Giampaolo Seguso was born on November 17, 1942 in Murano.
Descendant of a master glassmakers dynasty active for over six centuries in Murano, he spent his youth away from the furnace, studying and taking an interest in the world of culture. When he was 25 years old began his love affair for glass, a passion that will accompany for all his life.
Almost thirty years, feeling essential to known in his hands the wisdom of “doing” glass, begins the apprentice time called “I sette anni delle mani sporche”.
The first work signed by Giampaolo with his name was done in 1983
Ten years later, he founded together with his sons Seguso Viro glass.
In the same year, in honor of the Divine Comedy, it was born the project “La Galleria dei 99”, divided in 3 studies. In 1994, 33 works of the first study are published in the book “L’Incalmo”. In 2001 he published the book “La Ragnatela”, which gathers 33 works of the second study.
In 2007, the publication of the book “Pagine di Vetro” is an important step in the search for expression path of Giampaolo Seguso since it marks the passage from poet to “poet of glass.”
In 2011 the City of Venice commissioned the monstrance that will be paid homage to Pope Benedict XVI in occasion of his visit to the city.
In 2012 comes the collection “La Casa dei Battiti”, where the term “Beat” chose to seal the union between opera glass and poetry and express the deepest meaning of his art.
In 2016 he published “La tua mano. Due Volti”, a collection of poems and works dedicated to the love of a lifetime, that lives beyond death.
Poet, philosopher, artist, Giampaolo creates works that express a personal synthesis between spirit and matter, using glass as a “page” on which to engrave his poems.
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.
He works in his studio in Murano, where he received the glass collectors and experts from around the world.