other work: Glass Collage

1/ Seabed.

2/ Aegean Blue.

related links

1/ Chamber of fine arts in Greece: Yanos Bouzioukos
http://www.eete.gr/memb.php?id=1627

2/ Neos Kosmos: Article on the artists' latest exhibition in Hurstville, Syndey, NSW, Australia.
http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Stained-glass-Greece (english site)

http://neoskosmos.com/news/el/node/30216 (greek site)

residential project: the green flowerpot (Neutral Bay, Sydney, Australia, 2014)

 Yanos Bouzioukos designed and performed the work in the same area where the installation was going to be placed. This happened in order to gain a better perception of the environment. 

The presence of the garden is marked and visible from many points within the home. 

The area behind this window composition, used for drying clothes was the only part of the garden without plants. 

This induced the artist to design and integrate the composition of the "green'' pot as an integral part of the garden.  

For this installation, the artist suggested a harmonic green as the main color for the artwork. Aiming at a tranquil and fulfilling atmosphere in this part of the house, the owner also agreed on the soft and beautiful color which was chosen, accommodated by a lighter tone of green and white. Full attention was also paid on the selected quality of the glass, which was specifically selected to blur the background when looking outside the window. 

As one can see from the photo of the window below, in its initial form and without the stained glass installation, the viewer can clearly see clothes lines in front of the fence. The stained glass in this case had an effect on both the interior and exterior of the window as an art installation. In addition, it prevents an unpleasant outward view. 

1/ the background view before the installation.

2/ the initial process of designing and cutting the patterns on card paper.

3/ In the following photo the artist has already started cutting the glass. On the left is the design and on the right the pieces of glass cut and placed on a copy of the design. 

4/ Further, you can see the leading up of the glass. Numbers are used for each part in order to avoid confusion and save more materials. For this piece, almost 100 pieces of glass were used. 

5/ Below you can see the two panels of the window after  the leading up, the soldering and the cementing of the glass.

6/ The final form of the artwork after being installed.

residential project: the game of seagulls over the sea surface

‘‘Τhe seagull's game on the sea surface ’’   Composition  for  the cavity on the ceiling of an office, at a house near the seaside.                                                                                                                                                 
Technique: Stained glass.

Technical course of work: construction of the artwork "The game of the seagulls over the sea surface"


1)The design. 

   

2) The process of cutting the glass.   

3) The leading up.

 

  4) Cementing. 

5) The primal form of the cavity in the ceiling before the installation.

6) The final result of the stained glass composition from different visual aspects.

biography

Yanos Bouzioukos was born in Athens. He studied at the Vakalo School of  Decorative Arts (1972-1975) under the tuition of the master P.Tetsis, from where he graduated with Distinction. He subsequently won a scholarship to study at Central St.Martin’s School of Art and Design in London (1975-1976) under the tuition of Anthony Attenborough and at the West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, School of Art,  in Swansea, Wales (1976-1978). While professors Timothy Lewis, Marjory Walters and Ludwig Shaffrath mentored his progress, Yanos specialized and gained distinction for studies in Contemporary Glass Techniques. In 1978 Bouzioukos was awarded the Howard Martin Design Award by Lawrence Lee, Member of the Royal Academy of London. The same year he was elected a Diploma Member of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers of London, which is incorporated in the Royal Charter.                      

In 1985 the French Institute of Athens, awarded Yanos Bouzioukos for his poster, designed for the European Year of Music. 

Bouzioukos lectured on Contemporary Glass Techniques at the West Glamorgan Institute, Wales, Great Britain (1979) and was Guest Lecturer at the Glass Department, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Australia (1991). He has earned a distinction for the quality of his work aboard (Europe and Australia) as well as in Greece.

He later taught Contemporary Glass Techniques and Stained Glass at the Vakalo School of Art and Design, Athens, Greece (1998-2001) as well as at Sydney College, in Rozelle, Sydney (2012). 

Being a member of the Chamber of  Fine Arts, Greece, he has been cited in the Dictionary of Greek Artists (Melissa Publications) volume C.

To date, he has presented his work in 9 personal and 28 group exhibitions in Greece and Abroad.