DAVID WILSON

David Wilson is a glass artist and designer located in central New York State.  Born in England, he graduated from Middlesbrough College of Art with a National Diploma in Design in 1961. After a year at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London he moved to New York City to work for the Rambusch Decorating Company as a designer in their stained glass department. Additionally he provided space planning, interior and sanctuary furnishing design, mural design, and architectural model building. In 1975 he became head of their stained glass studio prior to moving upstate and establishing DAVID WILSON DESIGN.

From Architectural Glass Art by Andrew Moor, Mitchell Beasley. “Renowned for his successful collaborations with architects on large-scale works for public and residential buildings, David Wilson pursues the goal of designing glass that adds to and enriches architecture. A great admirer of Frank Lloyd Wright, he creates designs that are the result of reducing forms to their simplest solution. Such formality may appear to be safe and untaxing for the viewer, but this would be to imply that all contemporary stained glass must be a challenge to the perceptions of the audience. Wilson’s work emphasizes the importance of visual harmony in the built environment. …….his windows have an enormous impact on their context, and this is largely achieved through scale, harmony, and simplicity”.

Clients include Kenyon College, Corning Incorporated, Merck & Co.,Inc, Port Authority of NY&NJ, General Services Administration, NJ State Council on the Arts, Leo Burnett, NJ Transit, College of the Holy Cross, Loyola College in Maryland, Nations Bank, New York City MTA, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, UNC Chapel Hill, LeMoyne College, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and Washington DC WMATA. Religious projects include Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Burlington, VT, Beth David Reform Congregation, Gladwynne, PA, St John the Beloved Catholic Church, Summerville, SC, Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington DC, First United Methodist Church, Waynesville, NC, St Jude Catholic Cathedral, St Petersburg, FL, Spirit of Christ Catholic Church, Arvada, CO, St John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Rochester, MN, St Ignatius Chapel, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, and St Mary’s Catholic Church, Richmond, VA.