A. J. Weissbard

He uses light and space to create works for theater and dance, exhibition, permanent architectural installation, special events, and fashion worldwide. His collaborations include projects with Robert Wilson, Peter Stein, Luca Ronconi, Marina Abramovic, Peter Greenaway, William Kentridge, David Cronenberg, Andriy Zholdak, Shirin Neshat, Gae Aulenti, Fabio Novembre, Giorgio Armani, Brioni, Hugo Boss, Ermenegildo Zegna, CocoRosie, and the Martha Graham Dance Company, among many others. His work has been seen in major opera houses, festivals, theaters, and other sites in more than 50 countries around the word including Lincoln Center New York, Los Angeles Opera, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Paris Opera Garnier, Brussels Opera La Monnaie, Teatro Real Madrid, Epidaurous, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Esplanade Singapore, Bunka Kaikan Tokyo, Teatro Municipal São Paolo, Royal Opera House Muscat, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow; Guggenheim New York and Bilbao, Royal Academy of London, Petit Palais Paris, Vitra Design Museum, Milan Triennale, Quirinale of Rome, Kunstindustrimuseum Copenhagen, Shanghai Art Museum; Aichi World Expo, Milan Salone del Mobile, the Venice Biennale, and the Louvre Paris. His recent projects include Letter to a Man by Robert Wilson and Mikhail Baryshikov; Armani / Silos; Vladimir Rannev’s, Slaughterhouse-Five at the Hellerau European Centre for the Arts; Carmen at the Opera of Montpellier; Mikhail Barishnikov’s Don Quixote at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and Self-deceit by Vittoria Girelli for Stuttgart Ballet. His work has been awarded the Golden Mask for lighting design, the first IFSArts award, and the Latvia’s Great Music award for best musical production, among many others.