MARKO JAPELJ

Since 1986, Marko has been a freelance set designer with over than three hundred performances in Slovenia and abroad. He studied architecture in Ljubljana, so his first stage design was for Hedda Gabler at the Academy for Theatre and Film there. His scenographic debut in a professional theatre was the production Chekhov’s Three Sisters (National Drama Theatre Maribor, 1987). He has designed set designs for drama, opera, ballet and modern dance performances in numerous prestigious theatres around the world. He has worked with choreographer Edward Clug for the productions Tango, Lacrimas, Radio & Juliet, Architecture of Silence, Prêt-à-porter, Watching Others, Hill Harper’s Dream, Chamber Minds, Le Sacre du printemps, Les Noces, Peer Gynt, Hora / Kontraste, Proof, Kekec, Petrushka, Patterns in ¾, Carmina Burana, Aperture, Source, The Master and Margarita. For his creations he has received several awards. From 1995 to 1997 he has been a visiting professor and head of the Department for Theatre and Film Set Design at the Vienna University of Applied Arts.