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Simone Crestani

Born in 1984 in Marostica, in the region of Venice, he started working glass at the age of 15 at the Massimo’s Lunardon glass factory. After an apprenticeship that lasted ten years, he opened his own studio, where he continues to work, dedicated to research and innovation. An introspective and self- taught artist, over the years he put together all the lessons learned and the experience gained, and broke away from the traditional glass of Murano. He works borosilicate glass with a special technique of flame working that he called Hollow Sculpture, a technique for which Crestani is appreciated worldwide.

This particular way to work allowed him to create large-scale objects in glass where also the details are curated. Inspired by the never-ending variety of the natural world, the shapes of animals and plants magically come to life, even in their tiniest details, in a celebration of lightness and transparency.

 

In both the plastic arts and in the world of Italian design, Crestani is regarded as a young luminary with a compelling and diverse body of work. Other than exhibiting in some of the most important initiative related to the glass and art-world, he is also regularly invited as visiting artist and instructor by prestigious art academies and glass schools all over the world.

Selected Exhibitions

2018

  • “Kristalline Wunderkammer”, Ingo Maurer Showroom, Munich, Germany, solo show
  • PAD Paris, Gallerie Alexandre Biaggi -fair-
  • Art Basel Hong Kong, Galleria d’Arte Maggiore -fair
  • Miart, Matter of Stuff Galley -fair-
  • “Stranger Pinks”, Showroom TED, Milan, group show part of the Milan Design Week
  • “Milano#Dakar”, Italian&African Art&Design Exhibition, MiFAC Gallery, Palazzo SIAM, Milan-group show-
  • “Light and Reflection”, Sketch London, curated by MOS GAS conference exhibition, Glass Cathedral, Murano, Italy
  • “the theatre in the mirror”, Museo Casa di Carlo Goldoni, Venice “Homo Faber”, Fondazione Cini, San Giorgio island, Venice
  • “Il Vetro, attualità di un’arte”, Villa Erizzo, Venezia TVGW2018 “Mind Blowers”, personal project for The Venice Glass Week 2018 “Blown Away”, Sketch London, curated by MOS
  • MOS pop up concept gallery, London
  • PAD London - Gallerie Alexandre Biaggi -fair- “Festembr”, Warehouse421 - Abu-Dhabi

2017

  • The international Hokuriku Craft Summit - TOYAMA MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND DESIGN “Fest Toronto Art Fair, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada -fair-
  • Doppia Firma, Michelangelo fondation, Tresor, Basel - fair-
  • “Tensioni Sublimi”, Galleria d’Arte Maggiore G.A.M., Bologna, Italy -solo show-
  • “Doppia Firma”, Tresor 2017, Basel, Switzerland -fair-
  • “Light Blowing”, New Murano Gallery, Murano, Italy -group show part of the Venice glass week- “Metamorphosis”, T Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice, Italy -solo show part of The Venice glass week-
  • PAD 2017, Paris Fr- Fair
  • “Doppia Firma”, Michelangelo foundation,London Craft Week - fair -
  • “Art Design@Fuorisalone 2017”, Palazzo Siam, Accademia Teatro La scala, Via S.Marta, MI. “Metamorphosis”, Salone Satellite, Fiera Milano Rho
  • “Doppia Firma”, Fondazione Cologni, Galleria d’arte Moderna, Milano
  • “Flow”, Arte Italiana e Cinese in dialogo, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy - group show - “Collect”, Saachi Gallery, London UK -fair-

