Alberto Zorzi

Alberto Zorzi, born in Padua in 1958, is one of Italy’s most renowned contemporary jewelry designers. Trained at the Pietro Selvatico Art Institute and closely associated with the Padua School group, his work was initially inspired by Constructivism: throughout his career, he has favored geometric lines and abstract themes. Zorzi also holds a doctorate in art history from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and is a professor of design and the history of modern and contemporary jewelry at the Universities of Florence and Siena.

Selected solo exhibitions:  1990 Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau.  1992 Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz.  1999 Municipal Archaeological Museum, Milan,  Angermuseum, Erfurt,  Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau.  2009 Silver Museum, Pitti Palace, Florence.  2010 Palazzo Fortuny Museum, Venice.  2026 Oro d'Autore Museum, Arezzo.

His jewelry is part of numerous public collections (selection):
Museum of Silver, Pitti Palace, Florence.  Museum of Art & Design, New York.  Archaeological Museum, Milan.  MAK Museum of Applied Art-Contemporary Art, Vienna.  Oro d'Autore Museum, Arezzo.  Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris.  Kunstgewerbe Museum, Berlin.  Staatliches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Design in der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.  Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal.  LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum), Los Angeles.  Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.  Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt.