AWARDS:
2019 Bessie Award-winner for Outstanding Production and Visual Design
for Ni’Ja Whitson’s “Oba Qween Baba King Baba”
2017 Bessie Award-winner for Outstanding Production and Visual Design
for Marjani Forte-Saunders’ “Memoirs of a. . . Unicorn”
LIGHTING DESIGN
“M_ _ _ ER” by Autumn Knight
October 2019 - On The Boards, Seattle, WA
“This Bridge Called My Ass” by Miguel Gutierrez
part of Time Based Art Festival
September 2019 - PICA, Portland, OR
“re(source)” by Maria Bauman Morales, installation and performance
September 2019 - Bronx Academy of Art and Dance (BAAD!), Bronx, NYC
“We may never dance again” by Feath3r theory, choreographed and written by Raja Feather Kelly
June 2019 - Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NYC
“Unapologetic Body” choreographed by Francesca Harper
June 2019 - New York Live Arts, NYC
“This Bridge Called My Ass” by Miguel Gutierrez
June 2019 - Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Periapsis Music and Dance
2015 - 2019 Spring Season Designer
Ongoing - Kumble Theater, Brooklyn, NYC
“Messiah Complex” by Nia Whitherspoon
May 2019 - La MaMa, NYC
“Unapologetic Body (premiere)” choreographed by Francesca Harper
May 2019 - Festspielhaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
“Chronicle Y” by Nia Whitherspoon
April 2019 - Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NYC
“Oba Qween Baba King Baba” by Ni’Ja Whitson
2019 Bessie Award-winner for Outstanding Production and Visual Design
March 2019 - Danspace project , St Mark's Church, NYC
“Chronicles of Cardigan and Kent” by Feath3r theory, choreographed and written by Raja Feather Kelly
January 2019 - Soho Repertory Theater, NYC
“Memoirs of a. . . Unicorn” choreographed by Marjani Forte-Saunders
January 2019 - New York Live Arts, NYC
“This Bridge Called My Ass (premiere)” by Miguel Gutierrez
December 2018 - Chocolate Factory Theater, Queens, NYC
Gala for Performa
Lights and design for interdisciplinary arts group performance and celebration.
November 2018 - Chelsea Gallery, NYC
“O.O.D.: Studies in the Opposite of Fear” choreographed by Parijar Desai
November 2018 - Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NYC
“Songs of Speculation” by Jillian Walker,
November 2018 - JACK, Brooklyn, NYC
“joyUS justUS (premiere)” by Ana Marie Alvarez, performed by Contratiempo
Tour for 2 years around United States as lighting director and designer
November 2018 - Carpenter Center, Long Beach, CA
“La Medea” by Yara Travieso, an immersive musical and simulcast film
October 2018 - Sandrell Rivers Theater, Miami, FL
“Athens On the Shell” by Handan Ozbligin, a protest play
September 2018 - LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NYC
“Memoirs of a. . . Unicorn” choreographed by Marjani Forte-Saunders
July 2018 - Ford Theater, Los Angeles, CA
“Shasta Geaux Pop ” by Ayesha Jordan, directed by Charlotte Braithwaite
July 2018 - Highline, NYC
“O.O.D.: Studies in the Opposite of Fear (premiere)” choreographed by Parijar Desai
Part of La MaMa Moves Festival
May 2018 - La MaMa, NYC
“Unarrivale Experiment” by Ni’Ja Whitson
Part of La MaMa Moves Festival
May 2018 - La MaMa, NYC
NUVO Fest
Festival Designer
May 2018 - LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NYC
“Marigram” by Annie Wang, performed by Annie Wang and Tuçe Yasak
May 2018 - BRIC, Brooklyn, NYC
“Coming Home” choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly
March 2018 - American Dance Festival, Durham, NC
“Shasta Geaux Pop ” by Ayesha Jordan, directed by Charlotte Braithwaite
Presented at Right About Now Festival
March2018 - Companie Theater in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
“Chronicle X” by Nia Whitherspoon
Part of Black Girl Chronicles: X, Y, Z
March 2018 - New Theater Workshop, NYC
“Meditation on Tongues” by Ni’Ja Whitson
February 2018 - Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer, NY
“tbd” by Bryan and Shaina
February 2018 - Triskelion, Brooklyn, NYC
“Shasta Geaux Pop ” by Ayesha Jordan, directed by Charlotte Braithwaite
Presented at Under the Radar Festival
January 2018 - Public Theater Lobby, Brooklyn, NYC
“Aroundtown (premiere)” by David Dorfman, performed by David Dorfman Dance
November 2017 - BAM Harvey, Brooklyn, NYC
“Memoirs of a. . . Unicorn” choreographed by Marjani Forte-Saunders
2018 Bessie Award-winner for Outstanding Production and Visual Design
