Johannes Steuk

Johannes was born in Stockholm in 1956 coming to Great Britain at the age of six.

He studied Arts at Cheltenham before completing a degree in Sculpture at Winchester College of Art. In 1984 Johannes moved to the Cotswolds after travelling Europe, the Middle East, India and America. It was at this time that he was introduced to Edward Payne a stained glass artist living in Box. Mr Payne, then already 79, agreed to take him on as an informal 'pupil'. Johannes spent a year assisting Mr. Payne in his last major commission, the windows in the chapel of Cirencester Hospital.

In 1986 Johannes set up a stained glass and mosaic studio in Ruskin Mill, where he took on both teaching and commissions that included work at Mourne Grange Community Chapel, Paradise House, the Chapel in Oaklands Camphill Community and the Lindens Family Centre. In 1993 he and his family moved to the Paradise community where he worked with young adults with learning difficulties.

Since 1996, Johannes and his family have been living on Painswick Beacon. He has set up a teaching studio in which he gives courses in stained glass mosaic and sculpture.

" My work explores the use of dynamic coloured kiln-fired glass reflecting and transmitting light to create an impact on the surrounding environment."