Resident Lighting Designer for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY 2016-2017
Co-Artistic Director and Director of Design for Blank-the-Dog productions** 2003-Present
Lighting Designer for The Builders Association 2008-2015
Lighting Director for Big Dance Theater’s The Other Here 2006-2007
Resident Lighting Designer at REDCAT in the Walt Disney Concert Hall 2003-2005
Resident Assistant Lighting Designer at Los Angeles Opera Company: 1999-2004
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design, Set Design, and Painting
California Institute of the Arts 2002
Bacholors of Science
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 1999
Member United Scenic Arists Local 829 Lighting Design and Scenic Artist
International Festivals and Venues including:
Copenhagen International Festival, Festival d’ Liege, International Festival of London, Salamanca International Arts Festival, Vienna ImPuls Tanz Dance Festival, & The Porto International Dance Festival, Brazil International Arts Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival, the Singapore International Arts Festival, and the Festival d’Avingnon, Berlin’s Tanz em August Dance Festival, and the Seoul International Arts Fesitval
Architectural Design
The Whitney Museum, Morgan Library Museum, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Museum of the Native American, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Harlem Studio Museum, and the Museum of Art and Design, Armani Retail Madison Ave., Armani Showroom, Dolce and Gabana retail Madison Ave., Michael Kors Shanghai
Awards
2017 Drama Desk Award Nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience, CasablancaBox at Here Arts Center, NY
2015 Elliot Norton Award Nominee for Outstanding Design, Large Theater for work on Sontag: Reborn
2011 Drama Desk Award Nominee for Outstanding Lighting Design on Spy Garbo
2008 Horton Award Nominee for Dirty Mean Tricks With Jennifer Lee Dance Company Los Angeles, CA
2008 Lucille Lortel Award - Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg, Outstanding Scenic Design (Assistant and content Designer)
2008 OBIE Award - Best Design Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island Scenic Design (Assistant and content Designer)
2008 Henry Hewes Design Award for Notable Effects Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island Scenic Design (Assistant and content Designer)
2007 Transatlantic Consortium Grant Winner for The Carolyn Bryant Project; A Blank-the-Dog production
2007 Digital Performance Institute Residency with the Gertrude Stein Reparatory Theater in NY
2004 NAACP Award Nominee for Lighting Design of Sweetest Tongue, Sharpest Tooth
2004 L.A. Weekly Award Nomination for Machinal; A Blank-the-Dog production
2002 Moker Internship award winner, Antwerp, Belgium
2000 Wally Russell Foundation Internship award winner at the Los Angeles Opera Company
Teaching Experience
Art Teacher 2023 Venice Art Center, Venice FL
Long-Term Sub Art Teacher 2D artwork Spring 2023 Venice High School, Venice, FL
Tiger Talent show (Director) K-8th Grade 2023 Epiphany Cathedral School Venice, FL
Nativity Play (Director) K-2nd Grade Epiphany Cathedral School Venice, FL
Soccer Coach U8 YMCA Venice, FL
Substitute Teacher Sarasota County Schools, FL
Substitute Teacher Imagine Schools, North Port, FL
Art Camp Director/Teacher Epiphany Cathedral School Venice, FL
Assistant Teacher 1st Grade Epiphany Cathedral School Venice, FL
Assistant Coach U-6 Venice Sky YMCA Youth Soccer 2021
Guest Lecturer of Theatrical Design Parsons School of Design, NY 2017
Drawing for the Stage I & II Fordham University, NY 2015
Masters Classes in Multi-media Design The Builders Association 2014
Adjunct Faculty for Department of New Media and Performance Long Island University, NY 2012
Guest Lecturer of Lighting Design University of Illinois 2010
Guest Lecturer of Design Lafayette College 2007
Guest Lecturer of Design University of Maryland 2007
Guest Lecturer and Design Workshop CalArts 2005
Guest Lecturer of Design California State College 2003
Scenic Painting University of Wisconsin 1999
Scenic Shop Staff University of Wisconsin 1999
Middle School Drama Program Coordinator Onalaska School District 1998
Special skills
Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Puppetry Design, Properties Design, Video Design and installation, Scenic Painting and Production Management. Other Specific skills including CAD Drafting, Graphic Design, Carpentry, Welding, Electrics, Model Building, and Pottery.
Select Lighting Designs
Show Director Venue
Mendacity (film) Reid Farrington New York Indie Theater Film Festival
BrandoCapote Reid Farrington Art House New Jersey
Jefferson’s Garden Nataki Garrett Ford’s Theater, D.C.
