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Introduction Tansey Contemporary is pleased to exhibit new works by the influential Italian glass artist Lino Tagliapietra at ART MIAMI 2016. Recognized internationally as the Maestro of contemporary glass and considered the “greatest glass blower of all time” by his peers, Lino Tagliapietra has been working with the material for over seventy years. Starting at the age of 11 as an apprentice on the island of Murano it was only a decade later, when he was working for some of the most prestigious glassworks companies in Murano, that he was given the title of Maestro. His breathtaking blown and fused glassworks demonstrate a stunning combination of technically complex production skills and an incredible creative mind. As both creator and executor of his works, he has developed a personal style that is unmistakable and easily recognized, and his exemplary practice is followed by many as a great source of inspiration. “Glass is a wonderful material. Why? Glass is alive. Even when it is cool it is still moving. It is connected with fire, it is connected with water, it is…my life”, Tagliapietra explains. Tansey Contemporary will exhibit spectacular new and diverse works from the artist representing fifteen different series including: Stromboli, Niomea, Ombelico, Fuji, Africa, Spirale, Dinosaur, Piccadilly, Masai, Aventurine, Clodia, Poesia, Endeavor and Kookaburra as well as a nine piece Borboletta Installation. Together the works showcase a wide selection of vibrant colors, unique graphic design, and complex techniques demonstrating that even in his 80s, Tagliapietra continues to push the boundaries of his ever-evolving glass practice. “Lino, to us, is the ultimate representation of the artist-craftsman and what our gallery program strives to showcase: the intersection between craft, fine art and design. He truly embodies the wonderful, dynamic interaction that is possible when an artist has truly mastered the materials and techniques they choose to employ in their artistic expression,” Jen Tansey, Gallery Owner/Director, explains. Tagliapietra’s work is featured in numerous museum collections throughout the world, including the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, The De Young Museum in San Franscisco, the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and many more.
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Lino Tagliapietra BIOGRAPHY
Tagliapietra is an influential Italian glass artist and master glassmaker who is recognized for his skills and talents throughout the world. Born on the island of Murano, neighbouring Venice in the Venetian Lagoon, the artist started from a very young age working at the island’s glass furnaces and factories. Lino was soon regarded as a Maestro (master glass blower) in his early 20’s and granted with that title in the 1950’s, at a time when he worked for some of the most prestigious glassworks companies in Murano. During the 1960’s Lino started expressing his own forms of creativity through the design and execution of models with high technical and aesthetic quality, which earned him significant commercial success. Since 1990 Lino has become a free practicing artist of glass fully dedicated to creating his unique pieces that are present in some of the most prestigious museums throughout the world, including the De Young Museum of San Franscisco, the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, as well as numerous galleries and private collections. Through his continued creative experimentation and mastered skills, Lino has developed a very personal style that is unmistakable and easily recognized, thus his exemplary practice is followed by many as a great source of inspiration. One of the most profound influences on Lino’s art forms was his participation in La Scuola Internazionale del Vetro symposia, held in Murano in the 1970s, which brought the finest Muranese masters together with artists from other disciplines around the world. Also impactful was Tagliapietra’s collaboration with the Dutch glass designer A.D. Copier. Since his first United States visit in 1979 at the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, WA, teaching and collaboration have defined the artist and served as a source of inspiration for his own work. He has led workshops and taught in glass programs worldwide including the Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, the Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, the Toyama Art School, Toyama, Japan, University of Sydney, Australia, Centre College, Danville, KY, Centre Internationel de Recherche sur le Verre, Marseille, France, and the MIT Glass Lab, Cambridge, MA. Both creator and executor of his works, his creativity is upheld by production skills that come from a life of experience; and it is through that wealth that he continually explores the possibilities of a perfect execution. This is further enhanced by his personal experiences, encounters and exchanges, as well as a wide variety of different interests, where the glass however always takes first place priority.
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In 2009, the Museum of Tacoma dedicated a major travelling retrospective exhibition of Lino’s work, which was also hosted by other museums in the United States including: The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery Washington DC The Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk, Virginia Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan. In Venice, 2011, the Veneto Institute of Sciences, Letters and Arts, dedicated an exhibition to Lino entitled “Lino Tagliapietra from Murano to Studio Glass.” During his extensive career Lino has received numerous awards including the 2004 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Centre College, KY and The president’s distinguished artist award, at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, to name just a few. In 2006 he received the “Distinguished Educator Award” from the James Renwick Alliance of Washington DC. In 2011 he was awarded a second Honorary Degree and granted the title of “Doctor of Fine Arts” by the Ohio State University and in 2012 he was chosen for the renowned “Phoenix Award”, which was held in Lino’s home town of Venice, Italy. Lino recently turned 80 and is actively creating new and beautiful works of art by his own hand, spending time in both Italy and Seattle, WA.
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SPIRALE 2016 Glass 20.5” x 6.75” x 6.75”
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CLODIA, 2015 Glass 16.25” x 10.5” x 6”
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POESIA, 2015 Glass 13” x 15.25” x 8”
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PICCADILLY Blown glass with cut engravings 12.5” x 14” x 14”
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KOOKABURRA 2013 Glass 32.5” x 9.75” x 10” ART MIAMI 2016 Booth #D207
STROMBOLI 2016 Glass 38.25” x 9” x 5.25” www.tanseycontemporary.com
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OMBELICO 2015 Glass 8.5” x 23.75” x 23.75”
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MASAI d’ORO Glass 41” x 34” x 7”
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AVENTURINE FENICE 2015 Glass 16.5” x 16.75” x 5.25”
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NIOMEA 2015 Glass 18” x 13” x 7.75”
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FUJI 2015 Glass 16.75” x 17.25” x 17.25”
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DINOSAUR 2016 Glass 54.5” x 13.25” x 7.25” ART MIAMI 2016 Booth #D207
DINOSAUR #2 Lino Tagliapietra Glass 52.5” x 24.5” x 9.5”
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AFRICA 2015 Glass 13” x 27.5” x 12”
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Lino Tagliapietra Resume EDUCATION 1946 Apprentice to Archimede Seguso, Murano, Italy PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1989 - Present Independent artist 1976 - 1989 Artistic and Technical Director, Effetre International, Murano, Italy 1968 - 1976 Co-Founder and Chief Maestro a La Murrina, Murano, Italy 1966 - 1968 Venini & Co., Murano, Italy 1955 - 1965 Vetreria Galliano Ferro, Murano, Italy 1956 Achieved status of Maestro 1955 Achieves status of Maestrino SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS 2015 Best glass work Award, Masterpiece exhibition, London 2014 Career Award, “Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti”, Venice 2013 Visionary Award, ArtPalmBeach, Palm Beach, FL. 2012 Glass Person of the Year, 42nd Annual Phoenix Award. 2011 Honorary Doctorate of Fine ArtsOhio State University, Columbus, OH, Master of Medium Award, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC. 2010 Master Teacher/Master Artist, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, KY. 2009 IIC Lifetime Achievement Award, Istituto Italiano di Cultural, Los Angeles, CA. 2007 Cristal Award, Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico, Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA. 2006 Distinguished Educator Award, James Renwick Alliance. 2004 Honorary Doctorate, Centre College, KY, The President’s Distinguished Artist Award, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Artist as Hero Award, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA. “Artist Visionaries!” Lifetime Achievement Award, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY. 2000 Humana Distinguished Professor, Centre College, Danville, KY. 2001 “Medal for Excellence in Craft Award”, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA. 1998 Libensky Award, Chateau Ste. Michelle Vineyards and Winery and Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. 1996, 1998 Venezia Aperto Vetro, Guest of Honor, Venice, Italy. 1997 Urkunde Gold Medal, Berlin, Germany, The Glass Art Society Lifetime Achievement Award. 1996 Rakow Commission for Excellence in Glass award, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, UrbanGlass Award for Preservation of Glassblowing Techniques, Brooklyn, NY. 1972 Grand Prix in lighting, Barcelona Trade Fair, Barcelona, Spain. 1968 Borsella d’Oro, Murano, Italy.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Aperto Vetro, Venice, Italy Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Columbia Museum, Columbia, SC Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY Danish Royal Museum, Copenhagen, The Netherlands The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan Hunter Art Museum, Chattanooga, TN The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA Kestner Museum, Hannover, Germany Kitazawa Museum of Arts, Takane-cho, Japan M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, NY Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Chicago, IL The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Losanna, Switzerland Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Museum Het Paleis, The Haag, The Netherlands National Museum of Ceramic Art and Glass, Baltimore, MD Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL Orlando Museum, Orlando, FL Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, Italy Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, FL Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai, PRC Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Tokyo National Modern Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, USA Toyama City Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
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