| Vladimir Shpitalnik | 31
Forest St. Branford, CT 06405 U.S.A. 203.481.4270 shpitalnik@aol.com |
| Professional Theater Experience - Set and Costume Design (selected productions) | |
| 2007 | The Snow Maiden –Projections Premier Ballet Company, West Hartford, CT |
| 2004 | Sylvia – Set design New Harmony Theatre, New Harmony, IN Director: Scott LeFeber |
| 2003 | A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukralne – Set design New Harmony Theatre, New Harmony, IN Director: Scott LeFeber |
| Midwives – Set design Clarence Brown Theatre, Tennessee Director: Kay Long |
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| 2002 | Private Lives – Set design New Harmony Theatre, New Harmony, IN Director: Scott LeFeber |
| 2001 | Twelfth Night – Set design New Harmony Theatre, New Harmony, IN Director: Scott LeFeber |
| Dance2 to the Second Power - Set Design. Center for Fine Arts Theatre, Wesleyan University. Choreographer Adair Landborn. |
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| Appleseed
John - Set and contume design Stage One: Professional Theater for Young Audiences Director: Moses Goldberg |
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| 2000 | The
Threepenny Opera - Set and costume design. The Lyman Center for Performing Arts, New Haven, CT Director: Mark Watts |
| The
Philadelphia Story - Set design. The New Harmony Theatre, New Harmony, IN Director: Scott LeFeber |
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| Island
of the Blue Dolphins - Set and costume design Stage One: Professional Theater for Young Audiences Director: J. Daniel Herring |
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| 1999 | Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight - Set and costume design. Stage One: Professional Theater for Young Audiences Director: Moses Goldberg |
| You
Never Know, Cole Porter and Rowland Leigh - Set design. The New Harmony Theatre, New Harmony, IN Director: Scott LaFeber |
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| 1998-99 | The
Snow Queen - Set and costume design. The New Haven Ballet, Orchestra New England, New Haven, CT Director and choreographer: Noble Barker Composer: |
| 1998 | Affection
- Set design. Joffrey Ballet, Chicago, IL Choreographer: Randy Duncan |
| Dinosaur - Set and costume design. Stage One: Professional Theater for Young Audiences Director: Kate Long |
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| Death
of A Salesman - Set design. The New Harmony Theatre, New Harmony, IN Director: Scott LaFeber |
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| 1996 | Othello - Set and costume design. The Lyman Center for Performing Arts, New Haven, CT Director: Mark Watts |
| Nutcracker:
The Musical - Set and costume design. Seacoast Rep, Portsmouth, NH Director: Thad Doyle |
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| Blue
Bonnet - Set and costume design. The Chancel Opera Company, New Haven, CT Director: Phyllis Warfel Composer: |
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| 1995-98 | The
Nutcracker Set and costume design. New Haven Ballet, New Haven, CT Director and choreographer: Noble Barker |
| 1995/96/98 | Coming
Through - Set design. American Place Theatre, New York, NY Director: Wynn Handman |
| 1995 | The
Fall and Repentance of Mary and The Martyrdom of the Holy Virgins -
Set and costume design. Voice and Vision at the Cloisters, New York, NY Director: Marya Mazor |
| Rabbi
Nachman’s Chair - Set and costume design. The Chancel Opera Company, New Haven, CT Director: Phyllis Warfel Composer: |
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| 1994 | Offerings - Set design. American Place Theatre, New York, NY Director: Wynn Handman |
| 1993 | First
Snow / Egorushka - Set and costume design. Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center / SoHo Rep, New York, NY Directors: Elise Thoron and Alexei Tabachnikov |
| Musical
workshops for children - Set Design. Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Waterford, CT |
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| The
Emperor and the Nightingale The Chancel Opera Company, New Haven, CT Director: Susan Bingham Composer: |
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| The
Little Match Girl The Chancel Opera Company, New Haven, CT Director: Phyllis Warfel Composer: |
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| 1992 | The
Balcony - Set design. Yale School of Drama, New Haven, CT Director Milos Miladovic |
| Folk
Tale Operas - Set design. The Chancel Opera Company, New Haven, CT Director: Phyllis Warfel Composer: |
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| 1991 | Charnel
House Cha Cha by Jack Harris-Bonham - Set and costume design. Yale School of Drama Studio Director: Sheldon |
| 1990 | Ivanov - Assistant to David Borovski, set designer. Moscow Art Theatre / Yale Repertory Theatre New Haven, CT |
| Go
On - Set and costume design. Yale Cabaret, New Haven, CT Director: Anna Shapiro |
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| Three
Sisters - Set design. Yale School of Drama, New Haven, CT Director: Tim Vasen |
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| Zing
Zing - Set and costume design. Kazan Theater for Youth, Kazan, Russia Director: Mikhail Kogan |
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| 1989 | Snow
Near the Prison Set and costume design. Yermolova Theatre, Moscow, Russia Director: Andrei Jetinkin |
| Suddenly
Last Summer - Set and costume design. Studio Theatre On the Baumanovsky, Moscow, Russia Director: Mikhail Zonenstrahl. |
