Bio
Lorenzo Passi was born in Milan in 1985. He lives and works in Venice. He studied in Italy, Finland and USA His enthusiasm for glass began in 2005, he began his Murano apprenticeship in the well-known hot shops, studing glass extensively. He made his debut as an artist in 2013; since then, his work has appeared both in solo and collective exhibitions.
Lorenzo Passi è nato a Milano nel 1985. Vive e lavora a Venezia. Ha studiato in Italia, Finlandia e Stati Uniti. Il suo entusiasmo per il vetro è iniziato nel 2005, ha iniziato il suo apprendistato a Murano studiando a lungo il vetro nelle sue sfaccettature. Ha esordito come artista nel 2013; da allora il suo lavoro è apparso sia in mostre personali che collettive.
SOLO SHOWS
2023
Soft Revolution, Mollified Collective, Galleria Casa Dugnani, Robecco S.N.
2022/2023
Mollified, Mollified Collective, Lorenzo Passi Studio, Venice
2021
Roots, Marignana Arte Gallery, Venice
2020/2021
Forgiato nel ferro, soffiato nel vetro, Marignana Arte Gallery, Venice
2018
Roots/Radici Lorenzo Passi Studio, The Venice Glass Week, Venice.
Tempo Ciclo, Casa Dugnani Gallery, Robecco S. N.
Resounding Evolutions, Galleria CreArte Studio, Oderzo (TV).
2017
Kosmos, The Venice Glass Week, Ca Zenobio, Venice.
Reminiscence, Ilsang Gallery in Seoul, South Korea.
Kosmos, Li Keran Academy, Beijing, China.
I built a canopy for dreams, Galleria Spiazzi, Venice.
2016
Interactions at Song Ya Feng Gallery in Beijing.
2015
Distensio animi – pratica di memoria espansa, ICI International
Cultural Institute, Magazzino del Caffè, Venice.
2014
Memories, Church of St Lawrence the Great, Chapel of St. Aquilino, Milan.
2013
Morelato International design competition: Il mobile signficante. Artist’s mention. (Verona)
GROUP SHOWS
2021
AT WORK!, Spazio Berlendis, Venice
AT WORK!, Mo.Ca, Brescia
Vitrea, Contemporary Italian Art Glass, Triennale, Milan
La memoria è un essere capriccioso e bizzarro, Marignana Arte Gallery, Venice, Italy
2020
The Venice Glass Week Hub under 35, Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Loredan, Venice
2019
Atelier Rossella Rossi, parenti Disctrict, Salone del Mobile Milano.
2018
Futuruins, curated by Daniela Ferretti, Dimitri Ozerkov with Dario Dalla Lana, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice
2017
Murano Oggi, Emotions of glass, Murano glass museum in Murano, Venice.
2016
Glass – Arte del Vetro Oggi, Murano Museum of Glass, Venice.
2015
Improbabili amici. Casa Dugnani Gallery, Robecco S. N., Milan.
6th “Antonio Canova” Sculpture Competition, Villa Rizzardi, Negrar (VR).
2014
DAB5 – Design for Artshops and Bookshops, MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome.
Manualmente, il Vetro. Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan.
Concrete Jungle, Salone del Mobile, Zona Tortona, Milan.
WORKSHOPS & STUDIES
2019
Pilchuck Glass School – session 2 – Dissolving Boundaries by Benjamin Cobb and Nadége Desgenétez – Seattle, U.S.A.
Assistant professor at Abate Zanetti – School of Glass Murano, Venice.
Tutor at Autonoma Factory, Murano, Venice. https://www.autonomafactory.com
2018
Autonoma Year 0, Murano, Venice. https://www.autonomafactory.co
2011
BA Bachelor’s degree in handicrafts and arts & crafts, Nuutajarvii, Finland
Assistant at Lino Tagliapietra’s studio, Murano, Venice. www.linotagliapietra.com/
Workshop Einar De La Torre, Nuutajarvi, Finland. www.delatorrebros.com/
2010
Jonathan Capps, Nuutajarvi, Finland. http://jonathancapps.com/
2009
Assistant of Tara Wounderberg, Hands On Glass – GAS at CMOG Corning, NY, U.S.A.
2008
Hanneke Fokkelman, Sars Poteries, France. www.hannekefokkelman.com/
2005
Graphics and art high school degree