ABOUT US

Numero Cromatico is an artist, a research centre and a publisher, composed of researchers from various fields of knowledge, from the art world to neuroscience. Since its foundation in 2011,Numero Cromatico’s main aim has been to redefine and expand the boundaries of art research, integrating theories, methodologies and technologies, including scientific ones, in the light of contemporary possibilities and challenges. In its installations, Numero Cromatico intertwines visual art, design, architecture and literature with scientific knowledge, including neuroaesthetics, empirical aesthetics, experimental psychology and digital studies, with the aim of imagining new forms of relationships between human beings, nature and technologies and questioning the paradigms of contemporary society.

For years, it has also been promoting a debate on the relationship between art and neuroscience through Nodes - Journal of Art and Neuroscience, a journal on neuroaesthetics that is today a point of reference for researchers worldwide.

Since 2016, the group has also opened an experimental space in Rome, where it presents some of its research to the public.

In 2019 Numero Cromatico, during ArtVerona, conducted the first neuroaesthetic experiment in an Italian art fair and won the award i10 as Best Independent Entity. In 2020 the collective won the Exhibit Program by DGCC and the Artribune award for Best Hybrid Space in Italy.
In 2021 Numero Cromatico won Re:Humanism Art Prize; the call Abitante; the prize Sala Santa Rita Contemporanea promoted by Azienda Speciale PalaExpo and Italian Council X by DGCC. 

In 2022 the group won Premio Taverna, was mentioned among the Best Booths at Arte Fiera Bologna, and was nominated Best Emerging Artist of the Year by Exibart. For three years (2021-2023) the group was shortlisted for the Brain Awareness Week grant promoted by FENS and Dana Foundation.