Biography. Realized drama and puppet productions.

Olga Shcherbinskaya

artist/set and costume designer

(born 1988, Minsk, Belarus)

2003–2006 — Ahremchik College of Arts (specialty – painting), Minsk

2006–2012 — Belarusian State Academy of Arts (specialty – set and costume design), Minsk

2012–2020 — a scenographer in the Grodno Drama Theater

Since 2021 — a teacher and an author of the course in the children's art studio (Grodno)

Since 2013 — a member of the Belarusian Union of Artists

Realized drama and puppet productions

2023

set, puppet, and costume design for «THE LITTLE GHOST» by Otfried Preussler, (Gomel Puppet Theatre, Gomel, Belarus, director — Yana Yanchik, premiere — May 2023)

2022

set, puppet, and costume design for «SACRAMENT OF THE FOREST» based on fairy tales by Yakub Kolas (Gomel Puppet Theatre, Gomel, Belarus, director — Yana Yanchik, premiere — July 2022)

set, puppet, and costume design for «THE UGLY DUCKLING» by Hans Christian Andersen (Grodno Puppet Theater, Grodno, director — Valery Karyshev, premiere — July 2022)

2021

set and puppet design for the interactive performance «THE FLYING JACOB» based on the story by P.Vecht (Grodno, Belarus, various stages, in collaboration with Olga Bookataya, premiere — May 2021)

set and costume design for «VICTIMS OF DUTY» by Eugene Ionesco (Grodno, Belarus, video performance, idea and production — Victoria Balcer, premiere — July 2021)

set and costume design for «THE FUNNY ELF AND THE EVIL WITCH» by V.Ilyukhov (Gomel City Youth Theatre, Gomel, Belarus, director — Yana Yanchik, premiere — December 2021)

2020

set and costume design for «ALL MICE LOVE CHEESE» by D. Urban (Grodno Drama Theater, Grodno, Belarus, director — Sergey Kurylenko, premiere — April 2020)

set and costume design for «THE BUSYA» (Grodno Drama Theater, Grodno, idea and production —Victoria Balcer, premiere — August 2020)

2019

set and costume design for «SOLAR LINE» by Ivan Vyrypaev (OK16, Minsk, Belarus, director — D.Tishko, premiere — November 2019)

2018

set and costume design for «THE SUICIDE» by N.Erdman (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Sergey Kurylenko, premiere — April 2018)

set, puppet, and costume design for «LITTLE NICOLAS» by R.Goscinny (Gomel Puppet Theatre, Gomel, Belarus, director — Natalia Slaschova, premiere — July 2018)

2016

set and costume design for «ONCE IN VERONA» by G.Gorin (Belarussian Army Drama Theatre, Minsk, Belarus, director — Vyacheslav Pavlutc, premiere — March 2016)

set and costume design for «BLACK COMEDY» by P.Shaffer (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Sergey Kurylenko, premiere — March 2016)

set, puppet, and costume design for «SHA-SHA IN THE LEFT SHOE» based on the story by E.Malchevskaya (Gomel Puppet Theatre, Gomel, Belarus, director — Natalia Slaschova, premiere — June 2016)

2015

set and costume design for «EVEN A WISE MAN STUMBLES» by N.Ostrovsky (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Gennady Mushpert, premiere — March 2015)

set, puppet, and costume design for «HEDDA GABLER» by H.Ibsen (Gomel Puppet Theatre, Gomel, Belarus, director — Natalia Slaschova, premiere — April 2015)

set and costume design for «CEMETERY CLUB» by I.Menchell (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Sergey Kurylenko, premiere — July 2015)

set and costume design for «THE GOLDEN FLEECE» by J.Priestley (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Gennady Mushpert, premiere — Nowember 2015)

costume design for «YOUNG FAMILY WOULD RENT A FLAT» by M.Roshchin (Brest drama theatre, Brest, Belarus, director — Timofey Ilievskiy, premiere — Nowember 2015)

2014

costume design for «THE OVERCOAT» based on short stories by N.Gogol (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Piotr Dobrovsky (Poland), premiere — May 2014)

set and costume design for «ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST» by Dario Fo (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Sergey Kurylenko, premiere — July 2014)

set, puppet, and costume design for «THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE» by P.Yershov (Mogilev Puppet Theatre, Mogilev, Belarus, director — Natalia Slaschova, premiere — July 2014)

costume design for «FATHER» based on the play by D.Boguslavsky (Janka Kupala National Theatre, Minsk, Belarus, director — Ekaterina Averkova, premiere — October 2014)

set and costume design for «SQUAT» by J.M.Chevre (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Sergey Kurylenko, premiere — November 2014)

2013

set and costume design for «3+2» by L.Petrushevskaya & P.Gladilin (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Sergey Kurylenko, premiere — June 2013)

set, puppet, and costume design for «A TRIP WITH THE WIND» (Theatre «People and Puppets», Minsk, Belarus, premiere — November 2013)

2012

set and costume design for «THE STONE» by M. von Mayenburg (Theatre of Belarusian Dramaturgy, Minsk, Belarus, director — Natalia Slaschova, premiere — May 2012)

set, puppet, and costume design for «THE CATCHER IN THE RYE» by J.D.Salinger (Gomel Puppet Theatre, Gomel, Belarus, director — Natalia Slaschova, premiere — May 2012)

set and costume design for «PUSS IN BOOTS» based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault (Grodno Drama Theatre, Grodno, Belarus, director — Sergey Kurylenko, premiere — December 2012)

2010

costume design for «THE WIZARD OF OZ» (The Palace of the Republic, Minsk, Belarus, director — Angela Tushinskaya, premiere — December 2010)

set and costume design for «HEY, JULIA!» by E.Kishon (Theatre Company «Premiere», Minsk, Belarus, director — Vyacheslav Pavlutc, premiere — November 2010)

2009
costume design for «PLANET OF CHRISTMAS TREES» (The Palace of the Republic, Minsk, Belarus, idea and production — Angela Tushinskaya, premiere — December 2009)
2008
set and costume design for «ROMAN + JULIA» by D.Balyko (Theatre of Belarusian Dramaturgy, Minsk, Belarus, director — Katerina Tarasova, premiere — July 2008)

Main art exhibitions and projects

2021

group scenography exhibition «Scenogramma 21» (Museum of the History of Theatrical and Musical Culture, Belarus, Minsk 2021)

2019

personal art exhibition «Midsummer Night's Dream» (painting) (аrt-cafe «Ava-kava», Belarus, Grodno 2019)

2018

international plain-air (Poland, Mrągowo 2018)

2016

personal exhibition «Midsummer Night's Dream» (painting) (Small Gallery, Lithuania, Druskininkai, 2016)

2015

group scenography exhibition «1:25 scale» (Palace of Arts, Belarus, Minsk 2015)

international exhibition of scenography «Prague Quadrennial PQ — 2015» (Bethlehem Chapel, pavilion13: Belarusian State Academy of Arts, Czech Republic, Prague 2015)

international plain-air «M.K.ČIURLIONIO DIENOS — 2015» (Lithuania, Druskininkai 2015)

2014

group exhibition «Under the open sky» (National Gallery of Art, Poland, Sopot 2014)

2008

art project «Model–reconstruction of the 18th-century school theater stage in Belarus» (in collaboration with Aleksander Baldakow) (Museum of the History of Theater and Musical Culture of Belarus, the permanent exhibition, Belarus, Minsk 2008)