sonya berlovitz

Current

• Costume Designer at Self Employed
• costume designer at

Past

• costume designer at Theatre de la Jeune Lune

Education

• school of the art institute of chicago
• La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne

Connections

25 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website

sonya berlovitz’s Summary

Sonya Berlovitz
Artistic Statement

I have been a costume designer for 30 years primarily for Theatre de la Jeune Lune where I designed costumes for more than 50 of their productions including Don Juan Giovanni, Figaro, Mefistofeles, Amerika, Carmen, The Miser, The Marriage of Figaro, Circus of Tales, The Seagull, Medea, Cosi Fan Tutti, Hamlet, The Magic Flute, Tartuffe and The Three Musketeers. I have also designed costumes at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, three seasons at Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis, The Guthrie Theater, American Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse and Actors Theatre of Louisville. In 2007 I presented designs from The Miser in the Prague Quadrennial, an invited international exhibition of theatre designers. I have also designed for several dance companies in the last ten years including Zorongo Flamenco, Minnesota Dance Theater and Stuart Pimsler Dance Theater.

I work in the theater because I consider myself primarily a collaborative artist. However, I have also spent considerable time exploring independent aspects of my work. Between 1987 and 1990 I studied painting, sculpture, textile design and fashion at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where I received my BFA. I also studied haute couture for one year at La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in Paris, France, a school that specializes in the techniques of design. Following my education I worked in Tokyo, Japan as a textile designer for Yohji Yamamoto, international fashion designer. My primary responsibility was to create fabrics for his Paris/Tokyo runway collections.

sonya berlovitz’s Experience

• Costume Designer

  Self Employed

  (Performing Arts industry)

  September 1980 — Present (29 years 3 months)

• costume designer

  (Design industry)

  1980 — Present (29 years )

• costume designer

  Theatre de la Jeune Lune

  (Performing Arts industry)

  September 1980 — June 2008 (27 years 10 months)

sonya berlovitz’s Education

• school of the art institute of chicago

  BFA , fashion design, painting, textile design , 1987 — 1990

• La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne

  Certificate , Fashion design, costume history, textile design , 1984 — 1985

Additional Information

sonya berlovitz’s Websites:

• My Website

sonya berlovitz’s Interests:

Costume Design, Fashion Design, Textile Design

sonya berlovitz’s Groups:

Costume Society of America, USA (United Scenic Artists) 829

•    Cultural Performing Arts Network
•    University of Minnesota College of Design

sonya berlovitz’s Honors:

2004 Minnesota State Arts Board Artists Initiative Grant
2003 “Best Costume Design”
Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine, Minneapolis Star & Tribune
2000 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Costume Design
2000 Minnesota State Arts Board Artists Fellowship
1999 McKnight Theatre Artists Fellowship
1996 Jerome Travel and Study Grant

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