title: Laura de Santillana
text: # Laura de Santillana
  
  Laura de Santillana (1955 – 21 October 2019) was an Italian contemporary glass artist.
  
  ## Early life
  
  de Santillana was born in 1955 in Venice. She studied briefly from 1975 to 1976 at the School of Visual Arts, New York before returning to Italy to work at Venini, a glass company founder by her grandfather Paolo Venini.
  
  ## Art career
  
  Her work is included in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass and the Seattle Art Museum.
  
  