PROFILE

Award-nominated scenographer and art director working across theatre, dance, television, and film. Years of professional practice with leading Canadian institutions including Theatre Calgary, National Arts Centre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Centaur Theatre, and Joe Jack et John. Longstanding collaborations with directors Sarah Garton Stanley and Catherine Bourgeois. University-level educator since 2004.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2004–Present
Part-Time Faculty, Department of Theatre, Concordia University

2014–2016
Full-Time Faculty (LTA), Department of Theatre, Concordia University

2010–2012
Full-Time Faculty (LTA), Department of Theatre, Concordia University

2005–2008
Full-Time Faculty (LTA), Department of Theatre, Concordia University

2013–2019
Instructor, Production Program, National Theatre School of Canada

2022
Intensive Course Instructor, Art Direction
Department of Spatial Design, Colegiatura College, Medellín, Colombia

2017, 2024
Guest Lecturer and Workshop Leader, CEGEP Bois-de-Boulogne

SCENOGRAPHY THEATRE AND DANCE

2026 and upcoming

Le Murmure du Vivant, le Vivier
Director: Alexandra Templier
Costume Design

L’Affront des Chimères, Corpuscule Danse
L’Agora de la Danse
Choreography: Georges-Nicolas Tremblay
Costume Design

Triptyque (working title), Joe Jack et John
Espace Libre (premiere 2027)
Director: Catherine Bourgeois
Co-Set and Costume Design

Slab
Theatre La Chapelle (premiere 2027)
Choreographer: Thea Patterson
Set Design

 

2025

Trou Noir, Joe Jack et John
Espace Libre

Directors: Edon Descollines, Louise-Michel Jackson
Set and Costume Design

Les Veilleuses, Amour Amour
Salle Bourgie
Choreography: Simon Renaud
Costume Design

Dépaysement: Les Eaux Intimes, Corpuscule Danse
Fonderie Darling
Choreography: Marie-Hélène Bellavance & Georges-Nicolas Tremblay
Costume Design

Jordan, Geordie Productions
Centaur Theatre
Director: Jimmy Blais
Set Design

2024

The Lehman Trilogy, Theatre Calgary
Max Bell Theatre
Director: Sarah Garton Stanley
Set and Costume Design
Nomination: Outstanding Set Design, Calgary Betty Mitchell Awards (2024–25)

Cispersonnages en Quête d’Auteurice (remount), Joe Jack et John
Espace Libre
Director: Catherine Bourgeois
Costume Design and Co-Set Design

2023

All Flesh Redux, The Other Theatre
Studio Jean-Valcourt
Director: Stacey Christodoulou
Set Design

Cispersonnages en Quête d’Auteurice, Joe Jack et John
Festival TransAmériques (FTA)
Director: Catherine Bourgeois
Costume Design and Co-Set Design

2022

Les Waitress Sont Tristes, Joe Jack et John
Espace Libre
Director: Catherine Bourgeois
Set and Costume Design

2020

Paradise Lost, National Arts Centre
Director: Sarah Garton Stanley
Set and Costume Design
Cancelled due to pandemic

Violette 360, Joe Jack et John (VR Film Project)
Director: Catherine Bourgeois
Costume Design

2019

Measure for Measure, Repercussion Theatre
Director: Amanda Kellock
Set Design

Alice and the World We Live In, Centaur Theatre
Director: Eda Holmes
Set and Costume Design

Fun Home, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Director: Sarah Garton Stanley
Set and Costume Design
Nomination: Outstanding Set Design, Winnipeg Evie Awards (2020)

2018

Words With Will, Segal Centre Studio
Director: Amanda Kellock
Costume Design

Once, Segal Centre for the Performing Arts
Director: Andrew Shaver
Costume Design

Dis Merci, Joe Jack et John
Espace Libre, Montréal
Costume Design

Violette 360 (preliminary version), Joe Jack et John
Off-FTA, Montréal
Costume Design

2017

Kill Me Now, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre / NAC
Director: Sarah Garton Stanley
Set and Costume Design

2016

On This Day, Centaur Theatre
Director: Alain Goulem
Set and Costume Design

The Halloween Tree, Geordie Productions
Director: Amanda Kellock
Set Design

Love U Lovecraft II, The Other Theatre
Theatre La Chapelle
Director: Stacey Christodoulou
Set Design

Rosé Porn, Dancemakers / Fonderie Darling
Choreography: Zoja Smutny
Design Consultant & Props

Beethoven Lives Upstairs (remount), Geordie Productions
Director: Dean Fleming
Costume Design
Nomination: Outstanding Costume Design, Montreal META Awards (2016)

