Atelier APS is the collectible design and art studio founded by Antonio Pio Saracino, creating sculptural works and functional objects shaped by an Italian sensibility of proportion, material discipline, and enduring form. Informed by Saracino’s work across design, public art, and the built environment, the studio moves fluidly between art and function, grounding each piece in a broader cultural vision rooted in European heritage. Atelier APS collaborates with Italian master artisans to bring materials to their highest expression—from stone, metal, lacquer, and marble to advanced finishes—through a process of research, material study, prototyping, and fabrication. Historic hand techniques are refined through contemporary engineering and digital tools, resulting in works that are tactile and precise, built for longevity, and defined by a timeless sensibility.

Antonio Pio Saracino’s work is held in the permanent collections of major institutions including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, LACMA in Los Angeles, the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, and the MAAS Museum in Sydney. His public art installations are also permanently sited in New York City, including The Guardians at Three Bryant Park and LIFE at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

Saracino’s work has been exhibited internationally through galleries, museums, art fairs, and cultural institutions, reflecting a practice that moves fluidly between design, art, and public presence. Highlights include the Italian Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, Expo 2015 in Milan within the historic gardens of the University of Milan, and the Islamic Arts Festival in Sharjah. His work has also been shown at institutions including the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, MUBE Museum in São Paulo, and the MAAS Museum in Sydney.

His work has been featured in leading international publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Interior Design, Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, and Vogue, among others, reflecting the broad cultural and editorial reach of the studio’s work across design, interiors, public art, and architecture.

Saracino has also received international recognition through awards and public competitions. He won the 2007 Europalia Art Competition in Brussels, representing Italy, and his work was selected as a symbol of the 50th anniversary of the European Union. He has received two American Architecture Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, two Best of Year Awards from Interior Design magazine, and was named among ARTnews’ “25 Most Interesting Trendsetters.” He also won the public competition for The New Arc in Newark and was recognized among the Top Ten Italian Architects by New Italian Blood.

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