Curriculum Vitae
Ksenya Litvak
Artist, Puppet Designer, Set and Costume Designer, Art Educator
EDUCATION: DFA, MFA, and BFA
DFA: State Academy of Theatre Arts,
Department of Puppet Theatre
St. Petersburg, Russia
MFA with Honors: State Academy of Theatre Arts,
Department of Puppet Theatre
St. Petersburg, Russia
BFA with Honors: State College for Theatrical and Fine Arts
Odessa, Ukraine
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
COMMONWEALTH ACADEMY
Art Teacher: 2005 - Present
Alexandria, VA
Teaches fine art to lower, middle, and high school students with learning differences.
ARTICHOKE ART STUDIO
Founder and Artistic Director: 1999 - Present
Gaithersburg, MD
Teaches a variety of fine art mediums and
techniques in conservatory style art classes.
BEL CANTANTI OPERA COMPANY
Scenic Artist: 2017 - Present
Maryland
Designed costumes, puppets and sets for a production of
Tales of Hoffman, Traviata, La Villi, Orpheus and Eurydice,
Sadko, Tzar’s Bride, Mozart and Salieri, Magic Flute,
Le Nozze di Figaro, Galatea, Hansel and Gretel and more.
FESTIVALS AND CONFERENCES
Beijing Theater Festival
Washington DC Fringe Festival
Romania Ionesco Theater Conference
Human Rights Festival Maryland
Scenic and Puppet Designer: 1999 - 2021
North Virginia Opera Company
Classika Theater Arlington VA
Elf Theater Washington DC
Theater J Washington DC
Adventure Theater Glen Eco MD
Woolly Mammoth Washington DC
Bel Cantanti Opera Company Gaithersburg MD
Round House Theater Silver Spring MD
Art in the Horizon Theater Alexandria VA
Arena Stage Washington DC
Arlekin Players Theater Boston MA
Wilma Theater Philadelphia PA
Scenic and Puppet Designer: 1992 - 1998 (Russia)
Puppets for State TV Good Night Little Ones
St. Petersburg State Classical Gymnasia,
State Puppet Theatre,
Tver State Puppet Theatre,
Izhevsk State Puppet Theatre,
State Academy of Theater Arts Puppet Theater,
Brodyachaya Sobachka Puppet Theater.