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Seekers Glass Gallery presents the work of
Dante Marioni, a second generation glass artist whose massive sculptural vessels
combine classic forms with contemporary aesthetics and colors.
Considered one of the most talented and
promising young glass artists in the United States, his work has gained national
and international recognition.
His current work includes large vessel forms,
some nearly three feet tall. With shapes inspired by classic Greek urns, these
pieces are freely blown, without the use of molds.
Using color and form to
create a unique visual statement, Marioni works in unusual combinations of
bright primaries or pastels.
A second generation glass artist (his father
is Paul Marioni), Marioni began blowing glass when he was nine years old. He
studied at two of the nation’s top glass schools, the Pilchuck School in
Washington State, where he served as Staff Artisan for four years, and the
Penland School of Design, NC. He has taught glassblowing at Pilchuck, Penland,
the Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, the Haystack School, ME, and in Japan at
the Jijima Glass Art Center.
Articles about Marioni’s work have appeared
in Glass Work Magazine, American Craft Magazine, Craft Arts, The Seattle
Times, Tacoma News Tribune and The New York Times.
He has received awards for his work from
American Craft Museum, NY; the New York Experimental Glass Workshop; and the
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Prior to establishing his own studio in 1990,
he worked with some of the world’s top glass masters including Dale Chihuly,
Benjamin Moore, Lino Tagliapietra , Klaus Moje and Richard Marquis, with whom he
has created collaborative pieces.
His work has been exhibited at major galleries
and museums throughout the U.S. and the world, including The American Craft
Museum; the Bellevue Art Museum; a show of American Glass in Prague; and the
1990 American Glass exhibition in Tokyo. His works were included in the Craft
Today USA Exhibition, organized by the American Craft Museum, which traveled
to more than a dozen European cities between 1989 and 1992.
In 1993 Marioni was one of 72 artists whose
work was selected for inclusion in The White House Collection of American Craft.
Among the many private, public and institutional collections
in which Marioni’s work is included are those of The Corning Museum of Glass;
Yokohama Museum of Art; Carnegie Museum of Art, PA; Arizona State University Art
Museum; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Microsoft
Corporation; Safeco Insurance; Security Pacific Bank (now Bank of America); New
Zealand National Museum; the National Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the
Smithsonian Institution.
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