Costume designer Olivera Gajic was born and raised in Serbia. She began her career designing costumes for Serbian theater and television after studying at Belgrade’s Academy of Fine Arts. In 1999, Gajic moved to the U.S., where she received a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Design. She has been living and working there ever since.
Olivera has 150+ theater, opera, dance and film productions to her credit. Most notably: Jedermann (Salzburg Festival, Austria); The Long Christmas Dinner (American Symphony Orchestra); God’s Ear (Vineyard Theatre); The Americans and The Greeks (The Juilliard School Drama Division); A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Le Comte Ory (The Juilliard School Opera Division); Terrible Things (P.S.122, NY); Red Fly/Blue Bottle (Here Arts Center, NY); This Was the End (The Chocolate Factory, NY); Superterrenian, Chekhov Lizardbrain, Twelfth Night (Pig Iron); Ivanov, Uncle Vanya, Platonov, Seagull (Lake Lucille); The Necklace, New Island Archipelago, The Peripherals(Talking Band); Addressless; Miss Julie (Rattlestick); “Judgement of Paris”, “Snow White”; Le Serpent Rouge”; “Betting On the Mouse” (Company XIV); Film I am a Seagull (Chekhov Project Company). Her regional work includes: American Repertory Theatre; Arden Theatre Company; Berkshire Theatre Festival; Long Wharf; Trinity Repertory Company; Huntington Theatre, Two Rivers; Riverside Theatre; Alabama Shakespeare; Playmakers Repertory Company; California Shakespeare Theatre; Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Theatre Works; American Stage, among others.
Olivera’s work has been shown at exhibitions including the U.S. national exhibit at the 2004 & 2007 Prague Quadrennial and Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance (Lincoln Center). Olivera is a recipient of the 2004 NEA/TCG CDP for Designers, 2010 IT Award for Outstanding Costume Design, 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, 2012 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Costume Design. She recently received the 2014 Bessie Award Recipient for Outstanding Visual Design.
Website: www.oliveragajic.com