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Architectural Stained Glass and Restoration
Tel: 647-227-6642
Studio Tel: 905-873-4092
Email: viehweber@sympatico.ca
Location: Old Mill, Lower Level
Bernhard Viehweber is a glass painter from Germany, trained at the renowned Glass Academy where he also completed his master course.
During his twenty-five years of professional experience, he has realized glass projects with architects, designers, and private clients in Europe, Africa, and North America. Since coming to Canada in 2002, Bernhard has participated in restoration projects at the Peace Tower and Parliamentary Library, at the Bishop’s Palace in Sherbrooke, Quebec, At St, Paul’s Cathedral in Toronto, and at the Royal Ontario Museum.
He is currently working on projects for St Luke’s Catholic Church in Thornhill, Creekway Village Chapel in Burlington, Sacred Heart of Jesus Korean Catholic Church in Etobicoke, and the chapel at North York General Hospital.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Development
Master of Stained Glass from the Renowned Stained Glass School in Hadamar, Germany
1981-84 Apprenticeship at Glass Academy, Hadamar, Germany
1984-87
Employment at L. Mang Glass Painting Studio, Ravensburg, Germany
1986 Excursion to Yemen to study techniques of traditional plaster windows
1988 B. Viehweber Glass Studio, Freidrichsdorf, Germany
1989 Master of Crafts
1990-92 Instructor and Studio Manager at Kitengela Stained Glass Studio, Nairobi, Kenya
1992 Established Prism Art Glass Studio , Nairobi, Kenya
2002 Co-operation with various studios in Canada
November 2006 Studio at Williams Mill, Glen Williams, ON
Major Commissions 1984 - 2005
- Old Town Reconstruction project around the old City Hall in Frankfurt, Germany Leaded windows
- Bad Camberg Castle, Germany Leaded windows
- Don Bosco Shrine, Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya Leaded windows, sandblasted screens
- Serena Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya 12 leaded panels as room dividers
- Nyali Beach Hotel, Kenya Stained glass windows, sandblasted screens, stained glass dome
- Serena Manyara Lodge, Tanzania Stained glass door panels
- Central Bank School for Monetary Professions, Nairobi, Kenya Stained glass panel entrance hall
- St Jude’s Chapel Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya 14 life size glass paintings for the life of St. Francis
- Serena Kira Wira Lodge, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Stained glass panel for bar area
- Africa Online Office, Nairobi, Kenya Backlit wall panel, carved wood and glass painting
- Main Post Office Nairobi, Kenya Stainless steel and glass fountain, entrance hall
- Mixed media sculpture for H. H. Princess Sarah Aga Khan
Ongoing Projects 2008
- Grace Church on the Hill, Forest Hill, Toronto – restoration of West Facade
- Centennial United Church, Dover Court, Toronto
- St. Magdalene and St. Cyprian – West Moreland Street, Toronto
- Art Projects won through Design pending funding:
- Catholic Korean Church – Etobicoke, Toronto
- North York General Hospital Chapel
Major Completed Projects
2008
- Grace Church on the Hill – Forest Hill
- St. George Anglican Church, Georgetown
- Anglican Church, Simcoe
- St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Guelph
2007
- Power Stream – Engineering Art Wall, Vaughan
- Collaboration with Sarah Hall and Glasmalerei Peters - Germany
2006
- St. Luke's Church, Thornhill
- Royal Ontario Museum – restoration (Collaboration with Vitereous Glass Studio)
2005
- Cooperation with various studios in Ontario and Quebec
- Parliament Buildings – Ottawa
- Peace Tower and Library
- Osgood Hall
- Casa Loma
- St. Pauls’ Cathedral
- Bishop’s Palace, Sherbrooke
Major Works
- Host of the First Major Mixed Media Art Show in Kenya, including worldwide Artists such as Tobias Kammerer, David Ruth, Kahare Miano and others
- PriceWaterHouseCoopers – sculpture inacting form of the PriceWaterHouse Symbol for their World Wide offices.
- Infectious Energy – presented to HRH Princess Zahra, Nairobi Kenya
- Pulse through Motion – sculpture for the Telecommunications Building, Nairobi, Kenya
- Central Bank School for Monetary Professions (32 sq m)
- Presidential Suite, Ol-Tukai, Amboseli
- Nairobi Serena – elevators, Beach Hotels, Lodges
- Stained Glass paintings of 14 life size windows of Life of St. Francis – four such churches in the world
- Art Projects in various galleries worldwide including South Africa and Austria
- Old Town restoration and reconstruction project City Square Frankfurt , Germany
- Restoration of Bad Camberg Castle, Bad Camberg, Germany
- Don Bosco Shrine Upper Hill, Nairobi
- St. Mary's Church, Nairobi
- Nairobi Synagogue
- St. Judes Chapel Westlands, Nairobi
- 24 Life Size Animal Windows for the Wildenstein’s Holiday Resort.
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