Sofya Matveeva
Stage designer, costume designer
Born 02.04.1987
Education:
St Petersburg Kustodiev art school #10 (1993-1998)
St Petersburg art school #1 (1998-2001)
Studied under Ivan Govorkov (2001-2004)
(I. Govorkov, member of the St Petersburg artists union, from 1993 a member of the St Petersburg creative union (IFA), from 1974 a teacher at Russian Academy of Arts, sculpture and architecture's faculty of drawing, professor)
Studied under Nina Sollogub (2005-2007)
Russian Academy of Arts, faculty of architecture, 2 terms (2004)
Graduate of the St Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, faculty of stage technology, workshop under honored artist of Russia V. Okunev, musical theatre artist specialization (2005-2010)
Stage designer, costume designer
Born 02.04.1987
Education:
St Petersburg Kustodiev art school #10 (1993-1998)
St Petersburg art school #1 (1998-2001)
Studied under Ivan Govorkov (2001-2004)
(I. Govorkov, member of the St Petersburg artists union, from 1993 a member of the St Petersburg creative union (IFA), from 1974 a teacher at Russian Academy of Arts, sculpture and architecture's faculty of drawing, professor)
Studied under Nina Sollogub (2005-2007)
Russian Academy of Arts, faculty of architecture, 2 terms (2004)
Graduate of the St Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, faculty of stage technology, workshop under honored artist of Russia V. Okunev, musical theatre artist specialization (2005-2010)
Work Experience
Theatre:
"Sans Paroles" (play by S. Beckett, director – V. Levitskiy, Z.Korogodskiy "Pokoleniy" Theatre 2007)
Stage designer
"The Snow Maiden"(play by A. Ostrovsky, , director – V. Levitskiy,Z.Korogodskiy "Pokoleniy" Theatre, 2008)
Stage designer
"Closer" (play by P. Marber, director — Lija Fisher, Helsinki, 2009)
Stage designer, costume designer
"On The Shore Of Desolate Waves"
(based on the poetry by A. Pushkin, director — Benjamin Filshtinsky, Educational Theatre on Mohovaya, 2009)
Costume designer
"Ragtime On The Road" (based on Fellini's scenario to the film "La
Strada", director — L. Gracheva, 2009)
Joint project of the St Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, Leningrad Rock Club and Italian Embassy in St Petersburg
Stage designer, costume designer
"Be At The Ark By Eight" (play by U. Hub, director – E. Gorohovskaya, 2010)
Stage designer, costume designer
"No Talking" (dance performance, choreographer – A. Zakusova, 2010)
Premiered at the "Window" & "Open Look" dance festivals
Stage designer, costume designer
"Jealousy Attempt" (dance performance based on M. Tsvetaeva poetry, choreographer – A. Zakusova, 2010)
3rd prize winner of the "XXI Century Of Ballet" dance festival, Krasnoyarsk
Costume designer
"Fox Tail" (play by E. Gorohovskaya based on Hurra för Ludvig Lurifax
by J. Ekholm, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Tallinn, VeneTeater, 2011)
Stage designer, costume designer
"I Would Die For Theatre" (play based on "The Dressing Room" by K. Shimizu, director – S. Serzin, St.Petersburg, Theater on Mohovaya, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"The Phoenix Bird Comes Home" (play by Y. Pulinovich, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Etud-theater, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Bremen's Musicians" (director – E. Gorohovskaya, St. Petersburg, Masterskaya Theater, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"The Phoenix Bird Comes Home" (play by Y. Pulinovich, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Ozersk, Our Home Theater, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Hi, Monteverdi" (choreographer – A. Zakusova, St. Petersburg Conservatory, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"The Nutcracker" (director – E. Gorohovskaya, Sakhalin, International Theater Center, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"North" (play by V. Durnenkov, director – S.Serzin, Yaroslavl, Volkov Theater, 2013)
Costume designer
"The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily"
(play by D. Buzzati, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Krasnoyarsk, TUZ, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Happyness" (choreographer – A. Zakusova, St. Petersburg, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"The ugly duckling" (fairy tail by H.C. Andersen, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Barnaul, MTA, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Gilt foreheads" ( fairy tail by B. Shergin, director – A. Bezyazikov, Barnaul, MTA, 2013)
