Maria Pogrebnyak
Born in 1984 (Kyiv)
Scenographer, puppet theater artist.
Chief artist of the Kyiv Academic Drama Theater in Podil.
Lecturer in puppet theater scenography at the Department of Puppet Theater Art at the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema and Television.
Designer of puppets at the Kyiv Academic Municipal Puppet Theater, 2003-2006.
Member of the National Union of Theater Professionals of Ukraine and UNIMA of Ukraine.
In 2008, graduated from the I. K. Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema and Television, where she obtained a master’s degree in puppetry directing.
Education
Dnipro Regional Theater and Art College, specialization: painting and scenography – 2003
Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema and Television, Master’s degree in puppetry directing – 2008
Main theatrical performances
2008 – scenographer for the play “One Hundred Thousand” by I. Karpenko-Kary, directed by Vitaliy Malakhov, Kyiv Academic Drama Theater on Podil
2008 – scenographer and costume designer for The Legend of Faust by Travis Heisselbrecht, directed by Andriy Prykhodko, National Academic Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko
2010 – The Greek of Zorba by Nikos Kazantzakis, directed by Vitaliy Malakhov, National Academic Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko, Kyiv
2016 – scenographer and costume designer for the play “Persona” by Ingmar Bergman, directed by Andriy Prykhodko, National Academic Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko
2018 – scenographer and costume designer for the play “The Girl with the Bear” by Pavlo Arie after Viktor Domontovych, directed by Stas Zhirkov, Kyiv Academic Drama Theater on Podil
2018 – scenographer and costume designer for the play Moskalitsa by Maria Matios, directed by Vlada Belozorenko, Kyiv National Academic Operetta Theater
2019 – scenographer and costume designer for the play “1984” by Michael Gene Sullivan, directed by George Orwell, directed by Serhiy Pavliuk, Kyiv Academic Drama Theater on Podil
2022 – scenographer and costume designer for The Test by Lucas Berfus, directed by Tamara Trunova, Kyiv Academic Theater “Golden Gate”
Major exhibitions
2007 – participation in the exhibition “Season Outcomes. Scenography 2007”, Olena Zamostyan Gallery, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy CAC
2008 – participation in the exhibition “Season Results. Scenography 2008”, Olena Zamostyan Gallery, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy CAC
2011 – exhibition “Scenography not for a performance”, Olena Zamostyan Gallery, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy CCC
2011 – All-Ukrainian exhibition of puppet theater scenographers, branch of the National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery”, Art Center “Chocolate House”, Kyiv
2012 – exhibition of scenography “Scenography. Breath of the Wind” Theater without a Theater, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy’s CCC
2022 – participation in the Ukrainian pavilion at the Tbilisi Biennale of Stage Design 2022
2022 – Exhibition “UA Scenography 2022” – Gallery of the Institute of Contemporary Art Problems of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv