MARSHA GINSBERG
1962 Born in New York, USA
Lives and work in New York, USA
EDUCATION
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA
Master of Fine Arts in Theater Design
Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Studio Program, New York, NY, USA
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, School of Art, New York, NY, USA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2000 MacDowell Colony Residency
1997 Art Awareness/NEA project grant
1995 MacDowell Colony Residency
92-93 NEA/Theater Communications Group (TCG) Design Fellowship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Pavlov's Lab and Other Rooms, magnus müller Gallery, Berlin, Germany Photographs and stage-construction
Curated performance series within installation: performances by directors Norma Somaini, David Levine,Heiko Kalmbach
1997 The Register, A multi-media installation in several rooms of an abandoned Victorian Hotel, Art Awareness, Lexington, NY, USA (Collaborators: Geoff Korf, lights; Wayne Frost, sound score; Peter Mattei, playwright)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Photographs in Blue, a group exhibition curated by artist Portia Munson. The Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY, USA
Design Life Now, National Design Triennial, Contemporary Museum, Houston, TX , USA
2007 Design Life Now, National Design Triennial, ICA Boston, MA, USA
Artforum, Berlin, magnus müller Gallery
Pulse, London, magnus müller Gallery
Pulse, Miami, magnus müller Gallery
2006 Design Life Now, National Design Triennial, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York City, NY, USA
1999 Holiday Inn, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, USA
Turning Point 101, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1998 New Blood 101, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles; AIA, San Francisco; Yale University, Art & Architecture Gallery
SELECTED SCENIC DESIGN
2009 Design for Don Pasquale by Donizetti, directed by Roy Rallo, National Theater Weimar
Scenic design for Telephone, a new play by poet Ariana Reines.
Bleak House, a video and theaterical installation in collaboration with director Heiko Kalmbach in Crash Boom Bau, a Festival of New scenography commemorating the founding of the Bauhaus at Theaterhaus Jena, Germany
Design-scene, directed by Ken Schmoll, Foundry Theater Company, at the Cherry Lane Theater, New York City, NY, USA
2008 Set Design for Kafeneion. Directed and conceived by Dimitri Kourtakis. Athens Festival, Athens, Greece
2007 Knock-out, by Katharina Schmitt, directed by Heiko Kalmbach, Theaterhaus Jena, Germany
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, by Mozart, directed by Christopher Alden, Theater Basel, Switzerland
2006 The Lower Depths, Maxim Gorky, directed by Nigel Maister, International Theater Program, University of Rochester, NY, USA
Fizz, by Rogalio Martinez, directed by Sam Gold, Ohio Theater, New York City, NY, USA
The Misanthrope, Moliere, directed by Michael Sexton, Classic Stage Company, New York City, NY, USA
Tartuffe, Moliere, directed by Brian Kulik, Classic Stage Company, New York City, NY, USA
Scapin, Moliere, directed by Nicki Wolcz, Classic Stage Company, New York City, NY, USA
2005 Wildlife, Victor Lodato, directed by Michael Sexton, Summer Play Festival, Clurman Theater, New York City, NY, USA
Three One Acts (Serva Padrona, Pauvre Matelot, Rita), directed by Christopher Alden, San Francisco Opera Center, CA, USA
Puzzle Locker (sets & costumes), new work by David Hancock commissioned by Nigel Maister, director, International Theater Program, University of Rochester, NY, USA
2004 Imeneo, Handel, directed by Christopher Alden, Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY,USA Co-production with New York City Opera
Wave, by Sung Rno, directed by Will Pomerantz, Ma Yi Theater Company @ Ohio Theater, NYC
2003 Freshwater, Virginia Woolf & songs by Rebecca Clark, directed by Isabel Milenski .Long Beach
Opera at the Getty Museum in association with the Julia Margaret Cameron Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Carmen, Bizet, directed by Christopher Alden, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Germany, in repertory
In Mahler’s Shadow (Das Lied von der Erde, Symphony No. 4, Songs of a Wayfarer) sets & costumes, directed by Christopher Alden, EOS Orchestra, Society for Ethical Culture, New York City, NY, USA
2002 Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames, Denis Johnson, directed by David Levine, Vineyard Theater, New York City, NY, USA
La Finta Giardiniera, Mozart, directed by Roy Rallo, San Francisco Opera Center, CA, USA
