Oriano Favaretto

ORIANO FAVARETTO IS BORN IN TREVISO IN 1956. HE GRADUATED AT THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN VENICE WITH THE MASTER EMILIO VEDOVA. LIVES AND WORKS IN THE VENETIAN COUNTRYSIDE, WHICH, WITH ITS NATURAL AND HUMAN PRESENCE MARKS THE INNER AND ARTISTIC TRAINING. THE PASSION FOR MURANO GLASS APPROACHED HIM TO THE LEGENDARY FUCINA DEGLI ANGELI WHERE HE WORKED WITH LEGENDARY NAMES IN THE FIELD OF MURANO GLASS. AMONG THE MANY SPLENDID CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS IN JUST A FEW: 1981 - WINNER OF THE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE ACADEMIES OF ITALY AND WINNER OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AT THE FONDAZIONE BEVILACQUA LA MASA; 1987 AND 1992 – MURANO AWARD, PEGGY GUGGHENHEIM COLLECTION AND ABA; 1993- GOLDEN LAMP AWARD, S.I.I., PARIS; 1997- PRIX D’EXCELLENCE WINNER FOR THE LAMP POLIPÒ, MARIE CLAIRE, PARIS. IN ADDITION TO THE NOW ICONIC POLIPÒ LAMP, FIRMS FOR DE MAJO NUMEROUS SUCCESSFUL COLLECTIONS INCLUDING : PRO SECCO, STRATOSPHERE, PERLAGE AND OLIMPIA.