JEAN KALMAN

Born in Paris, he has been extensively working as visual artist, designer and lighting designer for dance, theatre and opera since 1979. He has collaborated for stage produc- tions with directors as Peter Brook, Lev Dodin, Deborah Warner, Richard Eyre, Robert Carsen, Adrian Noble, Pierre Audi, Amos Gitaï, choreographers as Kazuo Ohno, Min Tanaka, Kim Brandstrup, Krzysztof Pastor, Arno Schuitemaker, visual artists as Karel Appel, Richard Serra, Georg Baselitz, Jannis Kounellis, Anish Kapoor and Christian Boltanski and composers as Mauricio Kagel, Heiner Goebbels, Misato Mochizuki and Frank Krawczyk. He was awarded with the Laurence Olivier Award (1991), Drama Desk Award (1997, 2011), Evening Standard Award (2004) and Green Room Award (2009, Australia) for the best lighting design. He is associated artist to the Royal Shakespeare Company.