2016

  • “Ethereal Visions”, Art’in Gstaad Gallery, Gstaad CH –solo show-
  • “Salon Art+Design”, New York USA –fair-
  • “Immagine, Forma e Stile”, Galleria d’arte Maggiore, Bologna (Italy) – group show -
  • “La Magni ca Forma”, Homi Milano (Italy) – group show-
  • “Heat is on”, White house cone Glass Museum, Stourbridge UK – group show-
  • “In the Mood for Glass”, Venice, Italy – group show
  • “Wood Obsession”, Palazzo Loredan, Venice (Italy) – group show -
  • “Oltre il Giardino”, Villa Da Schio, Vicenza (Italy) – solo show –
  • “Glass. Arte del Vetro Oggi”, Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano di Torreglia, Padova (Italy) – group show –
  • “Ri essioni Exhibition”, SIAM – Society encouraging Arts and Crafts, Milan Design Week, Milan (Italy) – group show –
  • “LoftB”, Ventura Design District, Milan Design Week, Milan (Italy) – group show –
  • “Contaminazioni” exhibition, four-hand glass artworks of Bruno Pedrosa and Simone Crestani, CCAA Glasgalerie Köln, Köln
  • “Homage to Actaeon”, Gallerie Alexandre Biaggi, Paris (France) – solo show –
  • “Contaminazioni” exhibition, four-hand glass artworks of Bruno Pedrosa and Simone Crestani, Galerie Stevens, Maastricht (The Netherlands).

2015

  • Two pieces of the “Rooted-Uprooted” exhibition entered in the collection of the glass pavilion of the Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (Israel)
  • “Le Banquet”, special group exhibition for the show “Révélations”, Grand Palais, Paris (France)
  • “The bearable lightness of the table”, solo show for the EXPO2015, Studio Dimore Collection, Milan (Italy)
  • “In Glass We Trust”, group show for the Venice biennale, Balbi art glass Gallery, Venice (Italy) “Yes Art Maters”, group show for Milan Design Week (Italy)
  • “Rooted-Uprooted”, Mizgaga Museum (Israel) –solo show-

2014

  • “The Salon Art+Design”, New York –fair-
  • “Manualmente, il Vetro”, Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan (Italy) – group show - “New Glass Objects”, OhMyBlue, Venice (Italy)
  • “Hotel show”, Dubai (fair)
  • One “Delicious sh” has been exposed on an installation designed by Vincent Darré at the Musée Des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
  • International ne art & antique dealer show, New York, NY (USA) –Fair-
  • PAD, Paris (Frace) –Fair-
  • “Shattered: contemporary sculpture in glass”, Frederik Meijer gardens and sculptures park, Grand Rapids, MI (USA) -group exhibition-

2012

  • “Delicious Fish”, Gallerie Alexandre Biaggi, Paris (France) –solo show-
  • “Between the squares”, Bernd Goeckler introduces Simone Crestani – Bernd Goeckler Antiques, New York (USA) –solo show-
  • The Salon Art+Design, New York (USA) –fair-
  • “8° international prize of sculpture” – museum of contemporary art, Galliate (Italy) –group exhibition-
  • “La via della Im-Perfezione” – Florence (Italy) –group exibition- “Fragilismo” Design Library – Milan (Italy) –group exibition-
  • 54° Venice Biennale – Padiglione Italia Torino (Itay) –group exibition-

2011

  • “Peninsula Glass Guild annual show” , Hampton VA (USA) -group exhibition-
  • “Sof di Lume” fonderia Bucci, Pesaro (Italy) –solo show-
  • “Fragile” stamperia Busatto, Vicenza (Italy) –group exibition-
  • “Italy-Israel: Mediterranean senses” Hangar Bicocca, Milan; Villa Durazzo, S. Margerita Ligure; Ex Jaffa’s Train Station, Tel- Aviv (Israel) –group exibition-
  • “ Les créations de Patrice Dangel, Simone Crestani, Mauro Fabbro”, Alexandre Biaggi Gallery, Paris (France)
  • “Delicious Fishes”, Blanchaert Gallery, Milan (Italy) –solo show-

2010

  • “OPERAè’’ Excellence Hand-crafted Collective Show, Turin (Italy) -group exhibition-
  • “Vicenza golden events”, Collective Show, Vicenza (Italy) –group exhibition-

2009

  • “Rivadossi-Daverio collection”, Basilica di S. Ambrogio, Milan (Italy) –group exibition-
  • 2008
  • “Glass Bonsai”, Galleria Blanchaert, Milan (Italy) –solo show-