Curriculum Vitae
Vasylyna Kharchevka (* 23.06.1992) is an Ukrainian freelance stage and costume designer, living in Bergen, Norway. As a scenographer, she has a lot of knowledge and experience from theater and film industry. Vasylyna can master all aspects of stage design from planning, creating technical drawings to building models true to scale. This also includes planning, sketches and construction of costumes, props, paintings and drawings. During her studies and various projects she learned how to work with stage and backstage of theaters of different sizes, from planning phase to practical implementation and full-scale production.
She has both experience as leading stage designer as well as assistant, where she grasps the opportunity to contribute with her experience and at the same time enjoys learning something new to improve her knowledge. She lives for solving the challenges where the script meets the physical limitations of a stage. Vasylyna is working well as independent individual and as well as part of a production-team where she can take orders from colleagues and instruct technical staff.
Education
Vasylyna has a master degree in stage design from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic from 2018. There she received a detailed basis on scenography, costume design, art, modeling and many practical skills such as process of planning and conducting a theater performance. For her master project Jevgenij Zamyatin "We" she got the 2018 Dean Award as well as the 2014 Dean Award for her bachelor project Carl Orff "Die Kluge" from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. From 2011 to 2013 Vasylyna was studying at The National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv, Ukraine. There she learned about academical painting, drawing and anatomy. In addition to her education, she also has practical experience from various theatre projects at Czech and Norwegian theaters.
Experience
In Norway, Vasylyna is collaborating with Den Nationale Scene (DNS) and Fyllingsdalen teater. In DNS she has worked as s stage and puppet desiger for the musical "Shockheaded Peter" (2023/2024). In Fyllingsdalen teater she has worked as a stage designer for projects: "Gangster Granny" (2023), "Frida Fryktløs" (2022), "Zappzarapp" (2022), "Hekseringen" (2020), "Askepott" (2019). She also worked as stage and costume designer for the open air musical "Skjebnar ved kysten" in Austevoll (2022/2023). She has also worked as freelance decorator and painter for example project "Svartnissen" at Ole Bull Scene (2019), children performance at Pinocchio Musikk og Drama (2019), "Ulverock" at Fyllingsdalen teater (2019/2020). Vasylyna has worked as painter and decorator at workshops at Den National Scene and Fyllingsdalen theatre in Bergen. She held an Erasmus+ internship in 2017 which she spent at Nationaltheatret in Oslo, where she was assistant stage- and costume-designer for the project "As you like it" by W. Shakespeare. Further, she was stage manager and assistant to stage designer for Miniøya festival (2017) and stage designer for a UNICEF project (2017).
In Prague, she was working as stage designer in Kolowrat theatre for the performance "Eigengrau" P. Skinner (2016) and in the theatre DISK for the performance "The drunk ones" I. Vyrypajev (2015).
At the same time, Vasylyna was participating as set designer for "Bergenfest" (2023), set and costume designer for short movies such as: "A thousand cranes" (2016), FAMU in Prague and a student movie at Noroff skole in Bergen, "Prizefight" (2019) which got a Diamond Award. Vasylyna also has experience from commercial projects, such as Pierre Robert cloth collection, "Hanneli wool collection" and "Young Collection Wool" (2017), Oslo.
Volunteer work
Vasylyna has worked as festival assistant at Festspillene i Bergen and Children Red Cross Fyllingsdalen (2019). She was also volunteering as stage designer for various student- and low budget-projects.