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| The
Price - Set and costume design. Vakhtangov Studio, Moscow, Russia Director: Andrei Jetinkin |
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| 1988 | Cock-a-doodle-do by A. Moskalenko - Set and costume design. Theatre On the Malaya Bronnaya, Moscow. Director: Andrei Jitinkin |
| Eagles
- Little Falcons - Set and costume design. Andreyev Studio, Moscow Director: Natella Britaeva |
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| The
Suicide - Set and costume design. Moscow Art Theatre Studio, Moscow, Russia Director: E. Rodomislenski |
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| 1984-85 | The
Price by Arthur Miller (the first Soviet staging of Arthur Miller since1960s)
- Set and costume design. Vakhtangov Studio Theatre, Moscow Director: Andrei Jitinkin |
| Man
From the Stars - Set and costume design. Vakhtangov Studio Theatre, Moscow Director: Mikhail Zonenstrahl. |
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| Woe
From Wit by Griboyedov - Set and costume design. Moscow Art Theatre Studio, Moscow Director: Alla Pokrovskaya |
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| Film | |
| 1999 | All
About George, Independent film. Production design Director: Christopher Llewellyn Reed |
| 1989 | Animal
Farm - Production design Gorky Cinema-Studio, Moscow, Russia Director: Olga Grekova (Unproduced) |
| Interior Design | |
| 2007 | Merwin's Art Shop, New Haven, CT |
| 2004-2006 | Theatre Communications Group (TCG), New York, NY |
| 1999 | Madison Art Cinema, Madison, CT |
| Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, CT SNET flexible product display pavilion at Oakdale Theater |
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| New England Food and Beverage Company, Guilford, CT | |
| 1998-99 | Meadows
Music Theater, Hartford, CT Various permanent art installations |
| 1998 | Beach Street Waterfront Grille, West Haven, CT |
| 1996 | Oakdale
Theatre, Wallingford, CT 5,000 seat theater and its Room Number Five Special Event Room |
| 1993 | Berezka International Foods, Boston, MA |
| Kaminsky - Gourmet Foods, Newberry Street, Boston, MA | |
| Connecticut College Capital Campaign - Launch displays, New London, CT | |
| Environmental Art | |
| 2006 | UCONN Husky Trail / Dog Juan , Various sites around CT |
| 2003 | World Trade Center Memorial Competition Entry, New York, NY |
| 2002-2003 | International
Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT Installation: 500 Faces |
| 1997 | International
Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT Installation: Four 24-foot puppet/sculptures to adorn New Haven Town Green during annual festival celebrations. |
| Illustrations (selected) | |
| 2006 | Sasha and Babushka by Vladimir Shpitalnik and Cornelia Evans Soundprints |
| 2005-2006 | Yale University Department of Psychology, various illustrations |
| 2003 | American Psychologist, cover for December issue |
| 2001-2003 | Yale School of Medicine, various illustrations |
| 1998 | Yale
University/First USA Bank Visa Card (Woolsey Hall image) |
| Association of Yale Alumni Website | |
| 1997 | International Festival of Arts and Ideas - poster, T-shirts |
| 1995 | International
Handbook of Personality and Intelligence Plenum Press, New York and London edited by Donald Saklofske |
| 1993-94 | Crocodile
Gene and His Friends by Eduard Uspensky Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. - Juvenile Division |
| The
Little Warranty People by Eduard Uspensky Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. - Juvenile Division |
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| Uncle
Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat by Eduard Uspensky Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. - Juvenile Division |
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| Fine Art Exhibitions (selected) | |
| 2007 | Artspace, New Haven, CT "2007 New Haven City Wide Open Studios " |
| Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA "Robert's Snow 2007" | |
| Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT "Mini: Exhibition of Miniature Art" | |
| Santa Barbara Central Library, Santa Barbara, CA "Set and costume design by Vladimir Shpitalnik" | |
| Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden, CT "13 Leonardo's Challenge" | |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT "Connecticut Watercolor Society 67th Annual Exhibition" | |
| Madison Art Cinemas, Madison, CT " Vladimir Shpitalnik" | |
| Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT "Cultural Passages: Identity Made Visible" | |
| 2006 | Cherry&Webb Gallery, Fall River, MA "Art of the story 2006. An exhibition of Children's Book Illustration" |
| Society of Illustrators, New York, NY "17 Members Open Exhibition" | |
| Artspace, New Haven, CT "2006 New Haven City Wide Open Studios " | |
| 2005 | Society of Illustrators, New York, NY "The Art of the Story Board" |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT "Connecticut Watercolor Society 65th Annual Exhibition" | |
| Child at Heart Gallery, Newburyport, MA "Robert's Snow" | |
| Cherry&Webb Gallery, Fall River, MA "Art of the story. An exhibition of Children's Book Illustration" | |
| 2004 | Kehler Liddell Gallerys, New Haven, CT "Group Show" |
| The Robert Lehman Art Center, North Andover, MA "The Art of Illustration" | |
| The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT "Arts Connecticut, 2004: Guilford Art League 57nd Annual Juried Exhibition" | |
