Fernando Calzadilla

Education	1977 – 1981 New York University New York, NY BFA Theatre Design
Awards received	1982 Best Set Design – Municipal 1990 Best Lighting Design – El Paso, Texas 1995 Best Set Design – National Best Lighting Design – National Best Set Design – Municipal Best Costume Design – Municipal 1996 Best Set Design – National 1997 Best Set Design – National Best Set Design – Municipal 1998 Best Set Design – National Best Direction – Municipal
Languages	Spanish and English
Work experience	More than seventy productions in Opera, Ballet, Theatre and Musical concerts. Designed Professional Lighting for several theater houses, commercial, office buildings, and museums. Worked with Artist Jacobo Borges in the creation and installation of "Der Himmel Senkte Sich" for the Residenzgalerie in Salzburg, Austria, 1996. Worked with artist Abdel Hernandez in the creation and installation of the experimental ethnography and installed mise en scene "El Mercado de Aca" for the event "Artist in Trance" at Rice Universityk, Houston, TX, 1997. Founder with Elaiza Irizarry of the Fine Arts workshop "Casa Sello" for the research and production of Interior Design and Mural Painting. 1989-1999 Founder with Jacobo Borges of the Theatre Group Casartes for the research of Community Theatre, 1999.