KAROLINA BIELSKYTE
W: www.karbielskyte.wix.com/portfolio
T: 07742310038
EXPERIENCE
03/2015 – 05/2015 Chille De La Balanza - Theatre Company
Working on set design for a site-specific show ‘Fathers and Sons’ by Ivan Turgenev, Florence, Italy
07/2014 - 12/2014 Backstage work experience at The REP Theatre, Birmingham, UK
11/2014 The Sound Of Memories - Interactive audio visual
installation at Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Collaboration with artists Rob Olins, Douglas Benford and Lee
Berwick.
06/2014 ‘The Endless River’ - Ian Emes Production Working as an art director assistant and performer in the making of a 50 minute film production to be released in tendem with the new Pink Floyd album. Birmingham UK
06/2014 Training: The Complicite - Director / Designer workshop, the Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK
08/2013 Birmingham Hippodrome – Summer in Southside 2013
Voluntary work as a production assistant helping and supporting the production team with site dressing.
03/2013 Flatpack Film Festival Birmingham, UK
Voluntary work, developing activities and customer service.
2011 – present Freelance Artist/Illustrator
08/2011 Rock Nights music festival - UAB Bliuzo Naktys, Varniai,
Lithuania
Voluntary work on set design and production.
07/2010 The Tundra music festival - UAB Bliuzo Naktys, Varniai,
Lithuania
Voluntary work on set design and production.
SKILLS
Language:
fluent: Lithuanian, English
basic: German
Technical:
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Premiere Pro, CorelDRAW
Graphics Suite, Google SketchUp
IT Skills:
Microsof Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Design:
Set and Costume Design, Model and Prop Making, Story/Script
Writing, Computer and Hand Illustration
EDUCATION
present - 2016 The University of the West of England
MA Degree in Animation
2014 - 2011 Birmingham City University
1st Class BA (Hons) Degree in Theatre, Performance and Event Design
2003 – 2011 Kaunas High School of Art
General Education with additional art and design courses
A levels: English, Lithuanian, History, Arts
SHOWS AND AWARDS
11/2014 Collective exhibition: European League of Institutes of the Arts - The NEU/NOW Festival, Glasgow, UK
11/2014 Collective exhibition: 9 Lifes of the Artist - Exhibition of Young Emigrant Lithuanian Artists, UMI Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
11/2014 Collective exhibition: UK Young Artists Leicester Festival 2014, Two Queens Gallery, Leicester, UK
10/2014 Collective exhibition: IX International Media Arts and
Music Festival ‘Centras‘ , Kaunas, Lithuania
07/2014 Collective exhibition: ‘Shakespeare in a Suitcase‘
installation BE Festival Birmingham, Birmingham Repertory
Theatre, UK
06/2014 Birmingham Repertory Theatre Award The VISCOM Ian Emes Awards, UK
05/2014 Solo exhibition: showcasing Major Personal Project
Installation ‘The Contraption‘ at BCU Parkside Building,
Birmingham, UK
09/2013 World Stage Design exhibition: ‘The Mad Scenographer Of Illyria’ - Set & Costume Design Installation, Cardiff, Wales, UK
08/2013 Training: Birmingham Hippodrome World Class Service Training Certificate in Outdoor Arts, UK
04/2012 Collective exhibition: ‘Shakespeare in a suitcase’
exhibition Victoria & Albert Museum London, UK
12/2011 Award from the Council of Kaunas town in the Christmas postcards competition, Lithuania