FENESTRA ATELIERS
b.v.b.a. is a partnership
of glass artists consisting of Jan-Willem van Zijst,
Angela van der Burght and Sunny van Zijst.
They work on their own
collection, execute commissions and carry out work for visual
artists.
In 1985 Angela van der Burght took over the glass studio of her
father, the
glass artist André van der Burght. In 1994, having completed
her
training at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunst in Tilburg, Sunny
van
Zijst joined FENESTRA ATELIERS. Her special interest in theatrical
design provides the driving force behind her work in developing
dramatic
design in glass. As well as contributing to the collective work
of the
studio, she has also worked on her own glass collection. Death
and
reliquaries form the subject and theme of her work, so that, in
the
protection which it gives to its contents, the "casket"
becomes the
object which gives autonomous meaning to the whole.
Angela provides the concepts and ideas and Jan-Willem executes
the work involved.
Coming originally from a background in industrial design, they
have a
particular interest in the process of creative design, the application
of flat glass in architecture and interior design, and the blown-glass
objects which have become such a feature of the modern habitat.
In recent times, they have specialized in funeral art.
Jan-Willem van Zijst
Born 24.3.1945, Zeist, Netherlands
Training: Academie voor Industriële Vormgeving, Eindhoven,
Netherlands
Academie voor Schonen Kunsten, Hasselt, Belgium
Trained as a stained-glass artist in the studio of André
van der Burght,
Achel, Belgium
Activities: teaching and lecturing in colleges, glass academies,
master
classes and workshops all over the world
Angela van der Burght
Born 14.3.1949, The Hague, Netherlands
Training: Academie voor Industriële Vormgeving, Eindhoven,
Netherlands
Kunst Gewerbe Schule, Zurich, Switzerland
Activities: previously engaged in teaching art in various colleges
in
the Netherlands; now works as curator and organizer of various
exhibitions, catalogues and conferences in Benelux and abroad.
Prepares lectures and papers for conferences all over the world
and is
editor-in-chief ofthe Glasbulletin for the Dutch Society of Friends
of
Modern Glass and general editor of This Side Up!, a world wide
glass art
magazine.
Sunny van Zijst
Born 30.5.1973, Neerpelt, Belgium
Training: Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, Tilburg, Theatre Department
Design work; read for a master's degree in theatrical design in
Utrecht
and Prague.
Flat glass masterclasses in 1994 in Maastricht, Netherlands and
in 1995
in Alden Biesen, Bilzen, Belgium; assisted at the flat glass masterclass
held in 1996 in Kleinlützel, CH
Activities: in addition to various exhibitions of glass design
and
theatrical design, active in a number of organizations involved
with the
theatre, musical drama and jazz music.
Third partner and glass designer with Fenestra Ateliers CV.
GLASVORMGEVING,
ONTWERPEN EN UITVOEREN GLAS-IN-LOOD, GLAS-IN-BETON, APPLIQUé
GLAS, GEBRANDSCHILDERDE VENSTERS GLASFUSING EN SLUMPING, GLASMOZAIEK,
VERVORMD EN GEBLAZEN GLAS.
GLASS DESIGN, DESIGNING AND EXETUTING STAINED GLASS, GLASS IN
CONCRETE, GLASS APLIQUé, STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, GLASS FUSING
AND SLUMPING, GLASS MOSAICS, BLOWN GLASS.
webdesign: Sunny van Zijst
sunnyvanzijst@hotmail.com