Lino Tagliapietra

 

Born

1934      Murano, Italy
               Began apprenticeship with Archimede Seguso at the age of twelve.
               Became a Maestro at twenty-one.

Teaching Experience

C.E.R.V.A.F., Vannes Le Chatel, France
Centre International de Recherche sur le Verre, Marseille, France
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, USA
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, USA
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, USA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
San Jose State University, San Jose, USA
The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA
Toyama Art School, Toyama, Japan
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, USA

Selected Museum Exhibitions and Collections

Aperto Vetro, Venice, Italy
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, USA
Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA
Columbia Museum, Columbia, USA
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA
Danish Royal Museum, Copenhagen, The Netherlands
The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, USA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
The International Glass Museum, Tacoma, USA
The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, USA
Kestner Museum, Hannover
Kitazawa Museum of Arts, Takane-cho, Japan
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, USA
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Losanna, Switzerland
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
 
 
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Museum Het Paleis, The Haag, The Netherlands
National Museum of Ceramic Art and Glass, Baltimore, USA
Orlando Museum, Orlando, USA
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, USA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
Tokyo National Modern Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Toyama City Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Bibiliography

1977 Scuola Internazionale del Vetro. Primo corso per artisti, Venezia
1979 Scuola Internazionale del Vetro. Secondo corso per artisti, Venezia
1981 "Vetri Murano Oggi", Milano
1982 "Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia", Venezia
1982 "Vetro di Murano: Ieri ed Oggi", Tokyo
1983 Scuola Internazionale del Vetro. Terzo corso per artisti, Venezia
1986 "Il Vetro Contemporaneo", Venezia
1986 "Murano, il Vetro, la sua gente", Venezia
1987 "Vetri del '900. Doni al Museo Vetrario 1950-1987", Venezia
1987 "Impronte del Soffio", B. Nerozzi, Venezia
1988 "Uit Het Licht Van de Lagune", Rotterdam
1989 "Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass", S. Frantz, New York
1989 "IL Giornale dell'arte", N. 71
1989 "Glass Work", N. 3
1989 "The Venetians Modern Glass 1919-1990", New York
1990 "Glass", N.39
1991 "L'Europe de l'art Verrier", G. Cappa, Liegi
1991 "Domina", N. 35
1991 "World Glass Now", Sapporo
1992 "Vetro Veneziano 1890-1990", R. Barovier Mentasti, Venezia
1992 "Pilchuck Works," Seattle
1993 "Isle of Glass", Crown and Anchor, Summer/Fall Issue
1994 "Lino Tagliapietra", G. Sarpellon, Venezia
1995 "Maestri Vetrai Creatori di Murano del '900", R. Barovier Mentasti, Milano
1995 "L'art du Verre a Murano au XX Siecle", Paris
1995 "Master of Glass", Seattle Times, September 17th
1995 "Glass - Transparent Art Exhibits Are Breaking Out All Over", Seattle P.I., September 15th
1995 "More Than a Dream", National Geographic, February
1996 "Magische Kunst in Feuer und Glas", Art Aurea
1996 "Lino Tagliapietra", Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft
1996 "Venezia Aperto Vetro International New Glass", Attilia Dorigato & Dan Klein, Venice
1997 "He's Got an 'Art' of Glass", Marin Independent Journal, February 3rd
1997 "Some of the Best in Recent Glass", NewGlass Review 18
1997 "Italian Master is Guru of Fine Glass Work", Chicago Sun Times, August 10th
1997 "Lino Tagliapietra", New Art Examiner, November
1997 "Lino Tagliapietra", The Glass Art Society 1997 Journal
1997 "Maestro Lino", American Craft, December - January 1998
1997 "Lino Tagliapietra", Glass, No 69, Winter
1998 "Heart of Glass", Rocky Mountain News, March 30th
1998 "The Skyline in Swirls", The New York Times, April 9th
1998 "Die Kunst des langen Atems", MERIAN, 5 Mai
1998 "Lino Tagliapietra insignito del premio Libensky", Vetro, Anno 1 No. 0, Giugno
1998 "Fused with meaning", The Oregonian, July 31st
1998 "The Maestro of Venice", CRAFTS, July/August
1998 "An Italian Glass Master Works at Steuben", American Glass Review, July- August
1998 "Glass Master Shines Through", The Columbus Dispatch, September 13th
1998 "Steuben with an Italian Accent", AmericanStyle, Fall
1998 "TAGLIAPIETRA: A Venetian Glass Maestro", Marino Barovier, Venezia
1998 "Venetian Renaissance", House Beautiful, October
1998 "Lino Tagliapietra's Glasswork Highlights SOFA's Gathering of Three-
Dimensional Arts", Chicago Tribune, October 4th
1998 "Le Direzioni Del Vetro", Vetro, Anno 1 No. 1, Ottobre
1999 "Conversation with Lino Tagliapietra", Vetro, Anno II No. 3, Aprile-Giugno
1999 "Artist focuses on line, contour in glass", Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 29th
1999 "On target with the glass maestro", The Oregonian, October 7th
2000" Ricamando arazzi di Cristallo", Arte, Febbraio
2000 "Lino Tagliapietra eert A.D. Copier", Glasbulletin, February
2000 "Tagliapietra's silky glass creations reflect a burgeoning personal style", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 26th
2000 "A.D. Copier & Lino Tagliapietra: Inspiration in Glass", Titus M. Eliens, The Haag
2000 "Oude techniek glasblazen in een nieuw jasje", HC, Juni 24th
2000 "Inspiratie in glas", Haag Nieuwsblad, Juni 27th
2000 "Een Nederlands-Italiaanse glaskunst-krusibestuiving", Haagwestnieuws, Juni 28
2000 "Een Nederlands/Italiaanse glaskunst-kruisbestuiving", Wieuwe Loosduinse Krant, July 19th
2000 "Functionaliteit en versieringsdrift in glas", HN Magazine, July 22nd
2000 "Frivoliteit in het Walhalla van de glaskunst", VK, August 2nd
2000 Tagliapietra", ARTnews, Summer
2000 "Glass glistens with inner life, vitality", The Columbus Dispatch, December 10th

Recent Awards

The Rakow Commission, The Corning Museum of Glass
"UrbanGlass Award for Preservation of Glassworking Techniques"
"Urkunde Goldmedaille", Germany
"The Glass Art Society Lifetime Achievement Award"
"The Libensky Award", Chateau Ste Michelle Vineyards and Winery and Pilchuck Glass School
"Metal for Excellence in Craft Award", The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston

 

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