Nov 2017 - Collapsable Hole, Brooklyn, NYC co-presented by New York Live Arts
“Heyday Mayday Parfait” by Darla Fain and the Common Choir
Oct 2017 - BRIC, Brooklyn, NYC
“4 Nights of Dreams” directed by Alec Duffy, libretto by Moto Osada
October 2017 - Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, JP
“4 Nights of Dreams (premiere)” directed by Alec Duffy, libretto by Moto Osada
September 2017 - Japan Society, NYC
“Andy Warhol’s Bleu Movie” by Feath3r theory, choreographed and written by Raja Feather Kelly, Performed by 10Hairy Legs
June 2017 - BAM, Brooklyn, NYC
“Another Fucking Warhol Production” by Feath3r theory, choreographed and written by Raja Feather Kelly
June 2017 - The Kitchen, NYC
“Moved in Light” by Senem Pirler, an audiovisual movement performance
May 2017 - Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer, NY
“Geneva Project” by Jennifer Newman, week long performance installation
April 2017 - Bronx Academy of Art and Dance (BAAD!), Bronx, NYC
“La Medea (premiere)” by Yara Travieso, an immersive musical and simulcast film
Creative Capital Award, SXSW Panel Picks and National Association of Latino Arts Award
January 2017 -BRIC, Brooklyn, NYC
“Shasta Geaux Pop (premiere)” by Ayesha Jordan, directed by Charlotte Braithwaite
January 2017 - Bushwick Starr, Brooklyn, NYC
“She Who: Frida, Mami & Me” by Marjani Forte Saunders for Contra Tiempo
July 2016 - Ford Theater, Los Angeles, CA
“EFFECT3” by Halga Davis
July 2016 - JACK, Brooklyn, NYC
“Symbioh” by Lauren Cox
July 2016 - 5 Myles Gallery, NYC
“TROPICO” by Feath3r theory, choreographed and written by Raja Feather Kelly
June 2016 - Danspace Projects, NYC
“Geneva Project (premiere) ” by Jennifer Newman, week long performance installation
May 2016 - JACK, Brooklyn, NYC
“Moved in Noir” by Senem Pirler, an audiovisual movement performance
March 2016 - Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer NY
“The Myth of Layla” by Amy Khoshbin
September 2016 - Mana Contemporary, New Jersey
“Come See My Double D’s” developed and performed by Ayesha Jordan
November 2015 - JACK, Brooklyn, NYC
“Another Fucking Warhol Production” by Feath3r theory, choreographed and written by Raja Feather Kelly
September 2015 - Dance Place, Washington DC
“Another 37 Reasons to Cry” by Feath3r theory, choreographed and written by Raja Feather Kelly
September 2015 - JACK, Brooklyn, NYC
MassBliss Mindfulness and Performing Arts Festival / lighting director
July 2015 - Butternut Ski Resort, Great Barrington, MA
Lumensentient Projections presented @ Massbliss
light artist in collaboration with Edmond Deraedt, Nikki Holck and John Maoirino
July 2015 - Butternut Ski Resort, Great Barrington, MA
“Color me Warhol” by Feath3r theory, choreographed and written by Raja Feather Kelly
April 2015 - Dixon Place, NYC
“The Revenge of Poppinjay”, written and performed by Animal Parts
April 2015 - Dixon Place, NYC
“Unsettled” by Korhan Basaran and David Dorfman Dance – Dancemotion USA 2014
March 2015 - Yerivan, Armenia & Istanbul,Turkey
“Unfold” by Korhan Basaran Dance Company
February 2015 - Zorlu Performing Arts Center, Istanbul,Turkey
“Super We” choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly and Tzveta Kassabova
January 2015 - DanceSpace at St Mark’s Church, NYC
“Unsettled” by Korhan Basaran and David Dorfman Dance: Dancemotion USA 201
August 2014 - BAM Fisher Hall, Brooklyn,NYC
Residency @ Bates Dance Festival
with Korhan Basaran Company and David Dorfman Dance
August 2014 - Bates, Maine
“Juana in a Million” written and performed by Vicky Araico
July 2014 -Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco
September 2013 - Theater Row / United Solo Festival
“RAu 2 -a draft work for Fearless” by Korhan Basaran Dance Company
June 2014 - Crimean Church & Aksanat, Istanbul,Turkey & Depo, Gallipoli,Turkey
“Trust in the You of Now” a new opera by Robert Boston, libretto by Kimberly Pau
May 2014 - Theater for the New City, NYC
“Avalon” written&performed Lunga Radebe
May 2014 - Shapiro Theater, Columbia University, NYC
“The Actual Dance” written&performed by Sam Simon
January 2015 – Theater Row; April 2014 - Theater 80, NYC
“Into The Woods” directed by Ashley Kelly Tata
March 2014 - LIU POST, Long Island
International Jazz Day, George Duke tribute, etc. concerts
November 2013 – April 2014 - Harlem Mist, NYC
“Burn the End” a new musical written and directed by Jimmy Maize
