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toronto on  M6N 3C9   
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Vitreous glassworks

 

is an award winning full service artisanal stained glass/heritage glazing studio dedicated to sound design and quality craftsmanship. we offer custom art glass for all environments. our uniquely qualified principal-John Wilcox, combines over twenty years of professional glass experience with an extensive training in art and architecture.

 

          john francis wilcox 500 Keele Street  
Unit 201 Toronto  
Ontario Canada  
M6N–3C9  
416.737.4527 ph  
416.531.1904 fax  

 

 

 


EDUCATION  
  • stained glass 'apprenticeship'
  • Ryerson Polytechnic University
  • Ontario College of Art
  • Toronto Bd of Ed
  • Sheridan College
  • Concordia University
  • McGill University
    Various studios
    Architectural Technology-Graduate
    Glassforming
    Figure drawing
    Hot Glass Techniques
    Photography
    Art History-Audit


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS  
  • Nuit Blanche
  • Geisterblitz
  • Contemporary Symbology
  • Entrances
  • Durham Art Gallery
  • Rebecca Gallery
    Queen St. West Toronto
    geisterblitz glass gallery
    Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Waterloo
    Harbourfront Toronto
    Durham
    Toronto


SELECTED PROJECTS  
  • York region historic schoolhouse
  • St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
  • The Grange A.G.O.
  • Ravenscliffe
  • Sharon Temple
  • Wexford Chapel
  • The drake hotel
  • Massey Hall
  • Skylon Tower
  • Swansea
  • R.O.M.
  • The Carlu
  • MacEwen Historic House
  • Gladstone Hotel
  • T.E.Financial
  • Senator O’Connor Catholic High School
    heritage glazing Aurora
    new stained glass window Toronto
    heritage glazing Toronto
    cast glass replication Hamilton
    Heritage Glazing Sharon
    new stained glass window Toronto
    exterior façade ‘vitrolike’ Toronto
    stained glass conservation Toronto
    new stained glass Niagara Falls
    national competition Toronto & Swansea,Wales U.K.
    stained glass restoration and cast glass Toronto
    vitrolite restoration Toronto
    heritage glazing Mississauga
    heritage glazing restoration Toronto
    Head Office Sculpture Toronto
    glass sculpture Scarborough


ACTIVITIES  
  • Professional Member CAPHC
  • Stained glass ‘apprenticeship’
  • Proprietor
  • Member
  • Former Board Member
  • Volunteer
  • Structures t.v. series
  • Glass Arts Instructor

    Can. Assoc. Prof. Heritage Consultants
    1987-1992
    vitreous glassworks since 1992
    Architectural Conservancy of Ontario
    artists in stained glass canada
    Writer/Lecturer/Tour Leader Heritage Toronto
    architectural glass episode co-writer and co-host
    Willowbank School of Restoration Arts Queenston - Sheridan College, Toronto & York Bd. of Ed., Academy of Artisans
    Ontario Crafts Council - Glass Art Society
    2006

 

 

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