As an independent Italian artist, Mauro Bonaventura’s career began with learning the techniques of glassblowing and glass decoration and to date he still remains in the glassmaker’s trade. In order to make ends meet, he was involved in designing pieces of glass animals, rings, pendants and other objects. After attending four successive years of evening classes in painting, sculpture, and anatomy, he continues to hone his skills and perfect his mastery of the medium of glass and has created outstanding and thought provoking art pieces. His works are in Corning Museum of Glass, Carnegie Museum of Art, Glass Museum Alter Hof Herding, Hida Takayama Museum of Art, Contemporary Art Museum of Alcorcón and other museums and galleries all over the world.