2001 Finally Flannery (sets & costumes), Barbara Suter, directed by Michael Sexton, New York Theater Workshop (NYTW) New York City, NY, USA
Elektra, Strauss, directed by Roy Rallo, Long Beach Opera, Long Beach, CA, USA
Deux Mariages: Romola & Nijinsky, Lynne Alvarez, directed by David Levine, The Flea Theater, New York City, NY, USA
2000 Emma Goldman (sets & costumes), Martin Duberman, directed by Michael Sexton, NYTW, NYC
Eloise & Ray, Stephanie Fleischmann, directed by Alex Aron, New Georges at The Ohio Theater, New York City, NY, USA
Loves Labor Lost, Shakespeare, directed by Michael Sexton, The Juilliard Theater, NYC
1999 Bluebeard's Castle, Bartok (sets & costumes), directed by Roy Rallo, Long Beach Opera, CA
The Seagull, Chekhov, directed by David Herskovits, Target Margin at The Ohio Theater, NYC
1998 Smart Gals are Going Places, written & performed by Christine Louise Berry, Glaxa Studios & Highways, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Imaginary Invalid, Moliere, directed by Todd Salovey, San Diego Repertory Theater, CA, USA
1997 South, Julian Green, directed by David Herskovits, Target Margin at Here, New York City, NY, USA
Marisol, Jose Rivera, directed by Kenn Watt, Eureka Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA
1996 Aida, Verdi (with Robert Israel), directed by David Pountney, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
Leonce and Lena, Georg Buchner, directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Evidence Room, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Young Valiant, Oliver Mayer, directed by Robert Egan, Mark Taper Forum, New Works Festival, Los Angeles
Houseguests, Harry Kondoleon, directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Evidence Room, Los Angeles
1995 The Innocence of Ghosts, Rosanna Staffa, directed by Peter Brosius, Mark Taper Forum, New Works Festival
Swell (adapt. of Krankheit der Jugend), directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Evidence Room, Los Angeles
Tiny Dimes, Peter Mattei, directed by Mitchell Gossett, Evidence Room, Los Angeles
Hamlet, directed by Wolpe/Ohama, Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company
1994 The Nest, F.X. Kroetz, directed by Moises Kaufman, Tectonic Theater, New York City, NY, USA
India Song, Marguerite Duras, directed by David Herskovits, Target Margin at Ontological, New York City, NY, USA
Turn of the Screw, Benjamin Britten, directed by Mary Duncan, Berkshire Opera, MA, USA
1993 Trouble, by Stephen Friedman, directed by Barbara Damashek, Magic Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA
Watch Your Back, by Gary Hill, directed by David Ford, Magic Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA
1992 Susannah, Carlisle Floyd, directed by Jim Furlong, Bronx Opera, New York City, NY, USA
The Idiotworks, Kirk Marcoe, dir. by Moises Kaufman, Tectonic Theater at Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York City, NY, USA
Egypt, adapt.of Antony and Cleopatra, directed by David Herskovits, Target Margin at La Mama ETC, New York City, NY, USA
1991 Women in Beckett, directed by Moises Kaufman, Tectonic at Theater for New City, New York City, NY, USA
Mondo Mambo, by Piedro Pietri, directed by Adal Maldonado, Festival Latino, Public Theater, New York City, NY, USA
Endgame, Beckett, directed by Moises Kaufman, Tectonic Theater, New York City, NY, USA
ASSITANT DESIGN
1992 - Associate to Robert Israel on: Hans Christian Andersen (dir: Martha Clarke) ACT, San Francisco; Fidelio
2001 (dir: Juergen Flimm) and Wozzeck (dir. Mark Lamos), Metropolitan Opera, NYC; Salammbo, Opera National de Paris; Rienzi, Vienna Opera; Florenzia en al Amazonas, L.A. Opera and Houston Grand Opera; Tartuffe, Schlemiel, American Repertory Theater (ART), Cambridge, MA; Orphee, ART, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Emmeline, Santa Fe Opera and NYC Opera; Tristan and Isolde, Danish Opera; Elektra, Washington Opera; Cosi Fan Tutte, Glimmerglass Opera; Alices' Adventures Underground, English National Theater; Fairy Queen, English National Opera
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2005 - present Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA
Assistant Professor & Resident Designer
2002 Parsons School of Design, Dept. of Architecture, Interior & Lighting Design, New York City, NY, USA
Adjunct Faculty, Graduate & Undergraduate
1993 - present UCLA, School of Theater, Film & TV, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate & Undergraduate students
2001 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Visiting Designer and advisor
98-02 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA, Visiting Assistant Professor