CURRICULUM VITAE

Lena Weisner

PERSONAL DETAILS

*19th of March 1991 in Munich Nationality - German Bismarckplatz 17 31135 Hildesheim lena.weisner@gmx.de

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts exchange semester Winter 2016/17 at Rose Bruford College for Theater and Performance, Sidcup

currently 8th semester of „Lighting Design“ at HAWK (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst - University for Applied Sciences and Art ), Hildesheim General Matriculation Standard June 2010 at Wittelsbacher Gymnasium, Munich

Languages German (native language) English (fluently spoken and written) Spanish + French (basic knowledge)

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

Working Experience

September - November 2016 Placement shadowing Lighting Designers at English National Opera, London

April / May / July 2016 Assistance to Lighting Designer Michael Bauer for new productions of „Meistersinger von Nürnberg“ and „Les Indes Galantes“ at Bavarian State Opera, Munich

since May 2015 student assistant in public relations for „Lighting Design“ at the Faculty of Design, HAWK Hildesheim since April 2009 auxiliary lighting technician at Bavarian State Opera, Munich

October 2013 - July 2015 student assistant at „HAWK Plus Entrepreneurship“, HAWK Hildesheim

January - March 2012 Placement in the Video Department at Bavarian State Theater, Munich

September - December 2011 Placement in the Costume Department at Bavarian State Theater, Munich

Light Art Exhibitions of „Just“

March 2016 „Luminale 2016“ with Flux Collective in Frankfurt am Main at art association „Familie Montez“

October 2015 „Lichtungen“ international Light Art Festival in Hildesheim

September 2015 „Flux Lumineux“ Workshop and exhibition at Goethe Institute in Tunis, Tunisia

Voluntary Commitment

since April 2015 Student Representative in the Academic Commission of Design Faculty, HAWK Hildesheim

since April 2007 Founding member of charitable organisation „Bildung für Bodh Gaya e.V.“ (Education for Bodh Gaya) - Support of AOZORA School in Bodh Gaya, India

April 2014 - March 2015 Honorary member of student representatives of Design Faculty, HAWK Hildesheim

Experience abroad

September 2016 - March 2017 Exchange semester „Lighting Design“ at Rose Bruford College for Theater and Performance, Sidcup

September - November 2012 Stay abroad in India for „Bildung für Bodh Gaya e.V.“ + photografic and filmic documentation of the project + English classes for pupils at AOZORA School

April - May 2012 Spanish language course at „Academia Isla“ in Salamanca, Spain

October 2010 - May 2011 Work + Travel in New Zealand + seasonal plantation worker + WWOOFing

Projects and Presentations

August / September 2016 Holding „Lighting Design Lab“ with Liubov Moskvina at „Interference“, International Light Art Festival in Tunis, Tunisia

December 2015 Presentation about Laserworks of „Flux Collective“ for „Laser in Technology and Art“ at Technical University, Berlin

February - March 2014 Fair exhibition of HAWK Hildesheim for Light + Building 2014, Frankfurt am Main

August 2013 / January 2012 Cinematography and Lighting Design for film projects „Dramatic Amateurs“ and „Othello“ in Munich

February 2013 Lighting Designer / Operator for „The Grey Area“, Premiere at „Theater… und so fort“ in Munich