INES ORTNER www.inesortner.com Costume Designer email: [email protected] phone: (604) 947 9282 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE All credits costume design unless noted Theatre Hamletmachine Director: Ines Ortner UBC, Dorothy Somerset Studio 2013 Faust is Dead Director: Chelsea Haberlin UBC, Dorothy Somerset Studio 2011 Mad Mable Directors: Jackie Minns & David Cameron Kingbaby Productions Tir-na-nog Theatre, Presentation House 2004 Waiting for the Parade Directors: Peg Campbell & Martin Clarke Theatre on the Isle Bowen Island’s Festival of the Arts 2002 Opera Optica Delusions Director: Nancy Hermiston UBC Opera, Old Auditorium 2014 Rusalka Director: Nancy Hermiston UBC Opera, Chan Centre 2012 Albert Herring Director: Nancy Hermiston UBC Opera, Old Auditorium 2011 Giulio Cesare in Egitto Director: Nancy Hermiston UBC Opera, Touring Production (China) 2011 Cendrillon Director: Nancy Hermiston UBC Opera, Chan Centre 2010 La Boheme Director: Christopher Gaze UBC Opera and Bard on the Beach 2010 Louis Riel (Co-Designer with Malabar) Director: Nancy Hermiston UBC Opera, Chan Centre 2010 Gianni Schichi Director: Nancy Hermiston UBC Opera, Chan Centre 2009 Film Salut, mon Ami / Hola Amigo AIM Language Learning, Director: Miles McNamara 2008 Ou est mon chien AIM Language Learning, Director: Wendy Maxwell 2008 Purple Locks / Hola Amigo L’abre Ungali AIM Language Learning, Director: Wendy Maxwell 2007 Comment I alle Meteor Mambo Mon Petit Chat AIM Language Learning, Director: Gord Carson AIM Language Learning, Director: Miles McNamara AIM Language Learning, Director: Wendy Maxwell & Gord Carson 2007 2007 Chicken Little / Table for two La Chat e La Lune, Three little pigs Carnival du Montreal Marc le Magicien / Chapon rouge AIM Language Learning, Director: Wendy Maxwell & Gord Carson 2006 Boucles d'or et les troisours The animals of the Bayou/ La chat angora Lois la grenouille/ Le Bistro des animaux AIM Language Learning, Director: Wendy Maxwell & Gord Carson 2006 Comment y aller?/ Le trois petit cochon AIM Language Learning, Director: Gord Carson 2004 RELATED EXPERIENCE Seamstress/Dressmaker/ Patternmaker/Dyer Cunning Little Vixen Costume Designer: tba UBC Opera 2014 Spamalot Costume Designer: tba Arts Club Theatre Company 2014 The Odd Couple Costume Designer: Barbara Clayden Arts Club Theatre Company 2014 Driving Miss Daisy Costume Designer: Carmen Alatore Arts Club Theatre Company 2014 Mary Poppins Costume Designer: Sheila White Arts Club Theatre Company 2013 Head of Wardrobe Don Giovanni / Die Zauberfloete Director: Nancy Hermiston UBC Opera, Old Auditorium 2010 Puppet/Object Builder The Secret Doctrine (Set: Robert Gardiner) Phoenix Air balloon (14’ height) The Triple 8: I Spider with my little Island SFU in collaboration with UBC Theatre Phoenix on Bowen Fast Production Company Ltd 2012 2005 2004 Fine Artist several solo and group exhibitions Fibre Art, Photography, Mixed Media Exhibitions and Commissions since 2002 Milliner Eleanor Mack Hats Ltd. West Vancouver 2001- 2004 Costume painter Cats Stella Entertainment AG Operettenhaus, HH, Germany 1989- 1999 Owner/ Operator Rapunzel von Garf Custom Performance Costumes For Stage, Medieval Trade Fairs 1990- 1999 Halloween Retailer, Special Occasions Teaching Assistance Costume Construction Class Instructor: Professor Jacqueline Firkins UBC Department for Theatre and Film, Costume Shop Instructor Illustration, Textile Science, Patternmaking and Construction Private lessons for preparation to apply to Fashion Design School Instructor Sewing for Beginners Helen Lefeaux, School of Fashion Design TEACHING EXPERIENCE SPECIALIZED SKILLS Dying/Painting: Natural and manmade fibres, Natural and Mineral Dyes, Reactive Dyes, Cold and Acid Dyes, Low Immersion dying, Batik, several discharge techniques Surface Design: Airbrush, printing, stamping, Silkscreen printing, stencilling, Photo Image transfer Fibre Manipulation: Weaving, Knitting, Crochet, Needlepoint, Embroidery, Macramé, fibre breakdown and aging, felt making, stitch and slash, Shibory, Devore Sewing/Cutting: Experience in all Fabrics incl. Leather, Rubber, Vinyl, Knits and Fur Pattern drafting: Mueller & Sohn Metric System, British Imperial System, Draping, CAD/CAM Makeup, Wig Maintenance and Hairstyling experience Other: Adobe Illustrator, Excel, Photography, Styling, fluent in German, Drivers Licence 2012 2003- 2004 2001 EDUCATION MFA, Theatre Design University of British Columbia 2011- 2013 BA, Theatre and Art History University of British Columbia, Transfer from Capilano University 2006- 2011 Fashion Design Diploma Helen Lefeaux School of Fashion Design, Vancouver Pattern Maker Diploma Academy Fashion Design, Hamburg (Germany) 1992- 1993 Dressmaker Diploma HAB GmbH, Hamburg (Germany) 1986- 1987 Certificates: Millinery Certificate Helen Lefeaux School of Fashion Design, Vancouver 2000 Capilano University, Vancouver 2003 Film Industry Orientation Program and WHMIS 2000 GRANTS/ SCHOLARSHIPS Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Program: Master Scholarships Department Entry Award UBC Department of Theatre and Film Scholarship for a furthering of specialized skills abroad Carl Duisberg Society 2012- 2013 2011 2000-2001 PUBLICATIONS/ PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS What is you skirt gonna turn into now? An interview with Melody Mangler Canadian Theatre Review, CTR 158 2014 CURATORIAL WORK / COMMUNITY WORK Exhibition Assistant to Curator Joan Seidl Fox, Fluevog and Friends Director on the Board Bowen Island Museum and Archives Exhibition Assistant to Fashion Historian Ivan Sayer Lower Londsdale Characters: Stories & Costumes of the 1920's 2009 North Shore Museum and Archives 2009 “From Dior to Ducktails: Men's and Women's Clothing from the 1950s” Langley Centennial Museum 2008 Guest Curator Theatre on Bowen Island Bowen Island Museum and Archives 2008 Assistant to Textile Conservator La Belle Époque, Museum of Vancouver No Place for a Lady, The Unnatural History of Stanley Park REFERENCES upon request Museum of Vancouver 2010 2008- 2009 2007- 2008