Year Started in Balloon Industry: 1996
Certificates & Awards in Industry:
2004 at SIAB / Brazil – 1st place in centerpiece
2004 at SIAB / Brazil – 1st place in Large Sculpture
2004 at SIAB / Brazil – 1st place in delivery (which inspired Linda Bruce to develop a new delivery concept, published in the magazine Images Jan / Feb / Mar 2006)
2017 at FLOAT Convention – 1st Place Large Sculpture
2017 at FLOAT Convention – 1st Place Delegates Choice Large Sculpture
2017 at FLOAT Convention – 1st Place Event Design Challenge
2017 at FLOAT Convention – 1st Place Themed Decor Competition
2017 at FLOAT Convention – 1st Place Delegates Choice Themed Decor Competition
2017 at FLOAT Convention – 2nd Place Table Centerpiece
About:
Dante Longhi has been a balloon artist for 28 years.
Specializing in decoration with round balloons, Gridz, large sculptures, 3D sculptures, innovative designs, arrangements with balloons and deliveries.
He started in the balloon market in 1997 participating in a seminar promoted by Rica Festa.
Four years later, in 2001 he started his activities as a balloon instructor at Rica Festas company!
He participated in several courses and seminars throughout Brazil until he started with international trips. He taught courses in Paraguay, Chile, Mexico and arrived in the USA, where he currently lives with his wife and two children.
Within the USA he has taught courses in more than 30 cities over the past 5 years!
In the years 2011 and 2012 he taught a professional course at an art school in New York where for two years he taught a group of 48 professionals ranging from basic to three-dimensional sculpture.
In 2017 he passed through the cities of San Francisco in California, Brooklyn in New York and Israel on his international trip in addition to participating in the Balloon Camp at Australia.
In 2016 and 2018 he was also present as an instructor at the world’s largest balloon convention “World Balloon Convention”
In 2018 and 2019 he also visited South Africa, Kenya and Dubai.
Currently in addition to PRIMA balloon instructor, he is the owner of Dream Factory Balloons, located in New Jersey, USA. He also owns the “Balloon Project Shop” project store on etsy.com and the YouTube.com/dantelonghi
Passionate about Prima balloons, Dante Longhi is a strong presence throughout the world wherever he goes!