About

Philosophy

After working in historic worship spaces across Europe and the US in his family-owned liturgical arts studio, Daniel Winterich became interested in creating the same inspirational qualities of light within contemporary environments. The goal of his studio’s work is to create memorable places through light and light-altering materials. His practice, Studio Winterich, is a multi-discipline studio pursuing commissioned permanent and temporary art installations, design, and architectural projects.

Origins

Raised in a five-generation family business devoted to the liturgical arts, Daniel Winterich’s training in stained glass, painting, and mosaic work began in 1974. His extreme attention to craft, materials, and design details developed over these early years while working on ecclesiastical projects across the Midwest and southern states.

Upon completing his undergraduate design degree, Daniel’s interest in integrating art and architecture led him to work with three award-winning architectural firms from 1984 to 1994 and become a registered architect.

During his studies at the University of Cincinnati School of Architecture and Interior Design, Daniel expanded his education at the German stained glass studio Oidtmann Glasmalerei in 1982, where he apprenticed in glass painting while working with Germany’s leading glass artists.

After studies under Johannes Schreiter in 1994, one of Germany’s most renowned glass artists, Mr. Winterich started his art and architecture practice through Studio Winterich, where he pursues large-scale site-specific installations, autonomous artwork, and architectural projects.

Portfolio

Retu(r)ned Oak

1100 Broadway, Oakland, CA

Studio Winterich completed a major public art commission by Ellis Partners for their new hi-rise at the corner of Broadway and 12th Street in Oakland. Our work is along the storefront of this 18 story building designed by Gensler. Forty-four kiln-formed glass panels measure 11 feet tall by 45″ wide. Inspired by the geometry of an acorn cap (Oakland was once covered by live oaks), the glass walls span 91 feet along Broadway and 74 feet along 12th Street. Installation video: https://youtu.be/FLQmgQJ0bLI

Standpoint

Sunnyvale, CA

Public art requirement for private development. Stainless steel and dichroic coated glass sculpture commissioned by Peery Arrillaga for a new office building at 479 N Pastoria Ave, Sunnyvale, CA.

Many Bays, Many Days

San Francisco, CA

The luminous glass wall shifts in color and shape across its length. As you walk through the reception area, the composition gently reveals itself like a landscape painting on a folding Japanese screen. The intent of this installation is to draw one through the windowless elevator lobby towards the expansive views of San Francisco Bay at the north side of the 38th floor. The optical effects across the wall shift between crisp geometric shapes from one perspective to the illusion of floating glowing cubes when viewed from just a few feet in either direction.

Approach

Palo Alto, CA

The color and shapes of the San Francisco Bay salt ponds as seen from the air are a distinctive feature of the Bay Area landscape. Winding their way through the salt ponds are several major sloughs and innumerable minor branches off the sloughs. Evident in the sinuous shapes of these waterways is the source of inspiration for this sculpture, fractal geometry.

Cascading Glass Wall

Inspired by the gardens and rural architecture of Tuscany, the “Cascading Glass Wall” is a prismatic focal point at the central courtyard of the Netflix Campus. Framed in bronze and stone, the garden wall glass...

_Solar Matrix

Mountain View, CA

Public art award for the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus constructed of concrete, pyrex glass, dichroic glass, stainless steel, and water. 362 pyrex glass rods, each capped with a dichroic glass lens, penetrate a 15″ thick concrete wall. Water cascades from the top of the wall over the glass rods creating a meditative field of rumbling water. As the sun tracks across the sky, a color shift from yellow to aqua blue occurs at the ends of the glass rods. The hour of this transformation changes throughout the year.

Selected for the permanent Library Collection at the Corning Museum of Glass – https://www.cmog.org/library/solar-matrix-slide?search=new_glass_review_search%3Afd150f0a9c45d81bfe3a1f728c40c0f4&page=79

Vernal Landscape

Fremont, CA

Inspired by the golden hills in the distance, this abstracted art glass composition suggests a late spring landscape in the East Bay Hills. Alternating pieces of antique glass and clear bevels are laminated to the...

Structural Mondrian

San Francisco, CA

Commissioned structural glass partition of painted tempered glass and stainless steel. Each of the 11-foot high lites is painted with ...

Heighway Fractal

Menlo Park, CA

Interior glass panels at the reception area for US Venture Partners’ new offices in Menlo Park, CA. Fabricated of textured kiln-formed glass, dichroic coated glass and stainless steel.

Exultadagio

San Francisco, CA

“Exultadagio” includes prismatic glass fins on the south façade of the modernist, six-story addition to the historic San Francisco Conservatory of Music building. In each fin, a thin strip of dichroic glass projects colored light onto the building façade and into the conservatory classrooms—to the delight of students and faculty. The ornamental purple and yellow light beautifully contrast with the historic structure’s traditional painted terracotta cladding. Philosophically, the Conservatory emphasizes the importance of performance and requires students to perform almost daily. In keeping with this philosophy, the glass facade of the building creates a daily performance in light and color.

Respite

Santa Clara, CA

A free-standing art glass wall is the centerpiece of this installation for the Mediation Room. The 1/2″ thick textured glass wall is ...

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