Bang on a Can All Stars Michael Gordon Carnegie Hall, NY
CasablancaBox Reid Farrington Here Arts Center, NY
The Family Project Hannah Cullen New York Live Arts, NY
Atlas, the Nymphs John Jahnke BAM, NY
Born for Nothing Sarah Cameron-Sunde the Watermill Center, NY
The Artist Theater Program Erika Vogt EMPAC, Troy, NY
Actress Fury Jennie Mary Tyler Liu The Bushwick Starr, NY
Send for a Million Men Joseph Silovesky HERE Arts Center, NY
A Possibility of Abstraction Germaine Kruip EMPAC, Troy, NY
Little Dot Suzanne Bocanegra Dancespace Project, NY
Tyson vs. Ali Reid Farrington 3-Legged Dog, NY
Bodycast Paul Lazar BAM, NY
Inflatable Frankenstein Radiohole US Tour
Fire Deborah Hay US Tour
As Holy Sites Go Deborah Hay US Tour
Sontag, Reborn Marianne Weems World Touring show
A Christmas Carol Reid Farrington Abrons Arts Center, NY
3 Weeks, the Opera Ronit Muszkatblit 14th Street, NY
The Carolyn Bryant Project** Nataki Garrett Highways Space, LA
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles Stephan Earnhardt World Tour
Cabaret (2011 & 2012) Michael Bush The O’Neill Center, CT
House/Divided(co-design, Jennifer Tipton) Marianne Weems US Touring show
Making up the Truth Jessica Bauman US Touring show
Spy Garbo Kevin Cunningham 3-Legged Dog, NY
A Night in the Old Marketplace (co-design Tyler Micaluex) Alexandra Aron World Tour
The Priest and the Witch Suzanne Bocanegra The Chocolate factory, NY
Park Ave. Armory Carnival Rebecca Robertson Park Avenue Armory, NY
Peter and Wendy Jeff Franks First Stage Theater, WI
I write the songs Susan Bocanegra Tang Museum, Saratoga, NY
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Sarah Cameron Sunde 3-Legged Dog, NY
Martin Kersels’ 5 Songs Travis Preston 2010 Whitney Biennial, NY
Hobo No-No Billy Burns Voice for Vision Festival, NY
Ah! Opera No Opera Travis Preston REDCAT, LA
Sunken Village Compagnie Kaiet Governors Island, NY
NMP Performances Donna Uchizono Long Island University, NY
Rememberer: all the threads Suzanne Bocangera Judson Memorial Church, NY
La Santa Madeleine Bernatchez Ontological H. T., NY
Poor Man’s Boogie Daniel Wilkins Baryshnikov Arts Center, NY
Strom Thurmond is Not A Racist**Nataki Garrett The Open Space, LA
Big Night In Tent Jim Findley Urban Stages, NY
Silver Bullet Trailer Dan O’Brian The Ohio Theater, NY
Dirty Mean Tricks Jennifer Li The Unknown Theater, LA
Burmese Ramayana Lotus Dance The Hudson Guild, NY
Death Series Wun Sean Lewis St. John’s Church ,NY
Home Birth Jennie Mary Tyler Liu Bushwick Starr, NY
The Penitent Hours Nellie Tinder Bushwick Starr, NY
Trance Heidi Carlsen 4th Street Theatre, NY
Week 29 365 days/365 plays**Nataki Garrett the Celebration Theater, LA
Cowboy Lost in Steinland Sean Lewis Triskalion Arts, NY
Abandon Matthew Maguire La Mama ETC., NY
Utopia Project** Nataki Garrett Center of New Performance, LA
El Conquistador Workshop Tatiana Phillips 4th street Theatre, NY
The Miracle Worker Ellie Renfield New School for Drama, NYC
In Case of Love, Break Glass Heidi Duckler Emerse Tile Building, LA
Trippin’ with no luggage** Nataki Garrett Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised**Nataki Garrett Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland
Wet; A New Opera Nataki Garrett REDCAT, LA
L’incoronazione di Poppea Tanya Kane-Parry California State, L.A
Bell Solaris Travis Preston REDCAT, LA
Machinal** Nataki Garrett Lee Strasburg Theater, LA
Sweetest Tongue, Sharpest Tooth Jennifer Li Theater 68, LA
Bazaar! A New Musical Mesha Kussman Electric Lodge, LA
Couples Counseling Nataki Garrett REDCAT, LA
Sandman Josh Moyes L.A.Edge Festival
Split Ron Canada Elephant Asylum, LA
Dino** Nataki Garrett Elephant Asylum, LA
Line Drew Phillips Comedy Underground, LA
Select Set Designs
Show Director Venue
Let Them Eat Cake Megan Carney Dixon Place, NYC
The Carolyn Bryant Project** Nataki Garrett Highways Space, LA
Dirty Mean Tricks Jennifer Li The Unknown Theater, LA
Coffee will make you Black Nataki Garrett Celebration Theater, LA
Storm in a Teacup Miranda Hardy 4th St. Theatre, NYC
Chronicles of Zorro and Diamond Sean Lewis St. John’s Church, NYC
Trippin’ with no Luggage** Nataki Garrett Edinburgh Fringe, Scotland
Lydie Breeze Deitrich Smith Open Fist Theater, LA
Sweetest Tongue, Sharpest Tooth Jennifer Li Theater 68, LA
Taming of the Shrew Alec Wild Orpheum Theater, LA
Split Ron Canada Elephant Asylum, LA
Bride In Black (film) Terry Lin Los Angeles, CA
Tempest Drew Phillips Open Air Players, WI
Henry V: St. Crispin’s Day Mary Lou Risotto Cal Arts, LA
Haute House (Fashion Show) Marco Marco The Main Gallery, LA
Scenic Artist
Show/ Film Set Designer/Charge Artist Venue
Sleeping with Other People (Painter) Alicia Leatherbury On Location, NYC
Dogg’s Hamlet (painter) Phoenix Theater Ensemble The Wild Project, NYC
Squirrels to the Nuts (painter) Jane Musky Apartment Location NYC
The Amazing Spiderman 2 (industrial) Elizabeth Shu Marcy Armory & Gold Coast Studio
A Christmas Carol (Charge) Neal Wilkinson Blessed Unrest Theater Co., NYC
Alphabet (charge) Paulina Olowska Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Restoration, (charge) Scott Pask New York Theater Workshop, NYC
Heart is a Lonely Hunter (charge) Neil Patel New York Theater Workshop, NYC
Three Pianos (charge) Andreea Mincic New York Theater Workshop, NYC
Food and Fadwa, (painter) Katie Fry New York Theater Workshop, NYC
The Last Castrato (painter) Andreea Mincic The Connelly Theater, NYC
Godspell (charge) William T. Clow University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Angels in America (charge) William T. Clow University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Guys and Dolls (painter) William T. Clow University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
References available upon request