Fiona Stewart
scenic art for theatre film animation
(skilled in theatre design, scenic art,
costume making, prop making and model making)
website: http://www.fionastewartscenicart.com
tel: 07760387070
email: fionastewart_39@hotmail.com
d.o.b: 22.06.1980
Full clean driving licence
Scissor-lift operator certified
Professional Training
Postgraduate in Scenic Art
Postgraduate in Professional Theatre
Design
BA(Hons) in Performance Costume
Design
2008 - 2009
2002 – 2003
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England
1998 – 2002
Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
Scenic Art Employment
2006-Present
Employer Millington Associates:
‘Marks & Spencers’ shop project.
Employer Footprints Scenery:
‘The French Detective and the Blue Dog’, Head scenic artist. The Egg, Theatre Royal, Bath.
Weightwatchers advert for Daily Mail, Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen.
Employer Gorden Aldred, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Paint-frame:
‘Showboat’ for Chicago Opera House, San Francisco Opera House and the M.E.T. Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s ‘Love Never Dies’, designer Bob Crowley, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Employer All Scene All Props:
‘Top Hat’ designed by Hildegard Bechtler, Milton Keynes Theatre.
Employer The Gate Theatre:
Head artist on ‘Wittenburg’, ‘The Dream Story’ floor wood-graining and ‘Electra’ marbling for
Latitude festival.
Employer Souvenir:
‘Louis Vuitton’ exhibition, The Louvre, Paris. ‘Batman’, O2 Arena, London. ‘Betty Blue Eyes’, a
Cameron Mackintosh production, designed by Tim Hatley for the Novello Theatre, London.
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Employer Ministry of Fun:
Head prop sculptor and painter for ‘rose shower piece’ for Imperial Leather. Head artist, painting
Andy Warhol inspired installation for the Playboy Casino, Mayfair, London.
Employer Set Up Scenery:
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ second UK national tour and Dubai, a Bill Kenwright production. ‘Anna Nicole’ set
fabrication and ‘Tannhauser’ paint-call for the Royal Opera House London. ‘A Flea in Her Ear’
designed by Rob Howell for London’s Old Vic Theatre.
Employer Burning Windmills:
Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’, Three Mills Studio, London.
Employer Belinda Clisham and Anna Stomper:
‘The Pearl Fishers’, designer Dick Bird, E.N.O, London. ‘Eugene Onegin’ for the Royal Ballet.
Employer David Pughs Ltd:
Calendar Girls paint-calls, The Lowry Salford and Milton Keynes Theatre.
Employer Richard Nutbourne scenic workshop:
‘Don Giovanni’ Glyndebourne Opera, ‘Tosca’ E.N.O, ‘Red’ New York transfer and London Assurance,
National Theatre, London.
Employer Andy Greenfield, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Paint-frame:
‘Dick Whittington’, ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’, ‘Mary Poppins’, designer Terry Parsons. ‘A
British Subject’, Pleasance Theatre Productions for ‘Brits Off Broadway’ at Theater B, New York. ‘The
Pirates of Penzance’, director Peter Malloy, Richmond Theatre, London.
Employer R.S.C.:
‘The Grain Store’ and ‘As you Like It’ (Newcastle transfers).
Employer Melbourne Opera Company:
Head scenic artist, ‘La Boheme’, Melbourne Opera Company, Australia. Scenic artist, ‘Barber of
Seville’, ‘Carmen’, Melbourne Opera Company, Australia.
Other Scenic Art employment:
Scenic art paintcalls: various E.N.O, Royal Court and Old Vic productions and other West end Theatre
show’s. Other paintcalls: The Gate, The Egg Bath, Greenwich Theatre and Trafalgar Studio shows at
the Donmar. Scenic art and design, ‘ Yellow Submarine’ set, Cirque Bijou, Bristol Harbourfest 2009.
Scenic art, design and prop builder, children’s theatre shows, Helen ‘O Grady Drama Academy.Scenic
art and design commission. Tuscan landscape backcloth for marquee event.
Other Relevant Employment
2003 – present
Theatre design, scenic art, set build, prop and costume making, ‘ Queen Pokou’, The Albany,
London, Dir. Franko Figueredo.
Theatre design, scenic art, costume and prop making, ‘When Harry met Barry’, The Stag Theatre,
London, Dir. Tim Mcarthur.
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Costume trainee on feature movie, ‘Valhalla Rising’. Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn.
Costume designer and maker for short independent film, ‘Alfonso’. Edinburgh.
Costume designer, ‘A History of Motion Picture’, La Mama Theatre, Melbourne, Australia.
Community art assistant, ‘Common Ground’, an Installation of neon and fireworks celebrating
Australia Day and Aboriginal Culture. Assisting artist Catherine Larkin.
Graphic design commission, painted logo for the sailing vessel, The Atlantic Clipper’, Australia.
Window dresser and visual stylist, The Gap, Edinburgh, Scotland. Head of store visual presentation.
Set and costume designer, Whitehorse Theatre, Germany.
Set and costume designer, ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’, Shakespeare. Cambridge Arts Theatre.
Prop maker and buyer, Whitehorse Theatre, Germany.
Productions whilst training at the B.O.V.T.S.
2008-2009
Scenic artist, ‘Aladdin’, Redgrave Theatre, Bristol, designer Sue Mayes, ‘On the Razzle’,
Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, designer Ali Glanville-Jones, ‘Machinal’, Tobacco Factory, Bristol,
designer Chris Faulds, ‘Man of Mode’, Circomedia, Bristol, designer Amy Yardley, ‘Romeo
and Juliet’, Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, designer Phillipa Thomas, ‘Oh What a Lovely War’,
Tobacco Factory, Bristol, designer Andrea Montag.
Animation scenic painting internship on Wes Anderson’s, ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. Animation
workshop with Katy Clarke (set dresser and painter on Tim Burton’s ‘Corpse Bride)’.
2002-2003
Set designer, Noel Coward’s, ‘Tonight at 8.30’. Bristol Old Vic Studio, Bristol, England. Dir.
Sue Wilson.
Costume designer, Richard Howard’s adaptation of ‘Animal Farm’, by George Orwell.
Redgrave Theatre, Bristol.
Set and costume designer, Moliere’s, ‘The Flying Doctor’, Bristol Old Vic Basement, Bristol.
Opera set and costume design project, ‘L'enfant et les Sortilèges’, Dir. Johnny Ramster.
Relevant Skills and Achievements
Winner of the Jocelyn Herbert Award for theatre design, 2003 and shortlisted for the Linbury
Biennial for stage design, 2003.
Scenic painting, set and costume design, model making, technical drawing, costume making and
pattern cutting, screen printing and textile design, prop making, costing/budget management.
Referees
Gordon Aldred Scenic Artist/Designer Tel: 07931544382. Susan Mayes Designer 07932040298
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