Farewell to Laura de Santillana, glass artist

Artist and designer Laura de Santillana, famous for her glass creations, has passed away in Venice at the age of sixty-four. Born in 1955 in the lagoon city, Laura de Santillana had trained in New York from where she later returned to Italy to work at Venini where she designed objects and lamps. From 1989 to 1993 she served as artistic director of Eos, and from this experience she left the world of design to devote herself exclusively to art, exhibiting in solo shows around the world (Seattle, London, Tokyo, Paris, Zurich, New York) and participating in several group shows: in 2009 she also participated in the Venice Biennale, where she was present at the Venice Pavilion, while in 2016 she took part dlla IX Triennale di Milano.

Since 2015 he collaborated with the Cramum project, for which he participated in four group shows and with which he organized two solo exhibitions: in 2016 Fedeli at the Francesco Messina Studio Museum and in 2019 ab - the Essence of Absence, still ongoing (until November 14) at the Gaggenau DesignElementi Hub space.

“A reserved, generous, curious and proactive person,” recalls Cramum staff, “Laura de Santillana worked until the last on new projects and new works. She loved to hear about her work and to know the emotions that her works aroused in others. From now on to us the task and the endless opportunity to know her work and tell her story.”

Farewell to Laura de Santillana, glass artist

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