Robin Seville - Stained Glass
Religious :: Commercial :: Domestic :: Art Pieces :: Harbour Bridge :: Biography :: Home
 

BIOGRAPHY

1978 Began working with stained glass. Primarily self-taught with occasional tutelage by Donald Wreford.
1979 Established business in Sydney, Australia. Receiving commissions.
1981 Moved to USA. Spent three years working for Arizona Glass Crafters as assistant designer, honing sand-blasting, stained glass & design skills.
1984 Spent two years working for Laughton Bevelling, designing & producing bevelled commissioned projects.
1986-87 Commissioned to fabricate stained glass windows for Beth Emeth Synagogue, Sun City, Arizona.
1987 Studied glass painting with Dorothy Maddy.
1988 Established Robin Seville Glass Design in USA, fulfilling commissions primarily for restaurants, hotels & private residences.
1990 Returned to Australia and established business in Bowral, New South Wales and at Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, New South Wales.
1991 Established Art Glass Gallery, Berrima, New South Wales, Australia.
1992 Participated in group exhibition - Sturt Craft Centre.
1993 Participated in group exhibition - Gallery Gibraltar.
Completed Berrida Manor Resort, Bowral, New South Wales, Australia.
1994 Participated in group exhibition - Bundanoon Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia.
Completed Gabby's Conference Centre, Berry, New South Wales, Australia.
Completed Camden Baptist Church, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.
1995-96 Worked for Alvaro Homes, outfitting a mansion with 60 square metres of highly decorative stained glass.
1996 Completed Bradman Museum memorial windows, Bowral, New South Wales, Australia - opened by Prime Minister John Howard.
1996-2000 Entered into working relationship with Pauline Fathers Monastery at Penrose Park, New South Wales, Australia to make 180 square metres of highly painted religious windows.
1998 Designed and fabricated 6 square metre window depicting POWs, memorial cenotaph and entry doors for Sandakan War Memorial Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia). Commissioned by the Australian Department of Veterans Affairs. Opened by Prime Minister John Howard.
2000 Completed Pilgrims Window - 50 square metre highly decorative stained glass window depicting stations of the cross - Pauline Fathers Monastery.
Participated in group exhibition - Kirra Glass Gallery, Melbourne.
2001 Travelled to USA to teach firing techniques at Mercury Glass Arizona.
2002 Completed Tudor House chapel entry & music department windows.
Completed Saint Davids Church, Red Hill, Canberra.
2003 Commissioned to make two feature windows depicting workmen, for the museum within Pylon Lookout, Sydney Harbour Bridge.
2004 Group exhibitions and fulfilling commissions, Highly commended for sculpture, Berrima arts society
2005 Saint Stephens Church Pejar NSW Memorial Windows Group Exhibition Berrima Sebatical Broome W,A
2006 See Change Arts festival. Jervis Bay and Basin Arts. NSW, Relocated to Sunshine Coast, Southern Queensland

© Robin Seville 2007

Mobile:(0419) 639574
Email: robbieseville@stainedglassaust.com