Giampaolo Seguso is a 22nd generation Murano, Italy glass artist and designer born in 1962. The Seguso family has been involved in Venetian glass since 1397, a glorious period in glass history that produced remarkably beautiful and technically masterful works that were the envy of the world. Giampaolo continues this six century long family tradition at Seguso Vetri d’Arte, their factory/studio/world headquarters on the famous island of Murano. He is known for creating lyrical works rich in color, texture, and tradition.

His relationship with his father, Archimede, was fractious. One of the most important glassmakers in the twentieth century, Archimede founded the extraordinary Italian glassware manufacturer Vetreria Archimede Seguso in 1948, where father and son worked side by side until Giampaolo was almost 50 years old. Following his father’s death, Giampaolo was eager to embark on his own artistic path. He spent a lifetime shuttling back and forth between Venice and New York, when he finally opened a branch of his company, Seguso Viro, located in New York in 1993.

He lectured in Europe and in the USA, has won numerous awards and an honorary degree in Communication Sciences at the University “John Paul I”. His works are in major museums around the world: from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Corning Museum in New York, among hundreds of other museums around the world.. He works in his studio in Murano, where he received the glass collectors and experts from around the world.