Andrea Zilio Biography
Andrea Zilio was born in Venice in 1966 and lives in Murano. He began his career as a craftsman in the sector of restoration of antique furniture, but his great passion for glass quickly led him to obtain the qualification of «First Master» in the Vetreria Anfora, under the guidance of the masters Giulio Ferro and Luigi Buratto . A passionate executor of ancient models with an extraordinary finesse of hand, he soon undertook the creation of works designed by himself, in which he exalted in a modern key the most complex traditional techniques, such as reticello, incalmo, zanfirico and sommerso. Great contemporary artists and designers entrust him with the creation of their prestigious glass works. For example, his collaborations with Yoichi Ohira, Ritsue Mishima, Cristiano Bianchin, Michele Burato, Massimo Micheluzzi, Emmanuel Babled, Melvin Anderson, Peter Pelzel and many others stand out. Andrea Zilio taught at the important Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle (USA) and actively collaborated with the Abate Zanetti Glass School in Murano. The first exhibition of his works was at «Aperto Vetro» in 1996 at the Murano Glass Museum where, in the Contemporary Glass section, one of his works is permanently exhibited. Participate in the 2018 edition of the «Doppia Firma» project with the designers De Allegri/Fogale. he is considered by the most authoritative experts to be one of the first masters in the world of non-figurative glass blowing.
