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1990

He creates a statue, ‘Madonna Nera di Cracovia’, which he personally hands to Pope John Paul II.

1990

He is awarded a honoris causa degree by the College of Optometry of San Giovanni Lupatoto, for which he creates a themed sculpture.

1991

He is in competition at the Biennale Art for ‘Premio Murano’ and wins two awards for his Enzo Brunori-inspired art works.

1993

He exhibits his art works at various galleries in Nice. One of his pieces enters the permanent collection of the Modern Art Museum of Nice. He creates a bas-relief depicting the village of Eze, later exhibited at the local townhall.

1997

He is invited by Cesaretti to the ‘Triangle D’Art’ of Castillon.

1998

He’s once again invited to the ‘Triangle D’Art’ of Castillon.

2007

As part of the project ‘Arte Insieme’ and together with young people with Down’s syndrome, he designs and creates a Nativity Scene made of glass. He is given the Paul Harris Fellow recognition by the Rotary Foundation.

2012

Riceve in visita il ministro dell’economia giapponese Akira Amari.

2012

On his own initiative, he relaunches the ‘Premio Murano’, at which he serves as a technical curator.

2013

Valerie Biden visits Giancarlo’s furnace.

2013

After making a glass microphone for Italian DJ Albertino, he appears as a guest on a Radio Deejay programme. He creates three unique art pieces for the stylist and designer Larisa Katz.

2015

In collaboration with the charitable organization ‘Magica Cleme’, he invites children with leucemia to his furnace and has them experience a day in the furnace.
In collaboration with "Associazione La Girobussola" he agrees to have blind people come to his furnace for an internship in glassmaking.

2016

He’s chosen by the Television Festival of Montecarlo to create the throphy, the Golden Crystal Nymph.

2016

In July, his friend Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, visits his furnace.
In August, Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton visits his furnace.

2018

The Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza chooses him to create a trophy, the Golden Crystal Mask, for the Festival Nazionale Amatori.

2019

In March, he is invited to Rome to meet senator Antonio De Poli and inform him about the cur-rent problems the Venetian glassmaking industry faces.

2019

In September, he’s visited by a delegation of Bahrain’s Health Ministry.

2019

In October, he meets at his furnace Ermelinda Damiano, president of the local council (Comune di Venezia) to discuss the problematics the glassmaking industry regularly faces.

2019

He’s invited as a guest and president of the jury to the Festival Del Vetro at the Museo Del Ve-tro of Piegaro. He holds a conference on the state of the art and the necessity of having young artists involved in the industry to keep the tradition of glassmaking alive in Murano, Piegaro and Altare. He also holds a class in which he demonstrates how to work with glass and talks about the different techniques used in Murano glassmaking.

2021

He’s the recipient of the Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement (Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia).