JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW.
an award-winning multi-disciplinary lighting, projection designer, and creator of her own original puppetry works.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY.
JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW is an award winning multi-disciplinary lighting and projection
designer for theater, dance, opera, musicals, music performances, art installation,
immersive experiences and digital productions. As a designer, Jeanette aims to create a
visual environment that is organically integrated into the landscape and language of the
production. NY Times described her designs as “clever” and “inventive”. Her designs
have been seen across US cities and internationally at Havana (Cuba), Prague (Czech
Republic), Lima (Peru), Edinburgh (Scotland), Tokyo (Japan), Graz (Austria), Shanghai
(China), Paris (France), and Bloemfontein (South Africa).
Jeanette is also a generative artist in devising interdisciplinary productions through
contemporary puppetry aesthetics. NY Times described her project with Target Margin,
Act 4 of The Iceman Cometh as “consistently inventive”. Her immersive production, Are
They Edible? premiered at La MaMa to sold-out houses.
Jeanette is an Arts Professor with NYU Tisch Drama Production & Design Studio.
NEA/TCG career development program recipient.
ARTIST INTERVIEW.
Stay tuned for the interview, to be released on July 13.
"The responsibility becomes about, ‘Okay, am I creating a total picture onstage?’ There’s nothing I can try out at all until I am in tech because we just don’t have the resources to set up lighting or be in the theater early. So all of my work is completely public. It has to be done with everybody in the room.”
CLEVER
and
INVENTIVE
THE NEW YORK TIMES
GALLERY.
Discover photos and videos from Jeanette's work.
CREDITS: SWEET LAND, Produced by The Industry, Directed by Yuval Sharon and Cannupa Hanska Luger, Composition by Raven Chacon and Du Yun, Libretto by Douglas Kearney and Aja Couchois Duncan, Lighting by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Photo by Casey Kringlen; KING LEAR, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Directed by Simon Godwin, Choreographed by Johnathan Goddard, Composed by Michael Bruce, Lighting by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Photo by DJ Corey; ARE THEY EDIBLE?, Written by Matthew Smith, Dramaturgy by Amy Jensen, Music by Karl Hinze, Sound by Margaret Schedel, Featuring Amy Jense, Marisa Lark-Wallin, Justin Perkins, Maggie Robinson, Julia Sirna-Frest, Meghan Williams and Nikki Calonge, Video Design by Philiip Gulley, Photos by Hunter Canning; ORATORIO FOR LIVING THINGS, ARS NOVA @ GREENWICH HOUSE, Composed by Heather Christian, Directed by Lee Sunday Evans, Music Directed by Ben Moss, Lighting by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Photos by Ben Abons; LUDIC PROXY, PRODUCER: THE PLAY COMPANY (PLAYCO), Written and Directed by Aya Ogawa, Set by Jian Jung, Costumes by Loren Shaw, Sound by Michael Kiley, Lighting and Projections by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Photos by Fitz Patton for Chance; INSIDE I, PRODUCED BY: 7 STAGES @ ATLANTA, GA, Written & Directed by Michael Haverty & Erwin Maas, Set by Lito Tamez, Lights by Rebecca Makus, Puppets by Russ Vick, Photos courtesy of the artist; Oneohtrix Point Never's MYRIAD, Produced by Red Bull at Park Avenue Armory (NYC), Creative and Set Design by Griffin Frazen, Sculpture and Video by Nate Boyce, Costumes by Emily Schubert, Photo by Todd Owyoung.