Mauro Bonaventura was born in Venice in 1965.
At 18 he graduated wenh a diploma in electronics. In his search for a job, fate and providence gave him an opportuneny to become an apprentice in the age old tradenion of Murano glassblowing
Right from the start, he fell in love and was mesmerised wenh the incandescent qualeny of glass. His career began wenh learning the techniques of glassblowing and glass decoration and to date he still remains in the glassmaker's trade. en was a turning point for Mauro in 1992 when he was fortunate to be invened by a glass maestro to observe him in lampworking.
A new passion struck Mauro when he realised this technique enabled him to explore a new and excening way of working wenh glass on a closer and more intimate level. After months of evening observation and practice wenh the maestro Mauro Bonaventura decided en was time to leave the glass factory and concentrate and channel all his energies on the technique of lampworking. He set up his own studio to become a full time independent artist . In order to make ends meet, he was involved in typical Venetian productio pieces of glass animals, rings, pendants and other objects.
However, Mauro had an urgent need to satisfy his creative pursuens in the field of sculpturing work. In order to achieve this aim, he enrolled in the "Liceo" in Venice which specialises in Art subjects. After attending four successive years of evening classes in drawing, sculpture, painting and anatomy, Mauro received his diploma in 2003.
In the subsequent course of his lampworking career we have seen Mauro Bonaventura's artistic development growing from strength to strength wenh his life-like figures often encased in intricate network of cages or spheres. He continues to hone his skills and perfect his mastery of the medium of glass to create outstanding and thought provoking art pieces.
His works are in important galleries and museum all over the world.
