List of products by brand Guido De Zan
Guido de San was born in Milan in 1947. After working for eight years in the field of assistance for mentally handicapped children, he graduated in sociology from the University of Trento. In 1978, three years after his initial research into ceramics, he opened Il Coccio, his Milan workshop, where he still works today.
Although his work initially focused on useful objects made in majolica, Guido de Zan later adopted the raku technique, turning his attention to more symbolic objects, such as cups for the tea ceremony, decorative panels and vases. For the last twenty-five years, he has concentrated on stoneware and porcelain to make vases and sculptures.
SOLO SHOWS
2023
Guido de Zan. Bianco e nero, disegno e scultura - galleria Nao Masaki, Nagoya
Guido de Zan - Fujitani Shouten, Osaka
2019
Figure in equilibro - Guido De Zan - Galleria Fatto ad Arte, Milan
Guido De Zan, Figure e Paesaggi Urbani - Natusko Toyofuku, Milan
2018
Guido De Zan Sculptura ceramica, PIASA, Paris
2016
Guido De Zan Exhibition - Idée, Tokyo
2013
Guido De Zan, Popupdesigngallery, Milan
2011
Guido De Zan, Sculture - Fonazione San Domencio, Crema
2007
Guido De Zan - sculpture, Strand Gallery - Aldeburgh
2004
Forme in porcellana di Guido De Zan, a cura di Negal - Dice in Dice, Fukuoka
Guido De Zan, Porcellane - Grès e carte in bianco e nero - Associzione Artge, Schio
2003
Guido De Zan ceramista - Galleria Materia Crea, Greve in Chianti
2000
Ceramiche di Guido De Zan, a cura di Gianlorenzo Anselmi - Galleria Gulliver, Marciana Marina
1999
Ceramiche, segni, carte di Guido De Zan - Centro di cultura La Medusa, Este
1997
Sculptures en céramique de Guido De Zan - Galerie d'Or et Lumière, Genève
1994
Guido De Zan ceramista - Galleria Raimokukan, Kurume
1993
Guido De Zan - Interni Urbani - Galleria Teodote, Pavia
1991
Raku - porcellana - grès di Guido De Zan - Galleria Città Giardino, Pavia
GROUP SHOWS
2023
Amelie Maison d'Art X Repossi, Amelie Maison d'art, Paris
Fugacittà, Umerto Dattola - Guido De Zan - Kouzo Takeuchi, ESH gallery, Milan
2022
Monochrome - gallery Studio Fujino, Sanogawa, Giappone
Italian Studio Ceramics. Ceramica italiana contemporanea, ESH gallery, Milan
CONVERSATIONS Juliette Lemontey, Guido de Zan, Amelie Maison d'art, Paris
2021
Fittile. Artigianato artisticio italiano nella ceramica contemporanea, a cura di Ugo La Pietra, Triennale Milan
2020
Mirabilia. Una Wunderkammer per scoprire i maestri d'arte milanese, a cura di alberto Cavali, Triennale Milan
Dans le detail, Amelie Maison d'art, Paris
2018
8, Studio Fujino, Sagamihara
2017
Fictilia, Dima art & design, Vimercate
Contenuti preziosità e minuzie nella scultura contemporanea, Arte dei vasai, Siena
Duetto - Tamami Azuma e Guido De Zan, Croco Art Factory, Yokohama
2016
Ceramics - The world of potters, Studio Fujino, Sagamihara
Terre in vista, Centro Angelo Savelli arte contemporanea, Lamezia Terme
2015
La scultura ceramica contemporanea in Italia, a cura di Maria Stella Margozzi e Nino Caruso, Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna, Roma
Ceramiche e grafiche - Guido De Zan/Licia Cicala, Galleria Francesco Zanuso, Milan
2014
Studio Fujino, Sagamihara
Collect Art, Fair at Saatchi Gallery, London. Epifania del sacro, Caserma Santa Chiara, Siena
Epifania del sacro, Caserma Santa- Chiara, Siena
2013
Sofa Expo Chicago, Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago
Ceramica d'uso abuso e riuso, Caserma Santa Chiara, Siena
Nove artisti, Studio Fujino, Sagamihara
Ceramic - black & white, RB fineart, Milan
Mano e terracotta, Fabbrica del vapore, Milan
Claire Morand -‐‑ Guido De Zan, Galerie Chappaz, Trevigni
2012
Tea for two, Officine Saffi, Milan
Ceramica fiorita, Caserma Santa Chiara, Siena
Maestri della ceramica, Fornace Pasquinucci, Capraia Fiorentina
BACC Biennale d'arte ceramica contemporanea, a cura di Manrica Rotili, Scuderie Aldobrandine, Frascati
2011
Segno e racconto -‐‑ Le arti della ceramica, Vecchio macello, Padova
Concreta. Scultura ceramica, a cura di Gianlorenzo Anselmi e Susanna Busoni, Palazzo Pretorio, Certaldo
Open to Art, Officine Saffi, Milan
2008
Abstract, Strand Gallery, Aldeburgh
The 8th International Ceramics Competition, Mino
Tre Artisti Italiani
2007
Fatto ad Arte -‐‑ territori di ceramica contemporanea, a cura di Ugo La Pietra, Musei di San Salvatore in Lauro, Roma
2006
Idee, East End Studios, Milan
Ceramica viva ceramica, Palazzo del Governatore, Urbania, La farina e il fuoco, Molino Quaglia, Vighizzolo
2005
Best before Apr. 18, 2005, Cinque gradi Studio, Milan
2003
Miart
Galleria Rino Costa, Milan
Liber/Azione 2 -‐‑ Mostra itinerante di libri d’artista, Intra, Pallanza
Naturarte: Natura -‐‑ Terra – Madre, Assessorato alla Cultura della Provincia di Lodi, Bertonico
