MAURO BONAVENTURA
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Born in Venice,
September 3,1965
At 18 he graduated
with a diploma in electronics. In his search for a job, fate and
providence gave him an opportunity to become an apprentice in the
age old tradition of Venetian glassblowing. Right from the start, he
fell in love and was mesmerized with the incandescent quality of
glass.
His career began with
learning the techniques of glassblowing and glass decoration and to
date he still remains in the glassmaker's trade.
It was a turning
point for Mauro in 1992 when he was fortunate to be invited by a
glass maestro to observe him in lampworking. A new passion struck
Mauro when he realized this technique enabled him to explore a new
and exciting way of working with glass on a closer and more intimate
level. After months of evening observation and practice with the
maestro Mauro Bonaventura decided it was time to leave the glass
factory and concentrate and channel all his energies on the
technique of lampworking. He set up his own studio to become a full
time independent artist.
In order to make ends
meet, he was involved in typical Venetian production pieces of glass
animals, rings, pendants and other objects.
However, Mauro had an urgent need to
satisfy his creative pursuits in the field of sculpturing work. In
order to achieve this aim, he enrolled in the "Liceo" in Venice
which specializes in Art subjects. After attending four successive
years of evening classes in drawing, sculpture, painting and
anatomy, Mauro received his diploma in 2003.
In the subsequent course of his
lampworking career we have seen Mauro Bonaventura's artistic
development growing from strength to strength with his life-like
figures often encased in intricate network of cages or spheres. He
continues to hone his skills and perfect his mastery of the medium
of glass to create outstanding and thought provoking art pieces.
PUBLICATIONS
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Vitraria. Vetri artistici storici
industriali . Catalogue. S. Vito al tagliamento. Italy, 2005
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American Style
Magazine. The ABC of glass art. USA, August
2005
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Passeggiata effimera.
Tra arte, vita, moda e ambiente. Montegrotto(PD). Catalogue.
Italy, 2005
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Mostly Glass
Gallery. The ABC of glass. Catalogue. USA, 2005
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Corriere Del Veneto.
“La Mostra” : Venezia, le sculture di Bonaventura e Signoretto.
Italy ,2005
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Mauro Bonaventura e
Pino Signoretto. Pax de Deux. Catalogue.
V&A Gallery. Italy, 2005
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Il Gazzettino.
Venezia rinasce in Giappone.
Nagoya Glass Museum. Italy, 2005
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New Glass Review 26.
The Corning Museum of Glass. Published in "Neues Glass".New
York. USA , 2005
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Il Gazzettino. Vetri nel mondo oggi,
esperienze a confronto. Venice. Italy 2005
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Alto Adige. La
fragile arte del vetro. Glas&Modern. Bolzano.
Italy, 2005
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Glashaus. Mauro
Bonaventura, Surreal Visions . Cover and article p. 6 and 7.
Germany, 2004
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1èrebiennale
internationale. La Puissance du verre.
Catalogue. Musèe Outil, Troyes. France, 2004
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Istituto Veneto di
Scienze Lettere ed Arti. Vetri nel Mondo Oggi. Catalogue.
Italy, 2004
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Vitraria. Vetri
artistici storici industriali . Catalogue. S. Vito al
tagliamento. Italy, 2004
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New Glass Review 24.
The Corning Museum of Glass. Published in "Neues glass" New
York. USA , 2003
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SOFA. Mostly Glass Gallery.
Catalogue. Chicago. USA, 2003
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Chapeau Magazine.
Murano: Glasblazers Gezocht. Maasticht,
Nederland, 2003
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Art Form.
The international
Fair for dimensional fine Art. Catalogue. Florida. USA, 2003
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Glass Roots. Visit
from Italian Artist. Newark, New Jersey. USA, 2003
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Glass Art Society Journal. 32nd
Annual Conference. Catalogue.
Amsterdam, 2002
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Rossella Junck Gallery.
Venezia Vetro 2002.
Catalogue. Italy, 2002
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Arte n.350. Flash
sulla creatività. Venezia Vetro. Italy, 2002
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Leon Salet Gallery.
Maastricht meet Murano. Catalogue.
Nederland, 2001
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Furukawa Art Museum.
Massimo Nordio, Zoodiac. Catalogue.
Nagoya. Japan, 2001
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Il Gazzettino.
L’inquietante meditazione di Bonaventura. Gallerie di Mario
Stefani. Italy, 1999
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Il Gazzettino. Mauro
Bonaventura, volumi e moduli irreali. Gallerie di Mario Stefani.
Italy, 1998
EXHIBITIONS
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Glass Art Society. Demonstration at the 36th
Annual GAS Conference. St Louis, MO. USA, 2006
- Vitraria. Vetri
artistici storici industriali. S. Vito al Tagliamento (PN).
Italy, 2005
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Pharmaka Gallery.
Venice II Venice. Los Angeles, California.
USA, 2005
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Mostly Glass Gallery. The ABC of Glass. New Jersey. USA,
2005
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Palazzo del Turismo.
Passeggiata effimera. Montegrotto Terme (PD). Italy, 2005
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V&A Gallery.
Pas De Deux. Mauro Bonaventura e Pino
Signoretto. Venice. Italy, 2005
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Istituto Veneto di
Scienze Lettere ed Arti. Vetri. Nel mondo. Oggi. Venice. Italy,
2004
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Ass. Culturale “La
Corte”. Raccolta Di Vetri. Sambruson di Dolo.
Venice. Italy, 2004
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Musèe de l’Outil. La
Puissance du Verre. 1ère biennale internationale.
Troyes. France, 2004
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Vitraria. Vetri
artistici storici industriali. S. Vito al Tagliamento (PN).
Italy, 2004
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SOFA. Mostly Glass Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. USA, 2003
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Mostly Glass Gallery. Goblets,whimsical & functional.
Englewood, New Jersey, USA. 2003
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GlassWeekend. Contemporary and traditional italian glass art.
Melville, NJ .USA, 2003
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Mostly Glass
Gallery. Introspection. A solo exhibit. Englewood. New Jersey.
USA, 2003
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Artform.
International art fair. Palm Beach, Florida. USA, 2003
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Craft Alliance. Eclectic goblet. St.
Louis, Missouri. USA, 2003
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SOFA. Rossella Junck Gallery. Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2002
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Sable V Gallery. A gatering of glass. Winberly, Texas, USA. 2002
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Rossella Junck Gallery. Venezia Vetro. Venice, Italy.
2002
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Mostly Glass Gallery. Miniature Art. Englewood, New Jersey,
USA. 2002
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Glass Art Society. Demonstration at the 32nd Annual GAS
Conference. Amsterdam, Holland. 2002
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SOFA. Mostly Glass Gallery. New York, NY, USA. 2002
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Mostly Glass Gallery. Glass: Abtract & Figurative. Englewood,
New Jersey, USA. 2002
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International Art Fair. Art in Multiple Media. Palm
Spring, California, USA. 2002
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Leon Salet Gallery.
Maasrticht meet Murano. Maastricht,
Holland. 2001
- Galleria Vento
D'arte. Introspezione. A solo exhibit. Milan, Italy. 2001
Philosophy: HUMANITY IN A CAGE
For the
Glass Art Society (GAS) conference in Amsterdam, where Mauro will be
teaching in May 2002
The Technology World we live in sometimes suffocates us.
We feel limited as if we were Prisoners in a Cage. We
struggle, longing for freedom, quietness and silence,
Winding through the Labyrinths of Humanity
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