Monika Krzesniak is an artist and designer
with a multidisciplinary approach.
Her expressive media includes dance, theater,
storytelling, writing, painting and, most extensively,
lighting.
All her creations emerge from a dialogue with reality.
She currently lives in Zürich.
She gathered her artistic experience in:
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (painting, etching, engraving),
Remus Theatre in Warsaw (acting)
jaguzz performance group in Warsaw (jazz dance)
École Supérieure de Beaux Arts de Tours (fine arts, lighting)
Centre Dramatique Régional de Tours (lighting)
Centre Courteline de Tours (choreography, performance)
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (lighting, theatre creating)
Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago (lighting)
Harris Theatre in Chicago (lighting)
Lyric Opera in Chicago (lighting)
Theatre Collective Les Immergés (immersive theatre creation, acting, lighting)
Chorus girls performance group in Zürich (jazz dance)
Movement Theatre Studio in NYC, online (directing, storytelling)
Association Kulturbogen in Zürich (theatre directing)
stage lighting design:
2020 “Tout était là pour toujours” Les Immergés, , Théâtre de l'Oulle, Avignon, France
2019 “Tout était là pour toujours” Les Immergés, Brussel Art Melting Point, Belgium
2017-19 "The pure gold is sipping out of me" Renata Piotrowska, MAAT Festiwal, Lublin; Nowy Teatr, Warsaw, Poland, Paris, France, Aarhus, Denmark
2018 "In the Clouds", Hybrydy Theater, dir. Maciej Dzieciolowski, University of Warsaw
2018 "Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Shakespeare's play, dir. Diminique Pitoiset, ENSATT, Lyon, France
2018 "Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Benjamin Britten's opera, dir. Diminique Pitoiset, ENSATT, Lyon, France
2017 "Les femmes savantes ou l'apéro rock" Compagnie Ishtar, Annecy, France
2017 "La note blanche", collective creation, ENSATT, Lyon, France
2017 "Loretta Strong" Maite Loittin's solo, ENSATT, Lyon, France
2016 "Ici et maintenant", collective creation, ENSATT, Lyon, France
2016 "Nasrredin Hodja", collective creation, ENSATT, Lyon, France
2016 Concerts ADAMI: Chloe Lacan, Boule et Benoit Doremus, Theatre Arrache Coeur, Avignon, France
2015 Salsa 4 Water, Musical "Guerra del Agua", Bron, Lyon, France