2015

December Man, National Arts Centre
Director: Sarah Garton Stanley
Set and Costume Design

2014

Beatrice and Virgil, Factory Theatre (Toronto)
Director: Sarah Garton Stanley
Set and Costume Design

Offensive Fouls, Geordie Productions
Director: Dean Fleming
Set and Costume Design

Game Changers, Geordie Productions
Director: Alain Goulem
Set and Costume Design

L’Homme Invisible, Théâtre La Licorne
Director: Harry Standjofski
Set Design

For complete list of works, please refer to pdf included in this application

 

 

FILM, TELEVISION & WEB (SELECTED)

2025

Moi J’Mange VII (TV), Dir. Amélie Dussault & Simon Lamontagne — Art Director
Lakay Nou III (TV Series), Dir. Ricardo Trogi — Set Decorator

Revolution (TV), Dir. Josianne Lamarre — Art Direction consultation

 

 

2024

L’Effet Lara (TV, Italy) Productions Déferlantes — Art Director
Moi J’Mange VI (TV) Sphere Media. — Art Director
Lakay Nou II (TV Series)  Production Jumelage. — Set Decorator

2023

Sucré Salé (TV Main Titles) — Productions Déferlantes — Art Director
La Vraie Nature VI (TV) Productions Déferlantes — Art Director
Nomination: Gémeaux Award, Best Art Direction

Si On S’Aimait Encore (TV, Mexico) Duo Productions — Art Director
Moi J’Mange V (TV) Sphere Media — Art Director
Lakay Nou I (TV Series) Jumelages Productions — Set Decorator

2022

La Vraie Nature V (TV) Deferlantes — Art Director
Si On S’Aimait IV (TV) Duo Productions — Art Director
Capsules Les Bracelets Rouges (Web Series) Tobo — Art Director
Pyroman-Voyeur (Documentary) Deferlantes — Set Decorator

2021–2017

La Vraie Nature IV–I (TV) Deferlantes — Art Director
Jules au Pays d’Asha (Feature Film) La Bête Lumineuse — Props Designer
Martin Matte – Loge Place des Arts (Netflix Special) Encore Productions — Art Director

2010–2000 (Selected)

El Incredulo (Feature Film) — Art Director
Les Signes Vitaux (Feature Film) — Assistant Art Director
15/Love I-II-III (TV Series) — Props
Summer (Feature Film) — Art Director

NOMINATIONS

2024 — The Lehman Trilogy
Outstanding Set Design, Calgary Betty Mitchell Awards

2023 — La Vraie Nature VI
Best Art Direction, Gémeaux Awards

2020 — Fun Home
Outstanding Set Design, Winnipeg Evie Awards

2019 — La Vraie Nature III
Gemini Award: Best Variety Program

2016 — Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Outstanding Costume Design, Montreal META Awards

2013 — Head à Tête
Outstanding Set Design, Montreal META Awards

2009 — Alice Through the Looking Glass
Outstanding Costume Design, Montreal MECCA Awards

2008 — The Jungle Book
Outstanding Set Design, Montreal MECCA Awards

2008 — Violette

Grand Prix du Conseil des Arts de Montréal

 

EDUCATION

2000
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Los Angeles
Postgraduate Studies in Theatre Design
Full Scholarship Recipient

1999
Concordia University, Montréal
BFA, Theatre Design (With Distinction)

1996
Dawson College, Montréal
DEC, Creative Arts

LANGUAGES

English (fluent)
French (fluent)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2023 and 2025
Scenographer and Coordinator for fundraising events and public readings, Adélard Artist Centre

2024
Jury Member, Prix Jovette Marchessault

 

2023
Set Design Mentor Volare, Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE), Winnipeg

2022

Invited Lecturer, Design Conference, Medellín, Colombia

2017
Fabric Treatment Workshops, Centre Dare-Dare day camp

2016
Design Consultant, Centre Mai — Encounters

2011
Design Consultant, Studio 303 — Utopia, Est-ce Possible ?

 

PRESS (SELECTED)

Revue Jeu (2025)

https://revuejeu.org/2025/10/07/trou-noir-lidee-fixe-dedon-descollines/

Journal de Montréal (2023):

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/03/19/accessoiriste-tele-creer-recreer-samuser-et-rendre-vrai

Les Waitress Sont Triste (2022)

https://revuejeu.org/2022/09/24/compagnie-inclusive-joe-jack/

Funhome (2019):

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/theatre-review-fun-home-rmtc-1.5360879

 

 

 

Areas of expertise:

Design for dance, theatre, live performance.

Teaching and consulting

Art direction, props and set decorating

building experience in:

Exhibitions and gallery spaces