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ABOUT THE ARTIST For Giuliano Zuccato, a native of Italy, it was a serendipitous path from a river-powered sawmill near Venice where he cut raw timber for the locals to the pristine design studio of the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. Shortly after leaving his country to seek a better future, he contracted a rare form of tuberculosis that put him in a full body cast for 18 months. As he lay imprisoned by his cast able to only move his arms and almost bored to the point of insanity, he began to carve the shape of a human face on a bar of soap. He then further developed his newfound talent by using clay as his medium. His work was brought to the attention of a local newspaper and, as a result, a patron/reader suggested that he look at car design as a way to make a living. Zuccato retired from the Ford Motor Co. in 1988 as a master sculptor after 31 years of service. In the following years, he owned and operated a successful automotive development business. He now devotes a great deal of time to sculpting portraitures and helping the Bellini Opera Theatre in its search for new talent. Zuccato forefathers were prominent Venetian mosaicists of the 16th century who collaborated with the famous painter, Titian. In keeping with this tradition he himself recently tackled mosaics as an art form. His philosophy of life and longevity is to never stop evolving and experimenting. “I’m too busy living; “death will have to wait for me”, he says with sage confidence.
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