Painted face plate wall hanging. (not positive if it is porcelain or ceramic) Luigi Benzoni, 1956- Italian artist known for painting, sculpture, ceramic, glass and furniture design. He works with bronze, stone, glass, gold foil and paintings. He was born in Clusone in the province of Bergamo, Italy in 1956 but has lived in Venice since 1976 where he studied architecture and specialized in the history of art. He has exhibited his works in public and private institutions in Italy and abroad. Among the most important exhibitions in which he has taken part are: “The Secret of Murano”, Het Paleis Museum, The Hague, Netherlands (1997), “A Choice of European Glass Artists”, Mostly Glass, New York, USA (1998), “Made in Murano-Making Art with Glass”, Hotel Cipriani, Venice, Italy (1999), “Interationell Samtidskonst I Glas”, Halstadtsgruppens Museum, Halmstad, Sweden (1999), “Made in Venice”, Röhsska Museum for Design and Applied Art, Goteborg, Sweden, “Innuendo”, Palazzo delle Prigioni, Venice, Italy, “XI Biennial of Sacred Art”, Stauros Museum of Sacred Art, Isola del Gran Sasso d’Italia, Abruzzo, Italy (2004). Benzoni’s work – both pictorial and sculptural – is characterized mainly by his experimentation with the human face. Select Solo Exhibitions Galerie Mackenbach – Arnheim, Netherlands Schmidlin Art Studio – Milan, Italy Select Group Exhibitions 1er ArtSud Salon International d’Art Contemporain du Sud Palais des Congrès – Paris, France Art Miami SOFA Sculpture Object and Functional Art – Chicago, n°8 Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States Galerie Vivendi – 28 Place des Vosges – Paris, France Berengo Fine Arts Glass Furnace and Gallery – Fondamenta Dei Vetrai Venice, Italy KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sthml Art Fair Sollentunamässan – Sollentuna, Sweden ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n° 19 Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain St’art – Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg, n° 4 Parc des expositions du Wacken – Strasbourg, France Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte Contemporanea, Bologna BO, Italy "Christmas Exhibition" Steinberger Galleries, Langenargen Museum of Modern Art Carinthia, Klagenfurt "Elvira Bach, Luigi Benzoni & Silvio Vigliaturo" Steinberger Galleries, Weikersheim Group exhibitions The Netherlands Collection Berengo, 10 años de formacion en vidrio. La Granja, Spain Education 1976 : IUAV Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia – Santa Croce 601 – Venice VE, Italy similar in style to Robert Laughlin.