Mark Kanieff is a Set Designer and Sculptor. His most recent designs include Democracy [sic] (directed by Johnny Yoder, Art of Acting Studio, HCLAB), Il Giasone (directed by David Radamés Toro, NEO Opera), Intimate Apparel (directed by Jaye Austin Williams, Chapman University), Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (directed by Carl Weathers, Edgemar Center for the Arts), and the dance piece The Other Side (directed by Sophia Stoller, Gramercy Studios). He has also designed for a number of productions in Rome, Italy, where he worked for 20 years in the field of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He received an MFA in Scenic Design from the California Institute of The Arts and a BFA in Sculpture from Carnegie-Mellon University. His most recent sculptures and installations focus on plodding. He has also been developing a puppet piece focusing on informed consent to perform medical research on human subjects.
E-mail: markkanieff@gmail.com