MARKIAN OLYNYK Markian Olynyk has an extraordinary portfolio of large scale and intimate art pieces that are revered both at home and internationally. For over 30 years Olynyk has designed and installed site-specific commissions, screens and freestanding glass works for private collections, established corporations, places of worship and public spaces. SELECTED PROJECTS 2011 Fountaindale Public Library, Bolingbrook, IL Glass Wall Mural 350 private yacht Various projects / locations Sisters of Saint Francis Infirmary Chapel, Dubuque, IA Glass Altarpiece 2010 Eldorado Gold Corporation, Vancouver BC Lobby feature wall Children s Hospital of Illinois, Peoria IL Lobby Sculpture Biogen Idec, Cambridge MA Lobby screen 2009 Ida Culver House Seniors Facility, Seattle Public Area glass divider panels Private residence, Plaza Hotel, New York Privacy screens and doors Newfield Rocky Mountains Inc., Denver CO Lobby Sculptures 2008 Port Moody Recreation Centre, BC Architect: Hughes Condon Marler Exterior bent glass sculpture for entry lobby 33 long x 10 high GJ Cloninger & Co., Morris Plains NJ Floor to ceiling lobby sculpture Sonora Resort, Sonora Island, BC Sculptures, windows and mobile 2007 Children s Hospital, Vancouver, BC Memorial wall mural
Burnaby Hospital Sacred Space, BC Privacy / light screen panel 2006 University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry Architect: Walter Francl Suspended Lobby Sculpture HSBC Bank Canada, Vancouver, BC 3-storey reflective glass wall mural University of North Florida Library, Jacksonville FL Architect: RINK Partnership Transom windows for 5 reading rooms 2005 Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring MD Architect: Smith Group Series of 20 curved glass walls for main concourse St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, Lincoln NE Glass lobby sculpture New England Biolabs, Beverly MA Architect: Jung/Brannen Associates Atrium curtain wall Attessa III 250 private yacht Ceiling / skylight sculpture 2004 Maher Terminals, Port Elizabeth NJ Glass lobby sculpture Private residence, Racine WI Glass sculpture and windows 2003 Montefaro Developments, La Jolla CA Glass lobby partition wall 2002 Café Luca, Japan Carved and painted glass partitions Highline Hospital, Burien WA Etched, carved and painted wall murals 2001 Private residence, Vancouver BC Suspended glass ceiling, furniture, front door Gambro Healthcare Unit, Nashville TN Carved and painted glass screen 2000 Campus Crusade for Christ, Orlando FL Carved and painted glass screen
General Motors Place, Vancouver BC Glass Mural Wall 1999 Selkirk Financial Group, Chicago IL Carved and painted logo wall Oceanic Plaza Lobby, Vancouver BC Architect: Musson Cattell Mackey Layered glass wall mural 1998 Air Canada, Vancouver International Airport Glass, steel and concrete water fountain sculpture Canada Place, Vancouver BC Bent, carved and painted commemorative sculpture World Trade Centre, Vancouver BC Carved and painted wall mural and elevator cabs 1997 Private residence of Mr. William Gates, Seattle WA Architect: James Cutler Series of glass entry screens 1996 Provincial Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Vancouver BC Carved glass screens with applied glass details 1995 Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver BC Series of themed glass partition walls, Gates 1 8 Renfrew Library, Vancouver BC Architect: Roger Hughes and Partners Mixed media reflective mural wall 1994 Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey BC Windows for Quiet Room 1991 Blue Horizon Hotel, Vancouver BC Interior Design: Pavelek & Associates Glass water fountain and series of glass partition walls Placer Dome Inc., Vancouver BC Interior Design: BOTI Mixed media mural walls 1990 Reception area of Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancouver BC Carved glass screen with applied glass details
1989 Victoria International Airport, Victoria BC Interior Design: Hopping Kovach Grinnell Carved and sandblasted glass mural 1986 Expo 86, Vancouver BC Commemorative window laid by Prince Charles and Princess Diana 1985 Offices of Winter Olympics Committee in Calgary Architect: Bain Burroughs Hansen Carved glass screen PUBLICATIONS Public Art in Vancouver: Angels among Lions: John Skeil and Aileen Stalker, Touchwood Publishing, 2009 Colors of Architecture: Andrew Moor, Mitchell Beazley Publishing, 2006 Innovative Glass Art: Kay Bain Weiner, Eastman Publishing, 2003 Contemporary Glass: Color, Light & Form: Ray Leier, Jan Peters, Kevin Wallace, Guild Publishing, 2001 Object Lessons: Beauty and Meaning in Art: Guild Publishing, 2001 Contemporary Warm Glass: Brad Walker, Four Corners International, Clemmons, NC, 2000 Architectural Digest Glass Art Western Living Pacific Northwest Development Review BC Business Professional Stained Glass Canadian Interiors Boulevard Magazine Georgia Straight Showboats International Leadline Magazine Living West Architecture BC Business in Vancouver