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Giampaolo Seguso (b. November 17, 1942 Murano, Italy) is a Murano glass artist, poet and man of faith who is the 22nd generation of the Seguso glassmaking dynasty in Venice, Italy. Giampaolo’s glass artwork is also known for being engraved with his poetry. Today, he works daily in his studio in Murano and serves as the creative soul of the Seguso Company.

Early Life and Career
Giampaolo was born on the island of Murano from Archimede Seguso (1909-1999) and Manuela Fuga (1914-2012). Following his studies he decided to begin working in the glass company of his father.

In 1993 after working for 30 years at Vetreria Archimede Seguso, Giampaolo decided to set out on his own opening the Seguso Viro company and his own studio. .  The family’s reaction to him leaving the company was chronicled in the 2005 New York Times bestseller, City of Falling Angels written by award winning author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt. Giampaolo described the break as “dramatic” but was eager to start out on his own.

Throughout his career as an artist and poet, Giampaolo presented his work many times in Europe and North America: in1995 the exhibit "Vetri con Anima" Glass with Soul was made, in 2005 at Bologna, for the Cenacolo Cultural Association at the University of Bologna with the title of “My Page is Glass,” in 2006 at the Abate Zanetti School of Murano on the theme of, “Murano, the Art of the Spirit,” in 2008 in Centro Internazionale del Vetro in Padova and in 2009 at the University of Padova, in 2012 in London at the Art Moor House for “Fire Becomes Eternity, Light is Clothed in Art,” in 2013 at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York for the US presentation of “La Casa dei Battiti” and in Connecticut at the Bellarmine Museum of Art at Fairfield University in conjunction with the exhibition, “La Ragnatela – Works by Giampaolo Seguso from the Corning Museum of Glass.”

Incalmo
The first collection of three in his series, “The Gallery of the 99” that pays homage to the Divine Comedy by Dante where each Cantica consistis of 33 songs, thus in each of the collections there are 33 works. Incalmo is a manual technique of Venetian glass making from the 16th century that has only realized its full potential in modern times. In this collection, Giampaolo Seguso proposes an extremely varied collection of glass, playing on bright and delicate colors, opaque and clear effects united by the common thread of “incalmo.” Murano tradition proves vital, in its ability to interpret contemporary tastes through a technological heritage of medieval origin. Giampaolo's study of this technique and collection was published by Rosa Barovier Mentasti.

Ragnatela
This book is his second collection of 33 glassworks of the Galleria of 99 created by Giampaolo Seguso. The Ragnatela collection all have in common the “ragnatela”(italian for spider’s web) technique. This technique has been reinterpreted by many glass masters but has not evolved as much in any other place in the world except Murano. The “reticello”, “mezzo reticello” and “spiraline” techniques are the steps of this technique where Seguso has been an important interpreter throughout the past centuries. According to Rosa Barovier Mentasti (author of the publication for this collection) "Giampaolo Seguso makes a hallmark showing not only just by the results of this skilled technique, but also the expression and the homage of an artist ".

My Page is Glass
The only book by Giampaolo to feature solely his poetry. The works in this volume put us face to face with his challenge of interpreting Murano, fusing glass and words, transparency and passion. The verses of his unrestrained poems, exact in their quantity and evocative suggestions, almost make the gestures, the dancing of glassmakers, become writing.

La Casa dei Battiti
A personal synthesis between spirit and matter, the first researched through poetry, the second found in what has always been around the artist - glass. The material is used as a “sheet” on which to engrave the reflections on the seasons of life. The beats are followed through 7 rooms, each consisting of 7 works plus 3 endworks different in form, but carry the same poem.