Costume designer
'Vieraat/Guests" (play by Okko Leo, director – Lija Fischer, Helsinki, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Nature Morte in the pit" (play by – F.Paravidino, director – A. Giuntini, St. Petersburg, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Demons" (play by – Vorozbit, director – S. Serzin, St. Petersburg, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Vieraat" / "Guests" (director L. Fisher, Finland, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Archimedes'"
(play by Josep Maria Miró Coromina, director – E. Gorohovskaya, St. Petersburg, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Memories of My Melancholy Whores"
(poem by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, director – E. Gorohovskaya, St. Petersburg, 2014 )
Stage designer, costume designer
"Romeo and Juliet" (play by W. Shakespeare, director – S. Serzin,
choreographer – A. Zakusova, Yaroslavl, Volkov Theater, 2014)
Costume designer
"Momo" (novel by – M. Ende, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Novosibirsk, 2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"Don't lean"(choreographer – A. Zakusova, St.Petersburg, 2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"Museum of Dostoyevsky" (director – S. Serzin, Moscow,2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"Anna Frank" (director – E. Gorohovskaya, SamArt theatre, Samara, 2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"Pinocchio" ( director – V.Mayzinger/ R.Haluzov, choreographer – A. Zakusova, Yaroslavl, Volkov Theater, 2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"The Republic of ShKID" ( based on the novel by G.Belykh,director – S. Serzin, St. Petersburg) 2015)
Set designer, costume designer
"Mama Roma" (based on the screenplay of P.P.Pasolini, director – A. Giuntini, Omsk, 2015)
Set designer, costume designer
"La Strada" (based on the screenplay of F.Fellini , director – A. Giuntini, Krasnoyarsk, 2015)
Set designer, costume designer
"Treasure island" (based on the Novel by R. L. Stevenson, director – A. Serov, Moscow, 2015)
Costume designer
"Riot" (based on the novel by A.S. Pushkin "Dybrovsky", director – S.Serzin, Perm, 2015)
Set designer, costume designer
"The Shrew" (based on the play by W.Shakespeare "The Taming of the Shrew", director A.Giuntini, Kurgan, 2016)
Set designer, costume designer
"Human love" (based on the novel by D.Bogoslavskiy "Human love" , director – S.Serzin, St. Petersburg, 2015)
Costume designer
"The Coffee house" (based on the play by C.Goldoni "The Coffee house", director – A.Giuntini, Kemerovo, 2016)
Set designer, costume designer
"The illusions" (based on the play by I.Viripaev "The illusions", director - W. Urbanski, St. Petersburg, 2016)
Set designer, costume designer
"Tarelkin's death" (based on the novel by A.Sukhovo-Kobylin, director – S.Serzin, St. Petersburg, 2016)
Set designer, costume designer
«Arch of Triumph» (based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, director – Lev Rakhlin, Moscow, 2017)
Set designer, costume designer
«S_Uchilisha» (Based on the play by A.Ivanov, director – S.Serzin, Pushkin's Theatre, Moscow, 2018)
Set designer, costume designer
«Sasha, take out the trash» (based on the play by N.Vorozbit, director A.Giuntini, St. Petersburg 2018)
Set designer, costume designer
«Sunline» (based on the play by I.Vyrypaev, director - E. Berkovitch, Alexandrinskiy theatre, 2018.)
Set designer, costume designer
«The Man from Podolsk» (based on the play by D.Danilov, director – S.Serzin, Yaroslavl, Volkov Theatre, 2018 г)
Set designer, costume designer
«Inspector Raffing's strange dinner», (based on the play by D.Nigro, director - D.Azarov Red torch theatre, Novosibirsk, 2018)
Set designer, costume designer
«Rock, Anna's Frank diary», (director - S.Serzin, Pushkin's Theatre, Moscow 2019)
Set designer, costume designer
«Silk» (based on the novel by A.Barriko, рdirector - Lev Rakhlin, Music -Hall theatre, 2019)
Costume designer
«Blue Puppy» (Musical based on the cartoon Blue Puppy,, director - N.Vladimirov, Tabakerka Theatre, Moscow, 2020)
Set designer
«Mandate» (based on the play by N. Erdman, director – D. Azarov, Na Liteynom Theatre, St. Petersburg, 2020)
Set designer, costume designer
«KRABAT», (director — Семен Серзин, Junges Staatstheater Berlin, Berlin, 2020 г.)
