Born in 1934 in Murano, Italy
EDUCATION
1946 Apprenticeship with Archimede Seguso, Murano, Italy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998 Venezia Aperto Vetro, Guest of Honor, invited guest, Venice, Italy
1996 Venezia Aperto Vetro, Guest of Honor, invited guest, Venice, Italy
1989-present Independent Artist
1976-89 Artistic and Technical Director, Effetre International, Murano, Italy
1968-76 Co-founder and chief maestro at La Murrina, Murano, Italy
1966-68 Venini & Co., Murano, Italy
1956 Achieved status of Maestro
1955 Achieved status of Maestrino
1955-65 Vetreria Galliano Ferro, Murano, Italy
SELECTED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS AND 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 of Art, Columbus, OH
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Danish Royal Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 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, Montgomery, AL
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AB
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Losanna, Switzerland
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
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 Grassi, Venice, Italy
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Tokyo National Modern Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Toyama City Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2007 Cristal Award, Museo del Virdrio, Monterrey, Mexico
2006 James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Educator Award, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC
2004 Artist Visionaries! Lifetime Achievement Award, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Artist as Hero Award, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
The President's Distinguished Artist Award, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Glass Center Naming Award, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Centre College, KY
2001 Metal for Excellence in Craft Award, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2000 Humana Distinguished Professor, Centre College, KY
1998 Libensky Award, Chateau Ste Michelle Vineyards and Winery and Pilchuck Glass School, WA
1997 Glass Art Society Lifetime Achievement Award
Urkunde Goldmedaille, Germany
1996 UrbanGlass Award for Preservation of Glassblowing Techniques, New York, NY
Rakow Commission for Excellence in Glass Award, Corning Museum of Glass, NY
1972 Grand Prix in lighting, Barcelona Trade Fair, Barcelona, Spain
1968 Borsella d'Oro Award, Murano, Italy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1980's-2000's 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, ME
JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
The Studio at Corning Museum of Glass, NY
Toyama Art School, Toyama, Japan
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
UrbanGlass, NY
1979 First teaches at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA and regularly thereafter
1976, 78 & 81 Workshops at La Scuola Internazionale del Vetro, Murano, Italy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2007 Artner, Alan. "Pretty Glass Sculpture May Confuse Some", Chicago Tribune, August 31
2006 Morgan, Robert C. "Lino Tagliapietra", Significant Form, September
2005 Yood, James. "Lino Tagliapietra," Materia e Poesia, June
2004 Yood, James. "The Art and Journey of Lino Tagliapietra," Giving Life to Glass: The Art of Lino Tagliapietra, Oct.
North, Bill. "Within and Without: Thoughts on Suspension and the Glass of Lino Tagliapietra," Giving Life to Glass:
the Art of Lino Tagliapietra, Oct.
Oldknow, Tina. "Italian Influences on American Glass," La Danza Con Fuoco, Oct.
2003 Nill, Annegreth T., "Conversation," The Art of Lino Tagliapietra: Concerto in Glass, Oct.
2002 Kangas, Matthew. "Lino Tagliapietra," Glass: The Urban Glass Quarterly, winter
Litinsky, Laura. "Lino Tagliapietra: Still Motion," Florida Design, Dec.
2001 Heilenman, Diane. "Hot Glass Profile - Lino Tagliapietra," Profitable Glass Quarterly, fall
2000 Hackett, Regina. "Lino Tagliapietra," ARTnews, summer
Powers, Pike. "An interview with Lino Tagliapietra," GAS News, May/June
Eliens, Titus M., "Haags Gemeentemuseum/Museum Het Paleis: Meeting Between A. D. Copier and Lino
Tagliapietra, Two Internationally Renowned Glass Artists", This Side Up!, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands,
summer
1999 Oldknow, Tina. "Conversation with Lino Tagliapietra," Vetro (Murano), April/June
Wichert, Geoff. "Lino Tagliapietra," Glass: The Urban Glass Quarterly, winter
1998 Hajdamach, Charles R., "The Maestro of Venice," Crafts, July/Aug.
Newmann, Nicolaus. "Die Kunst des langen Atems," Merian, May
Marquis, Richard. "Maestro Lino," American Craft, Dec. ‘97/ Jan. ‘98
Barovier, Marino (Editor), Buchner, Thomas S. & Franz, Susanne K., Tagliapietra: A Venetian Glass Maestro,
Venice
1997 The Glass Art Society Journal, "Lino Tagliapietra: 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award,"
1995 Zwingle, Eda. "More Than a Dream: Venice," National Geographic, Feb.
1994 Sarpellon, Giovanni. Lino Tagliapietra: Vetri Glass, Venice
1992 Mentasti, Rosa Barovier. Vetro Veneziano 1890-1990, Venice
1989 Frantz, Susanne K. Contemporary Glass: A World Survey form the Corning Museum of Glass, NY
