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Adriana Grand, set designer

Theater, opera, puppet theater and TV set designer, graphic artist and advertising designer.

Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj (1983)

Guest set and costume designer for: National Theater in Bucharest, National Theater in Budapest (Hungary), Jewish State Theater in Bucharest, Csokonay Theater in Debrecen (Hungary), Szigligeti Ede Theater in Szolnok (Hungary), Drama Theater in Zalaegeszeg (Hungary), Nottara Theater in Bucharest, Odeon Theater in Bucharest, National Theater in Cluj, Magyar Theater in Cluj, State Theater in Arad, National Theater in Targu Mures, Drama Theater in Galatzi, State Theater in Oradea, National Theater in Craiova, etc.

Between 1990 and 1992: graphic design of TEATRUL AZI (Theater Today) magazine. In 1992 she designs the costumes for the Olympic skating team of Hungary

Since 1986: book graphics for the following publishers: Kriterion, Albatros, Unitext, Dacia; show and festival posters in Romania and Hungary. Between 1994-1997 and presently she is member of the Senate of the Theatrical Union of Romania (UNITER)

Since 2004: present in the successful Romanian women TOP 100 published by Capital magazine

AUTHOR of over 100 set designs (selection): THE WATER by Dumitru Solomon – Oradea State Theater / DOM JUAN by Moliere – Galatzi Drama Theater / TURANDOT by Carlo Gozzi – Galatzi Drama Theater / CARNIVAL IN JASSY by Vasile Alecsandri – Cluj National Theater / MARAT-SADE by Peter Weiss – Cluj National Theater / SATYRICON after Petronius – Targu Mures National Theater / THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE by Lucian Blaga – Targu Mures National Theater / THE CHERRY-TREE ORCHARD by A. P. Chekhov – Budapest National Theater / TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT by Christopher Marlowe – Bucharest National Theater / GHETTO by Joshua Sobol – Bucharest National Theater / FALSTAFF after W. Shakespeare – Cluj National Theater / BECKET by Jean Anouilh – Cluj National Theater / TROUPE ON BARRELS, Theatrical Union of Romania – UNITER / TWELFTH-NIGHT by W. Shakespeare – Cluj Magyar Theater/ A VERSAILLES IMPROVISATION by Moliere – Craiova National Theater / ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell – Craiova National Theater / REQUIEM by Verdi – Cluj Romanian Opera / LORENZACCIO by Alfred de Musset – Timisoara Csiky Gergely State Theater / A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by W. Shakespeare – Cluj National Theater / TOM PAINE by Paul Foster – Cluj National Theater / FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – Zalaegerszeg Hevesi Sándor Theater / TRAVELING BY HEARSE by Raymond Cousse - Timisoara Csiky Gergely State Theater / MUTTER COURAGE by Bertolt Brecht – Timisoara German State Theater / THE LESSON by Eugène Ionesco – Timisoara Csiky Gergely State Theater / EXIT THE KING by Eugène Ionesco – Theatrum Mundi / HAMLET by William Shakespeare – Timisoara Csiky Gergely State Theater / THE GIFT OF THE GORGON by Peter Shaffer – Targoviste Tony Bulandra Theater / THE CHAIRS by Eugène Ionesco – Timisoara German State Theater

TRAINING PERIOD: Covent Garden, London Opera House (UK)

AWARDS: 20 national and international prizes (selection):
Best Set Award, National Theater Festival – 1991, 1993; Best Set Award of the International Theater Critics’ Association – 1993, 2003; Best Set Award of UNITER – 1990, 1994, 2002
Best Performance in the Magyar-Speaking World 2002

ORDERS / DECORATIONS: Dame of the Cultural Merit Order

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