Set designer, costume designer
Show suspended due to pandemic
«Red Cross», (based on the novel by A. Fillipenko, director - S. Serzin, Gogol Centre, Moscow, 2020)
Set designer, costume designer
«Kisa», (based on the novel by Ilf and Petrov "12 chairs", director - S. Serzin, Comediant's shelter Theatre, St. Petersburg, 2020)
Set designer, costume designer
«Figaro» ( director - D.Azarov Red torch theatre, Novosibirsk, 2020)
Costume designer
«The Snail and The Whale», (based on the book by J. Donaldson, director – E. Gorohovskaya, St. Petersburg, 2021)
Set designer, costume designer
"Fairy Tails" (Inclusive performance in coop with a charity school Inclusion, director – P. Struzkova, Orsk's Drama Theatre, Orsk, 2021)
Theatre:
"Sans Paroles" (play by S. Beckett, director – V. Levitskiy, Z.Korogodskiy "Pokoleniy" Theatre 2007)
Stage designer
"The Snow Maiden"(play by A. Ostrovsky, , director – V. Levitskiy,Z.Korogodskiy "Pokoleniy" Theatre, 2008)
Stage designer
"Closer" (play by P. Marber, director — Lija Fisher, Helsinki, 2009)
Stage designer, costume designer
"On The Shore Of Desolate Waves"
(based on the poetry by A. Pushkin, director — Benjamin Filshtinsky, Educational Theatre on Mohovaya, 2009)
Costume designer
"Ragtime On The Road" (based on Fellini's scenario to the film "La
Strada", director — L. Gracheva, 2009)
Joint project of the St Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, Leningrad Rock Club and Italian Embassy in St Petersburg
Stage designer, costume designer
"Be At The Ark By Eight" (play by U. Hub, director – E. Gorohovskaya, 2010)
Stage designer, costume designer
"No Talking" (dance performance, choreographer – A. Zakusova, 2010)
Premiered at the "Window" & "Open Look" dance festivals
Stage designer, costume designer
"Jealousy Attempt" (dance performance based on M. Tsvetaeva poetry, choreographer – A. Zakusova, 2010)
3rd prize winner of the "XXI Century Of Ballet" dance festival, Krasnoyarsk
Costume designer
"Fox Tail" (play by E. Gorohovskaya based on Hurra för Ludvig Lurifax
by J. Ekholm, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Tallinn, VeneTeater, 2011)
Stage designer, costume designer
"I Would Die For Theatre" (play based on "The Dressing Room" by K. Shimizu, director – S. Serzin, St.Petersburg, Theater on Mohovaya, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"The Phoenix Bird Comes Home" (play by Y. Pulinovich, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Etud-theater, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Bremen's Musicians" (director – E. Gorohovskaya, St. Petersburg, Masterskaya Theater, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"The Phoenix Bird Comes Home" (play by Y. Pulinovich, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Ozersk, Our Home Theater, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Hi, Monteverdi" (choreographer – A. Zakusova, St. Petersburg Conservatory, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"The Nutcracker" (director – E. Gorohovskaya, Sakhalin, International Theater Center, 2012)
Stage designer, costume designer
"North" (play by V. Durnenkov, director – S.Serzin, Yaroslavl, Volkov Theater, 2013)
Costume designer
"The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily"
(play by D. Buzzati, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Krasnoyarsk, TUZ, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Happyness" (choreographer – A. Zakusova, St. Petersburg, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"The ugly duckling" (fairy tail by H.C. Andersen, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Barnaul, MTA, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Gilt foreheads" ( fairy tail by B. Shergin, director – A. Bezyazikov, Barnaul, MTA, 2013)
Costume designer
'Vieraat/Guests" (play by Okko Leo, director – Lija Fischer, Helsinki, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Nature Morte in the pit" (play by – F.Paravidino, director – A. Giuntini, St. Petersburg, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Demons" (play by – Vorozbit, director – S. Serzin, St. Petersburg, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Vieraat" / "Guests" (director L. Fisher, Finland, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Archimedes'"
(play by Josep Maria Miró Coromina, director – E. Gorohovskaya, St. Petersburg, 2013)
Stage designer, costume designer
"Memories of My Melancholy Whores"
(poem by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, director – E. Gorohovskaya, St. Petersburg, 2014 )
Stage designer, costume designer
"Romeo and Juliet" (play by W. Shakespeare, director – S. Serzin,
choreographer – A. Zakusova, Yaroslavl, Volkov Theater, 2014)
Costume designer
"Momo" (novel by – M. Ende, director – E. Gorohovskaya, Novosibirsk, 2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"Don't lean"(choreographer – A. Zakusova, St.Petersburg, 2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"Museum of Dostoyevsky" (director – S. Serzin, Moscow,2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"Anna Frank" (director – E. Gorohovskaya, SamArt theatre, Samara, 2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"Pinocchio" ( director – V.Mayzinger/ R.Haluzov, choreographer – A. Zakusova, Yaroslavl, Volkov Theater, 2014)
Set designer, costume designer
"The Republic of ShKID" ( based on the novel by G.Belykh,director – S. Serzin, St. Petersburg) 2015)
Set designer, costume designer
"Mama Roma" (based on the screenplay of P.P.Pasolini, director – A. Giuntini, Omsk, 2015)
Set designer, costume designer
"La Strada" (based on the screenplay of F.Fellini , director – A. Giuntini, Krasnoyarsk, 2015)
Set designer, costume designer
"Treasure island" (based on the Novel by R. L. Stevenson, director – A. Serov, Moscow, 2015)
Costume designer
"Riot" (based on the novel by A.S. Pushkin "Dybrovsky", director – S.Serzin, Perm, 2015)
Set designer, costume designer
"The Shrew" (based on the play by W.Shakespeare "The Taming of the Shrew", director A.Giuntini, Kurgan, 2016)
Set designer, costume designer
"Human love" (based on the novel by D.Bogoslavskiy "Human love" , director – S.Serzin, St. Petersburg, 2015)
Costume designer
"The Coffee house" (based on the play by C.Goldoni "The Coffee house", director – A.Giuntini, Kemerovo, 2016)
Set designer, costume designer
"The illusions" (based on the play by I.Viripaev "The illusions", director - W. Urbanski, St. Petersburg, 2016)
Set designer, costume designer
"Tarelkin's death" (based on the novel by A.Sukhovo-Kobylin, director – S.Serzin, St. Petersburg, 2016)
Set designer, costume designer
«Arch of Triumph» (based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, director – Lev Rakhlin, Moscow, 2017)
Set designer, costume designer
«S_Uchilisha» (Based on the play by A.Ivanov, director – S.Serzin, Pushkin's Theatre, Moscow, 2018)
Set designer, costume designer
«Sasha, take out the trash» (based on the play by N.Vorozbit, director A.Giuntini, St. Petersburg 2018)
Set designer, costume designer
«Sunline» (based on the play by I.Vyrypaev, director - E. Berkovitch, Alexandrinskiy theatre, 2018.)
Set designer, costume designer
«The Man from Podolsk» (based on the play by D.Danilov, director – S.Serzin, Yaroslavl, Volkov Theatre, 2018 г)
Set designer, costume designer
«Inspector Raffing's strange dinner», (based on the play by D.Nigro, director - D.Azarov Red torch theatre, Novosibirsk, 2018)
Set designer, costume designer
«Rock, Anna's Frank diary», (director - S.Serzin, Pushkin's Theatre, Moscow 2019)
Set designer, costume designer
«Silk» (based on the novel by A.Barriko, рdirector - Lev Rakhlin, Music -Hall theatre, 2019)
Costume designer
«Blue Puppy» (Musical based on the cartoon Blue Puppy,, director - N.Vladimirov, Tabakerka Theatre, Moscow, 2020)
Set designer
«Mandate» (based on the play by N. Erdman, director – D. Azarov, Na Liteynom Theatre, St. Petersburg, 2020)
Set designer, costume designer
«KRABAT», (director — Семен Серзин, Junges Staatstheater Berlin, Berlin, 2020 г.)
Set designer, costume designer
Show suspended due to pandemic
«Red Cross», (based on the novel by A. Fillipenko, director - S. Serzin, Gogol Centre, Moscow, 2020)
Set designer, costume designer
«Kisa», (based on the novel by Ilf and Petrov "12 chairs", director - S. Serzin, Comediant's shelter Theatre, St. Petersburg, 2020)
Set designer, costume designer
«Figaro» ( director - D.Azarov Red torch theatre, Novosibirsk, 2020)
Costume designer
«The Snail and The Whale», (based on the book by J. Donaldson, director – E. Gorohovskaya, St. Petersburg, 2021)
Set designer, costume designer
"Fairy Tails" (Inclusive performance in coop with a charity school Inclusion, director – P. Struzkova, Orsk's Drama Theatre, Orsk, 2021)
Movie production:
"History Of One Event" (television documentary, 2002)
Property man assistant
"Crime In Modern Style"(television documentary, 2003)
Property man
"The Master And Margarita" (television film, 2005)
Assistant of Costume designer
TRK Peterburg Channel 5 (2008-2009)
Costume designer / stylist
"Dangerous Leningrad" (historical documentary television series, 2009-2010)
Production designer
Feature film "Snowstorm" (movie, director – I. Kazankov, 2010)
Production designer
"Predators" (historical documentary television series, 2011)
Production designer
Feature film "Saint-Petersburg. Summer. Love" (movie, director- A. Hvostov, 2011)
Production designer, costume designer
Feature film "Babki" - director N. Vladimirov. St. Petersburg, 2020
Production designer
Feature film "High security parents" (director N. Vladimirov. St. Petersburg, 2021)
Production designer
Feature film "Similar person" (director – S. Serzin, St. Petersburg, 2021)
Production designer
Feature film "Ryzhy" - director – S. Serzin, Hype film production, Moscow, 2022)
Production designer
Work in progress
"History Of One Event" (television documentary, 2002)
Property man assistant
"Crime In Modern Style"(television documentary, 2003)
Property man
"The Master And Margarita" (television film, 2005)
Assistant of Costume designer
TRK Peterburg Channel 5 (2008-2009)
Costume designer / stylist
"Dangerous Leningrad" (historical documentary television series, 2009-2010)
Production designer
Feature film "Snowstorm" (movie, director – I. Kazankov, 2010)
Production designer
"Predators" (historical documentary television series, 2011)
Production designer
Feature film "Saint-Petersburg. Summer. Love" (movie, director- A. Hvostov, 2011)
Production designer, costume designer
Feature film "Babki" - director N. Vladimirov. St. Petersburg, 2020
Production designer
Feature film "High security parents" (director N. Vladimirov. St. Petersburg, 2021)
Production designer
Feature film "Similar person" (director – S. Serzin, St. Petersburg, 2021)
Production designer
Feature film "Ryzhy" - director – S. Serzin, Hype film production, Moscow, 2022)
Production designer
Work in progress
Student Works:
"The Love For Three Oranges", opera by S. Prokofiev
"A Doll's House", play by H. Ibsen
"The Wayward Daughter", ballet by F. Hérold
"Fiddler On The Roof", musical by J. Bock
"Eugene Onegin", opera by P. Tchaikovsky
"Elektra", opera by R. Strauss
"Cinderella", ballet by S. Prokofiev
"An Ordinary Miracle", play by Y. Shvarts
"Nabucco", opera by G. Verdi
"Ruslan And Ludmila", opera by M. Glinka
"My Cousin's Corner Window", story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
"The Magic Flute" opera by W.A. Mozart, diploma
"The Love For Three Oranges", opera by S. Prokofiev
"A Doll's House", play by H. Ibsen
"The Wayward Daughter", ballet by F. Hérold
"Fiddler On The Roof", musical by J. Bock
"Eugene Onegin", opera by P. Tchaikovsky
"Elektra", opera by R. Strauss
"Cinderella", ballet by S. Prokofiev
"An Ordinary Miracle", play by Y. Shvarts
"Nabucco", opera by G. Verdi
"Ruslan And Ludmila", opera by M. Glinka
"My Cousin's Corner Window", story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
"The Magic Flute" opera by W.A. Mozart, diploma
Exhibition Participation:
"Theatre In Scale"
Exhibition of V. Okunev workshop students in Russian State Academic Drama Theatre named after A.S. Pushkin, 2009
"On.Theatre"
Exhibition of young theatre designers in Lensovet St Petersburg State Academic Theatre, 2009
"Prague Quadrennial 2011" (pavilion of young russian stage designers)
"Shanghai exhibition of stage design 2012"
"Theatre In Scale"
Exhibition of V. Okunev workshop students in Russian State Academic Drama Theatre named after A.S. Pushkin, 2009
"On.Theatre"
Exhibition of young theatre designers in Lensovet St Petersburg State Academic Theatre, 2009
"Prague Quadrennial 2011" (pavilion of young russian stage designers)
"Shanghai exhibition of stage design 2012"
