Es Devlin: Innovator

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BIOGRAPHY

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ARTIST AND STAGE DESIGNER BORN IN KINGSTON UPON THAMES, LONDON 1971

BIOGRAPHY

STUDIED ENGLISH LITERATURE AT BRISTOL UNIVERSITY THEN PROCEEDED TO CENTRAL ST. MARTINS’ AND SPECIALIZED IN THEATRE DESIGN. INTEGRATES LIGHTS AND FILM ON KINETIC SCULPTURAL FORMS. FORMULATED TOURING STAGE SCULPTURES FOR BEYONCÉ, U2, ADELE, MILEY CYRUS, TAKE THAT, THE WEEKEND AND KANYE WEST AS WELL AS TWO DECADES OF OPERA, DRAMA AND DANCE WORLDWIDE. CURRENTLY NAMED ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE 2020 LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE

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IDEAS IN THE MIND ARE LIKE SEEDS IN THE EARTH HANDS EXTRUDE THOUGHT INTO FORM AND ACTION

HOWIE THE ROOKIE BY MARK O’ROWE BUSH THEATRE, LONDON, 1999 DIRECTOR: MIKE BRADWELL LIGHTING: SIMON BENNISON WINNER OF TMA BEST DESIGN 1999

LOVE & UNDERSTANDING BY JOE PENHALL BUSH THEATRE, LONDON / LONG WHARF THEATRE, CONNECTICUT, 1997 THE SCRIPT REQUIRED FILMIC CUTS BETWEEN LOCATIONS. BEDSPRINGS, MEDICINE BOTTLES AND BEER GLASSES SHADOWED WITHIN THE WALLS ADUMBRATED THE BEDROOM, SURGERY AND BAR LOCATIONS TO COME. THE SCENE CHANGES BECAME A BALLET IN SILHOUETTE. DIRECTOR: MIKE BRADWELL LIGHTING DESIGN: RICK FISHER

MEAT THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH, 2000 DIRECTOR: GEMMA BODINETZ LIGHTING DESIGN: ADAM SILVERMAN NOMINATED FOR TMA BEST DESIGN 2000

SC SPANISH GOLDEN AGE SEASON DOG IN THE MANGER – LOPE DE VEGA ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, 2004 SWAN THEATRE, STRATFORD ON AVON PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, LONDON LOPE DE VEGA THEATRE, MADRID DIRECTOR: LAURENCE BOSWELL LIGHTING: BEN ORMEROD WINNER OF OLIVIER AWARD FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN

SALOME BY RICHARD STRAUSS ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON, 2008 DIRECTOR: DAVID MCVICAR LIGHTING DESIGN: WOLFGANG GOEBBEL VIDEO: STUDIO 59

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YOU CAN DESIGN NICE THINGS WITHOUT HAVING A CLUE OF HOW THEY F***ING WORK.

KANYE WEST VH1 STORYTELLERS PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTION DESIGNER: ES DEVLIN LIGHTING: MARTIN PHILLIPS AND JOHN MCGUIRE

YEEZUS – KANYE WEST US ARENA TOUR, OCTOBER 2013

KANYE WEST – GLOW IN THE DARK ARENA TOUR 2008 KANYE WATCH ARENA NORTH

WEST & JAY-Z THE THRONE TOUR AMERICA, 2011

KANYE WEST – REVEL THEATRE REVEL THEATRE, ATLANTIC CITY, DECEMBER 2012

LADY GAGA – MONSTER BALL US THEATRE TOUR 2009 / 2010 CREATIVE DIRECTION: HAUS OF GAGA WITH MATT WILLIAMS, WILLO PERRON PRODUCTION DESIGN: ES DEVLIN CHOREOGRAPHY: LAURIE ANN GIBSON LIGHTING: WILLIE WILLIAMS VIDEO: NICK KNIGHT, RUTH HOGBEN

ROLLING STONES – HYDE PARK HYDE PARK, LONDON, 6 – 13 JULY 2013 STAGE DESIGN: ES DEVLIN LIGHTING DESIGN & STAGE DIRECTION: PATRICK WOODROFFE VIDEO DESIGN: TREATMENT STUDIO

ADELE – LIVE IN NEW YORK NBC RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 2015 DIRECTOR: BETH MCCARTHY-MILLER DESIGNER: ES DEVLIN LIGHTING: ALLAN BRANTON / PATRICK WOODROFFE VIDEO: LUKE HALLS / TREATMENT STUDIO LEAD ASSOCIATE DESIGNER: JED SKRZYPCZAK

THE WEEKND AT COACHELLA CONSTRUCTION: AES CONCEPT: THE WEEKND, XO (LAMAR TAYLOR, DROP), ES DEVLIN DESIGN: ES DEVLIN VIDEO: STRANGELOOP LIGHT: JASON BAERI LEAD ASSOCIATE DESIGNER: JACK HEADFORD

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CAN WE COMMUNICATE TRUTH USING THINGS THAT ARE FALSE.

LONDON OLYMPICS – CLOSING CEREMONY 2012

LOUIS VUITTON – AUTUMN WINTER 2015 SHOW DIRECTOR & DESIGNER: NICOLAS GHESQUIERE SHOW CONCEPT & DESIGN: NICOLAS GHESQUIERE, FLORENT BUONOMANO SHOW DESIGN: ES DEVLIN, ANSEL THOMPSON, FAYE MCLEOD LIGHTING: PHILLIPE CERCEAU VIDEO: LUKE HALLS FOR TREATMENT STUDIO SHOW PRODUCTION: LA MODE EN IMAGES LEAD ASSOCIATE DESIGNER: MACHIKO WESTON PHOTOS: LOUIS VUITTON, ES DEVLIN, PELAYO DIAZ

LOUIS VUITTON – CRUISE COLLECTION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART – NITEROI, RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL MAY 2016 COLLECTION AND CREATIVE DIRECTION: NICOLAS GHESQUIERE SET DESIGN: NICOLAS GHESQUIERE, FLORENT BONOMANO, ES DEVLIN, LV IMAGE STUDIO LIGHTING: PHILIPPE CERCEAU LEAD ASSOCIATE DESIGNER: MACHIKO WESTON

THE 2016 MIRRORMAZE IN PECKHAM, LONDON, AND ROOM 2022 AT MIAMI ART BASEL 2017 EXPLORED REFLECTIVE LABYRINTHINE GEOMETRIES AND NARRATIVES.

ROOM 2022 PRESENTED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS PLATINUM AT THE MIAMI BEACH EDITION DURING MIAMI ART WEEK 2017 PRODUCED BY: RADICAL MEDIA VIDEO DESIGN: LUKE HALLS STUDIO MUSIC COMPOSITION AND SOUND DESIGN: MAX WRINGHAM LEAD ASSOCIATE DESIGNERS: MAX KLAENTSCHI, ANGELIKI VASILEIOU

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THE IDEA DRAWS DIRECTLY ON ONE OF STEPHEN HAWKING’S FINAL PROJECTS, ‘BREAKTHROUGH MESSAGE’, A GLOBAL COMPETITION THAT HAWKING AND HIS COLLEAGUES CONCEIVED IN 2015 INVITING PEOPLE WORLDWIDE TO CONSIDER WHAT MESSAGE WE WOULD COMMUNICATE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES AS A PLANET, SHOULD WE ONE DAY ENCOUNTER OTHER ADVANCED CIVILIZATIONS IN SPACE.

UK PAVILION FOR EXPO 2020 THE POEM PAVILION FEATURES A BREATHTAKING ILLUMINATED ‘MESSAGE TO SPACE’ TO WHICH EACH OF THE EXPO’S ANTICIPATED 25 MILLION VISITORS WILL BE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE.

CLOSING MIRACLEBOX – SERPENTINE GALLERY 2016 THIS PROJECT WAS MADE FOR A TALK GIVEN BY ES AS PART OF THE SERPENTINE GALLERY MIRACLE MARATHON OCTOBER 2016 FILM EDITED BY ANGIE VASILEIOU, ES DEVLIN STUDIO

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