EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2007 - 2009 Estonian Academy of Arts, Scenography MA cum laude
Master’s thesis: "Postmodern eclecticism in the scenography of opera productions" 

2003 - 2007 Tallinn University - social sciences, advertising and imagology BA
Bachelor’s thesis: "Usage of image development techniques in opera"  

2005 - 2006 Tallinn University - Faculty of Natural Sciences, media studies  

1991 - 2003 Lasnamäe Üldgümnaasium (ecology) 

WORKS as a DESIGNER

September 2023 - J.Massenet' opera  „Cendrillon“ at festival PromFest (stage director Jüri Nael) - scenography

September 2021 - G.Rossini's opera „Il turco in Italia“ at festival PromFest (stage director Andrus Vaarik) - scenography

November 2019 - J.C. Bach's opera "Zanaida" Staatstheater Mainz (stage director Max Hopp) - scenography

September 2019 - Dance performance „My name is Xiaodie but you can call me Baby“ STL, Tallinn – scenography (choreographer Indrek Kornel

May 2019 - Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" at festival PromFest (stage director Katrin Tegova - scenography

December 2018 - Jacques Offenbach's "La belle Hélène" - UdK Berlin (stage director Peter Lund) - scenography

April 2018 - Kalli Pikas' dance performance "Blue"  - video and light design

March 2018 - Arnold Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" - stage direction, scenography

January 2018 - Cabaret program of Désirée Nick and Adam Benzwi - set and lighting design

September 2017 - literary-musical soirée "An die ferne Geliebte" Beethovenfest, Bonn -  lighting design (stage director Hermann Beil

July 2017  - Siim Aimla's "Carmen Loves Jazz" at the Saaremaa Opera Festival - set and costume design (choreographer Marina Kesler)

May 2017 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La traviata" Theatre Vanemuine, Tartu. Kaunas State Music Theatre -  set design and costumes

May 2017 - Short-ballet „Nocturne“ at the National Opera Estonia, Tallinn – stage and costume designer (choreographer Tõnu Veiler

May 2017 - Dance performance „Waiting“ Museum of Occupations, Tallinn – stage and costume designer (choreographer Indrek Kornel)

May 2016 Marina Kesler's "Undine" at the Estonian National Opera - set design and costumes

September 2015  Eduard Tubin's ballet "Kratt" at the Estonian National Opera - set design (choreographer Marina Kesler)

May 2015 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "AidaTheatre Vanemuine, Tartu - stage directing, set design and costumes

October 2014 Teet Kask's ballet "GO - a Game for Two" Theatre Vanemuine, Tartu - set design and costumes

January 2014 The opening ceremony of International Green Week (Grüne Woche) in Berlin - costumes

November 2013 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera „Tsar's Bride“ at Kaunas State Music Theatre, Lithuania - stage design and costumes (director Teet Kask) 

August 2013 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera „Tsar's Bride“ at Birgitta Festival, Tallinn - stage design and costumes (director Teet Kask) 

July 2013 costume and prop design for dance numbers at the Palmse Manor Music 

June 2013 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera „Tsar's Bride“ at Endla theatre, Pärnu - stage design, costumes and image ads (director Teet Kask) 

April, June 2012  Ballet „Ohlala...Ça s’est passé comme ça“ at Russian Theatre and National Opera Estonia, Tallinn – stage and costume designer (director Tõnu Veiler) 

November 2011 Giuseppe Verdi's opera „Attila“ at Kaunas State Music Theatre, Lithuania - stage design, costumes and image ads (director Üllar Saaremäe) 

October 2011 Cabaret show "Legends of Times" with Starlight Cabaret - costumes

June 2011  Giuseppe Verdi's opera „Attila“ at Endla theatre, Pärnu - stage design, costumes and image ads (director Üllar Saaremäe) 

January 2011  Johan Strauss' operetta "Die Fledermaus" at 25 theatres at Belgium and Netherlands  - costumes and set design (director - Hans Nieuwenhuis) 

June 2010 Ballet divertissement „Underwater Kingdom“ at Russian Theatre, Tallinn – costume designer

May 2009 Jules Massenet's opera „Thais“ at theater Endla, Pärnu - stage design, costumes, and image ads (director Mai Murdmaa

September 2008 Exhibition „The development of Estonian Firefighting before 1940“ Museum of Internal Security – artistic conception, graphic design

May 2008 Puccini Gala in the Russian Theater, Tallinn and at theater Endla, Pärnu - set design, image, ads and publications

December 2007 Andrew Bond’s movie "Family Business" – production designer, BFMK

June 2007 Soloconcert of Barbara Hendricks – stage and lighting design

May 2007 Georges Bizet 's opera „Carmen“ (director Marko Matvere) at theater Endla, Pärnu - stage design and costumes

WORK EXPERIENCE

Since 2012  Tartu Art School - Head of Curriculum 

Since 2005 Pärnu International Opera Music Festival PromFest and the International Klaudia Taev Competition for Young Opera Singers – designer

May 2005 Anton Rubinstein's opera „Demon“ at theater Endla, Pärnu - Media manager

2004- 2005 Charitable concert on the World AIDS Day - Project manager

2004-2009 The 21st Century Orchestra - Media manager


Assistantships

2016 Oscar Straus' operetta Perlen der Cleopatra  at the Komische Oper Berlin (director - Barrie Kosky)

2009 Christoph W. Gluck's operas „Iphigénie en Aulide“ and „Iphigénie en Tauride“ at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels – assistant of the lighting designer Jean Kalman (director – Pierre Audi)

September 2009 Henry Purcell's opera „Dido and Aeneas“ at Opera Zuid, Maastricht – assistant designer (director - Hans Nieuwenhuis, costumes – Robby Duiverman, lighting – Trui Malten)

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

2010 Tartu Art School - Portfolio in Internet 

2007 St. Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Science 

2005 - 2006 Estonian Academy of Arts - Graphic Design 

2003 - 2004 Estonian Defence Forces - Centre of Staff Training and Communication

SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS

2019 Exhibiton of costumes for music theatre at Port Artur

2014 Exhibition of dance costumes at Vanemuine Theatre

2013 Solo exhibition at Saaremaa Art Studio  

2012 Solo exhibition at Tartu Art School  

2011 Stage costumes, models, drawings and production photos at the Exhibition "History of PromFest"  at Theatre Gallery in Pärnu 

2008 Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Brecht’s "Drums in the Night" at the exhibition at TREFF Festival in Tallinn, Estonia

2007 Hansapank Development Grant 

OTHER

Languages: Estonian (mother tongue), English (TOEFL score 111/120), Finnish, Russian, German

Computer skills: Corel Graphics, Chief Architect, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, Enscape, Twinmotion, ZBrush