commissioned by Eugene Lang Liberal Arts College, The New School
November 2013 - Flamboyan Theater, NYC
Lumensentient Projections, a collaborative urban light installation/performance
light artist in collaboration with Edmond Deraedt, Nikki Holck and John Maiorino
October 2013 - LAMP Urban Light Festival, New Haven, Connecticut
In-sight Dance Festival art directed by Leeanne G Bowley
August 2013 & August 2012 - The Secret Theater, NYC
Residency @MANA Contemporary Art Center, NJ
August 2013 - with the choreographer Nikki Holck
“The Glory of Living” directed by Ashley Kelly Tata
August 2013 - The Access Theater, NYC
“DrT” choreographed by Korhan Basaran, commissioned by Between the Seas Festival
July 2013 - The Wild Project, NYC
contributor artist for Gutai Box @ Gutai: Splendid Playground exhibition
February 2013 - Guggenheim Museum, NYC
lighting designer for the two-time Latin Grammy Award winner, composer Fernando Otero
2011- present - La Poisson Rouge, 92Y Tribeca, and Drom
“Decay of the Cities II” conceived by Enthusiast Theater & directed by Ashley Kelly Tata
November 2012 - New Orleans Fringe Festival
“Bloody Lullabies for Brave Women” written by Miranda Huba
November 2012 – Magic Future Box, Brooklyn, NYC
“Initium Finis” by Theater Reverb and Kristin Arnessen
July 2012 - Here Arts Center , NYC
“RAU 1” choreographed by Korhan Basaran, commissioned by Between the Seas Festival
July 2012 - Wild Project , NYC
“Untitled” choreographed by Korhan Basaran, commissioned by Nimbus Dance Theater
June 2012 - Grace Church, Jersey City
“Spoonriver Anthology” adapted&directed by Jimmy Maize
April/May 2012 - Riverside Theater @ Columbia University & Invisible Dog, NYC
“Good Person Szechuan” directed by Ashley Kelly Tata
March 2012 - Riverside Theater @ Columbia University, NYC
The Field’s jubilee party
December 2011 - Space on White, NYC
“Hospital City” written and directed by Miranda Huba
October 2011, Incubator Arts Project @ St Mark’s Church, NYC
“Gatherings” improvisational interdisciplinary collaborative series with Korhan Basaran& the artists
August 2011, City Center Studios, NYC
“Work, Dance, Display” choreographed by Belinda He
July 2011 - Greenwich House Music School, NYC
Nevrouz Celebrations of Turkic Republics
March 2011 - United Nations General Assembly & Town Hall, NYC
“Cabaret of Souls” a musical by Richard Thompson / assistant lighting designer
November 2010 - Royce Hall @UCLA, Los Angeles
“Mientras Tango” choreographed by Jennifer Wesnousky
November 2010 & 2011 - Jamaica Performing Arts Center, NYC
PUBLISHING
PLSN Magazine, Las Vegas - contributor writer for lighting design
March 2011 - December 2012
*interviews with lighting and projection designers including Clifton Taylor and Mark Coniglio of Troika Ranch among others.
http://www.plsn.com/current-issue/40-plsn-interview/8270-play-rewind-repeat.html
http://www.plsn.com/current-issue/40-plsn-interview/7250-clifton-taylor-and-the-fall-for-dance-festival.html
XXI Architecture & Design Magazine, Istanbul - Industrial Design Editor
December 2004 - October 2009
*creation of the monthly industrial design content for the magazine; interviews with local and international product designers about their recent projects, design process and methodologies; close collaboration with the contributor writers from all around the world and the columnists of the magazine, representation of the magazine in the industry. http://issuu.com/xxi_dergi
*Architectural Lighting Design Dossier @ XXI Magazine, May 2008
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Industrial Design, Faculty of Architecture
Middle East Technical University / METU, Ankara, Turkey (http://id.metu.edu.tr/en)
September 2000 - June 2004
Summer Lighting Intensive by Beverly Emmons, New York
July-August 2010
OTHER FORMS OF EXPRESSION
dancing Argentine Tango, cooking, listening to jazz, drawing&painting, biking&running
REFERENCES
Brian Rogers; the artistic director and curator @ Chocolate Factory Theater
(917) 617-0420, brian@chocolatefactorytheater.org
Hanne Tierney; founder and artistic director @ Five Myles Gallery
(718) 783-4438, hanne@fivemyles.org
Raja Feather Kelly; dancer, choreographer, the artistic director @ the Feath3r Theory
(733) 299 2204, feath3r@thefeath3rtheory.com
Korhan Basaran; choreographer & the artistic director @ Korhan Basaran Dance Company
(917) 686-7742, kbanddancers@gmail.com