| 2003 | Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven, Woodbridge, CT " Story Pictures: ASelection of Children's Book Illustrations" |
| The Robert Lehman Art Center, North Andover, MA "Art of the Theater" | |
| Artspace, New Haven, CT "2003 New Haven City Wide Open Studios " | |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT "Connecticut Watercolor Society 63rd Annual Exhibition" | |
| 2002 | Madison Art Cinemas, Madison, CT " Vladimir Shpitalnik" |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT "The Portrait" Second Annual Juried Exhibition | |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT "New Haven Paint and Clay Club Annual Exhibition" | |
| Artspace, New Haven, CT "2002 Open Studios " | |
| 2001 | John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT "Connecticut Watercolor Society 61st Annual Exhibition" |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT "New Haven Paint and Clay Club Annual Exhibition" | |
| Western Connecticut State University Ruth Haas Library, Danbury, CT "Connecticut State University Art Faculty Exhibition" | |
| 1999 | Duracell Corporation, Bethel, CT "Paier College of Art Exhibition" |
| The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT "Arts Connecticut, 1999: Guilford Art League 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition" | |
| 1998 | Artspace, New Haven, CT "Regional College Faculty Exhibition" |
| Artspace, New Haven, CT "1998 Open Studios " | |
| The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT "Arts Connecticut, 1998: Guilford Art League 51st Annual Juried Exhibition" | |
| Lyman Center, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT "Faculty Show" | |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, "New Haven Paint and Clay Club: 97th Annual Juried Art Exhibition" | |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, "New Haven Paint and Clay Club Annual Exhibition" | |
| 1997-98 | Society of Illustrators, New York, NY "Our Own Show" |
| Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden, CT "Leonardo's Challenge" | |
| 1996 | Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT, "Facets," Individual show |
| International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT "Art on the Edge" | |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, "New Haven Paint and Clay Club Annual Exhibition" | |
| Green Gallery, Guilford, CT, Group Show | |
| The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT "The Virtual Self," | |
| Eli Whitney Museum, New Haven, CT "One Thousand Voices of Design" | |
| 1995 | Paul Mellon Art Gallery, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT"Vladimir Shpitalnik: Retrospective" |
| Connecticut State University, Faculty Art Show | |
| Society of Illustrators, New York, NY "Our Own Show" | |
| Jewish Community Center Gallery, Woodbridge, CT Original artwork from Rabbi Nachman's Chair | |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, "17th Annual Calligraphy Exhibition" | |
| Whitney Grove Square, New Haven, CT, "Original Artwork from the Nutcraker: An Exhibition of Set and Costume Designs" | |
| 1994 | John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT "The Visual Stage: Art In and Around the Theater" |
| John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT "16th Annual Calligraphy Exhibition" | |
| 1992 | Whitney
Grove Square and Sprague Hall, New Haven, CT Fully operational, child-sized theater designed and built with Sergei Goryanski |
| Lincoln Center Public Library for the Performing Arts Ming's Clambake, an exhibition of set, costume, and lighting designs by the 1992 graduating classes of America's leading theater training institutions. Curated by Ming Cho Lee | |
| 1991 | Merwin's Art Shop, New Haven, CT, "Summertime at Yale," watercolor exhibition of Shpitalnik's Scenes of Yale. |
| 1989 | Theatre Designers at the First International Festival of Theatre Youth, "Podium" Young Set Designers of Russia, Moscow |
| 1998, 87 | VTO - Theatrical Union Moscow, Russia, Moscow, Theatre Designers Exhibition |
| Education | |
| 1992 | Yale School of Drama, MFA in Design |
| 1988 - 90 | Moscow Art Theatre School, Scenic Design |
| 1984 - 88 | Moscow Art Theatre School, Technical Design program |
| 1984 | Zagorsk Matrioshka Factory, Artist practicum |
| 1979 - 84 | Abramtsevskoe Art School, Degree in Art and Ceramics |
| 1983 | Gjelle Ceramic Studio, Practicum |
| Professional Associations | |
| Founding member of Alliance Theatre Construction Consultants (Allince TCC). | |
| United
Scenic Artists, ASSITEJ, Society of Illustrators, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Connecticut Watercolor Society |
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| Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators | |
| University and Other Educational Appointments | |
| 1995 - present | Southern Connecticut State University, Lecturer, Art Department |
| 1996 - present | Paier College of Art, Lecturer |
| 2007 | Sacred Heart University, Lecturer, Art Department |
| 2003 | Brooks School, Visiting Artist, Lecturer, Department of Theatre and Art |
| 1995 | University of Michigan, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Theatre, |
| Honors and Awards | |
| Work included in permanent collection of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club | |
| National Endowment for the Arts, TCG Designer Fellowship, 1997 | |
| International Festival of Arts and Ideas, First Prize: First Great Kinetic-cut Sculpture Race, 1999 | |