Toni Zuccheri

He was born in 1936 in San Vito al Tagliamento (Pordenone), the son of the painter and sculptor Luigi, from whom he learned to draw and model, and whose figurative world - nature, animals, fish, birds - was and would remain congenial to him. After graduating in architecture, he worked for Venini in Venice, where the Bestiary was created and presented at the 1964 Biennale. At the 1968 Biennial he was present with the Vases, while collaborating with other well-known producers, Barovier & Toso, de Majo, Seguso Viro, etc. He made a sculpture for the Campiello prize. As an architect he worked in Venice and Milan, while continuing to create in glass, presenting Membrane at the 1972 Biennale. In 1981 he designed and produced the Fenice d'oro award for the Venice Film Festival; in 1985 he exhibited his works at the Padiglione di arte contemporanea (PAC) in Milan. In 1989 he created the Reggiani Light Gallery at 800 Fifth Avenue in New York; again for Reggiani he created the stand at Euroluce in Milan; in 1990 he exhibited in the New York gallery. In 1996, his works were presented at the Kunstmuseum in Düsseldorf, in the exhibition "Italienisches Glas. Murano Miland', 1930-1970. In 1999 he exhibited his Albero delle stagioni (Tree of the Seasons) in the Sala del maggior Consiglio of the Doge's Palace in Venice, on the occasion of the international exhibition 'Aperto Vetro'. In the same year, he exhibited his new Tree of Life in San Vito al Tagliamento as part of the 'Vitraria' event. In 2003 he was awarded the Rotary International Prize. In the 1990s he took part, with works and installations, in various editions of the contemporary art exhibition "Hic et Nunc", directed by the critic Angelo Bertani. He died in San Vito al Tagliamento in 2008. His works are exhibited at the Murano Glass Museum, the MOMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Okkaido Museum in Sapporo and the Metropolitan Tien Art Museum in Tokyo.

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