Davide Salvadore

Salvadore’s Work is an image of Contemporary Murano. His signature Murrinas and Incalmo (grafting) are highlighted by intricate designs using Incisura and Battuto (“Cold Work"). In his masterpiece, Fire Dance (right ), he revisits Glass Beads techniques he learned from his mother. With these technical  skills, and the extreme appeal of his sculptures Davide is emerging as one of the most important Glass Masters of Murano.
To have reached this clout in the World Capital of Glass, is insuring him a position on the Olympus of Glass Art.

Born in Murano in 1953, Davide is a descendent from a family of Glassworkers. He started at a very early age he began following his grandfather, then started working in the big furnaces of Murano. In 1978 he began producing lamp-worked beads in his mother's jewelry studio. Subsequently the recognition of his talent and his carrier steadly grew in Italy and abroad.  
Winner of the Mostly Glass year 2000 Award

Professional Experience
1997  Founding member of Centro Studio Vetro
1987  Founded the studio Campagnol & Salvadore
1978 Collaboration with fashion and design firms such as Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior
1973 Works at Venini, Salviati and La Murrina
1968 Collaborates with Loredano Rosin
1966 Works in the furnace of Alfredo Barbini

Teaching
2002               Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY & Pittsburg Glass School, PA
2001- 2           Glass Workshop, San Servolo, Venice
                      Glass Workshop, Grand Crystal Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1999 & 1997    National Glass Foundation at La Granja, Spain
1998               Cerfav School of Glass at Vannes Le Chatel, France

Solo Exhibits
2002 AFRICA 2002  a bicostal Exhibit in the USA at
                              Mostly Glass Gallery, NJ & L. H. Selman Ltd., CA 
1999   Salvadore, Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany                                                               

Group Exhibits
SOFA New York, represented by Barry Friedman & Wexler Galleries, 2000 - 2
Palm Springs International Art Fair, CA, represented by Mostly Glass Gallery, 2001 - 2
SOFA Chicago,  represented by Mostly Glass Gallery, 1999 – 2001.
Gallery Etienne & Van den Doel, Den Haag, Netherlands, 2001,
Grand Crystal Museum Taipei, Taiwan, 2001
Mostly Glass Gallery, NJ, Seasons & Times,  Millenium Glass, 1999 - 2000 
Museum for Kunst and Gewerbe in Hamburg, Germany, 1999
Art Expo in New York,  represented by Mostly Glass Gallery, 1999
Venezia  Aperto  Vetro, Ducal Palace,Venice, 1998

Public Exhibitions
Glass museum of the National Glass Foundation in La Granja, Spain.
Cerfav School of Glass in Vannes le Chate, France

Publications
2002 VETRO, Italy, #16, Cover Story
2001 GLASS, USA, #84
2001, Nouvel Objet, Korea
2001 Neues Glas, Germany, Winter issue