Bernhard Viehweber

Stained glass
Tel: 647-227-6642
Studio Tel: 905-873-4092
Email: viehweber@sympatico.ca

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

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

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