Robert Jekyll - Stained Glass Artist

Region: Toronto, Ontario

Robert Jekyll designs and fabricates stained glass windows. His works have been included in exhibitions and major collections across Canada. Commissioned works are in public buildings and private residences. His lectures and workshops have been documented on film and videotape. He has been closely connected with the craft and design movements in Ontario serving on the boards of the Ontario Crafts Council, Visual Arts Ontario, and the Design Exchange. He is currently Past-President of the Canadian Crafts Federation/Fédération canadienne des métiers d'art.

Windows, presentation pieces, trophies, corporate awards, public art

1988 Thunder & Lightning, London Regional Art Gallery, London
1987 International Stained Glass, Goethe Institute, Toronto, Ontario
1987 Accents on Architecture; Robert Jekyll & Lutz Haufschild, Glass Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1984 Image, Light & Structure, County Galleria, Pontiac, Michigan
1983 L'Évenement '83, Centre d'art, Baie St-Paul, Québec
1980 Personal Image for Social Space, National Mailed Exhibition
1979 Robert Jekyll & Thomas McLaughlin, Glass Art Gallery, Toronto
1978 Artisan '78, National Touring Exhibition
1976 Artisanage, XXIst Olympiad Cultural Program, Montréal

1989 John Mather Award, Ontario Crafts Council
1985, 1988 Canada Council Project Grants
1986, 1988 Ontario Arts Council Grants
1980, 1982 Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in Craft - Nominee

Ontario Crafts Council, Jean A. Chalmers Bicentennial Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Ontario Crafts Council, Permanent Collection, Toronto, Ontario
Museum of Civilization, Massey Foundation National Collection, Ottawa, Ontario
Claridge Collection, Montréal
Humberside Collegiate Collegiate, Toronto, 6 window Centennial Project commission
Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, 2 window boardroom commission
Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts, Calgary, foyer window commission
Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, 3 memorial window commission

1972-1974 Burleighfield House, Loudwater, Bucks, United Kingdom - studied under Patrick Reyntiens
1969-1972 York University, Toronto, BA, Toronto, Ontario