Camicia d’Artista, Fondazione Florian, Palazzo Crivelli, Milan
Al caro Giorgio (Gaber) -‐‑ opere di 333 artisti, Libreria Bocca, Milan
2002
Sette Maestri Ceramisti, Fornace Pasquinucci, Montelupo Fiorentino. Contemporanea -‐‑ 6° Salone D’Arte Moderna, Galleria Milan Art Center, Forlì
2001
Exhibition of European Ceramic Art 2001, Fuku Gallery, Tokyo. Porcelaine, Galerie Le Vieux Bourg, Lonay-‐‑près-‐‑Morges
1999
Alto Fuoco
Galerie Le Vieux Bourg, Lonay-‐‑près-‐‑Morges
Ceramiques et peintures
Galerie La Salle Basse, Trevignin
Palazzo Lomellini, Civica Galleria D’Arte Contemporanea, Carmagnola
Socha a objekt IV, Galleria Z, Bratislava
1996
Arte Fiera, Galleria Continua, Bologna
Levia Candida, a cura di Eliana Princi e Stefania Gori, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
Continua al Segno, Galleria il Segno, Roma
RipArte, Galleria Continua, Roma
Artissima, Galleria Continua, Torino
Art Cologne, Galleria Continua, Colonia
1995
Arte Fiera, Galleria Continua, Bologna
40 x 40, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
Artissima, Galleria Continua, Torino. Line Art, Galleria Continua, Gand., a cura di Marcello Sestito, Castello Ruffo, Contemporanea
Galleria Avida Dollars, Milan
Il Gorgo e la Rocca -‐‑ il disegno del Mito Scilla
XXXV Mostra della Ceramica, a cura di Nicola Mileti, Palazzo Antonelli, Castellamonte
1994
Concerto, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
Arte Fiera, Galleria Continua, Bologna
Céramiques & Sculptures contemporaines, Galerie Demeter, Chambery. Attualissima, la più bella galleria d’Italia, Galleria Continua, Palazzo degli Affari,
Firenze
Collettiva di pittura e scultura, Galleria il Traghetto, Venezia
Miart, Galleria Continua, Milan
1993
Arte Fiera, Galleria Continua, Bologna
Tanna Art Festival, Takefu, Fukuj
48° Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d’Arte, Faenza. 5 Artisti Italiani, Corner Craft, Daimaru, Fukuoka. Ceramiche/Gioielli, Artestudio, Verona
Sanmartime -‐‑ Scultura in Montecamerini, Rapolano Terme
1992
Arte Fiera, Galleria Continua, Bologna
Ikebana per Ceramica -‐‑ Ceramica per Ikebana, Galleria Sargam, Milano. Festival Giapponese 1992, Villa Litta, Lainate.
Ceramica nell’Arte -‐‑ Arte nella Ceramica, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano Ceramisti..., Galleria N.O.A., Milano
1991
Arte Fiera, Galleria Continua, Bologna
1989
Ceramica e tessile, Cascina Stal Vitale, Osmate
1988
Ceramica raku, Museo della Ceramica, Cerro
1987
Concorso Nazionale della Ceramica d’Arte, Savona
1985
Raku, mostra e performance, Centro d’Arte Morimondo, Milan
1984
Un po’ scienza e un po’ magia: ceramica raku, Galleria del Candelaio, Firenze. Raku e il piacere di creare, Galleria Otto Massimo, Bolzano
1983
Quattro materiali, World Craft Council, Milan
L’arte del Vasaio, a cura di Anty Pansera e Nanni Valentini, Palazzo del Governatore, Urbania
Terre e autori, Laboratorio Laguné, Varese
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Musée Ariana, Genève
Museo Alessi Crusinallo, Omegna
Collezione Teseco, Pisa
Guido De Zan was born in Milan in 1947. In 1974, after working for eight years in the field of assistance to mentally disabled children, he obtained a degree in sociology from the University of Trento. In 1975, he began his research in ceramics, and in 1978, at the Colonne di San Lorenzo in Milan, he opened Il Coccio, the kiln workshop where he still works today.
In the early years, his work focused on functional objects made of majolica. Later, using the raku technique, he turned toward more symbolic objects such as tea ceremony cups, decorative panels, and vases. Over the past twenty-five years, working with stoneware and porcelain, Guido De Zan has focused almost exclusively on vases and sculptures. From the 1990s onward, his pottery work was complemented by research in the graphic arts using various techniques and materials. He lives and works in Milan.
“Guido is one of the few ceramists concerned with giving his objects not only a form, but also a distinctive skin—a texture handcrafted by himself, in accordance with the shape of each object.”
Bruno Munari, 1994
“His silent yet curiously articulated figures echo disturbances of space, play with static interferences, and alter both physical and optical balance. They do so gently, not with emphasis, but with the firm intention of breaking out of stagnation, of equilibrium.”
Eugenio Alberti Schatz, 1998
“Here, rather than form, there is a tone, a point of resonance for a gaze that must be active, tense, and sharp, in order to measure the light that determines the visual event, rather than simply registering the will of the object to be. Sculpture is conceived not as presence, but as apparition.”
Flaminio Gualdoni, 2008
