEDURE:

AWARDS:

Rossini Art Site - Briosco (MB)

Rossini Art Site - Briosco (MB)

Rossini Art Site - Briosco (MB)

Mariuccia De Feo

ISGMD Design Academy
IED Istituto Europeo del Design (European Design Institute)
Liceo artistico Fausto Melotti di Cantù
(High School of art in Cantù, Como)
Scuola d’arte di Cabiate (Cabiate Art School)

I WANT MORE INFO ABOUT THE ART CONTEST!

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THE ART CONTEST

Creative Generations

Glimpses of Contemporary and Future Society

EVENT PROCEDURE:

AWARDS:

Rossini Art Site - Briosco (MB)

Rossini Art Site - Briosco (MB)

Rossini Art Site - Briosco (MB)

Mariuccia De Feo

ISGMD Design Academy IED Istituto Europeo del Design (European Design Institute) Liceo artistico Fausto Melotti di Cantù (High School of art in Cantù, Como) Scuola d’arte di Cabiate (Cabiate Art School)

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ISGMD Design Academy
IED Istituto Europeo del Design (European Design Institute)
Liceo artistico Fausto Melotti di Cantù
(High School of art in Cantù, Como)
Scuola d’arte di Cabiate (Cabiate Art School)