KIMIE NISHIKAWA is a Japanese scenic designer based in NYC.
Since October of 2020, Kimie now works as a design collective called dots with Andrew Moerdyk and Santiago Orjuela-Laverde.
Born in Osaka, Japan, she spent her childhood going back and forth between the United States and Japan. Her time with the theater company Kanrannsha at Sophia University built the foundation for her later work as a scenic designer. She wrote, produced, directed, designed and acted in numerous new plays with the company. She was an art director for the production company Narra Design for 3 years where she designed music videos for top selling pop artists in east asia such as TVXQ, Tokio, YUI, Kumi Koda, Super Eight and Misia. She returned to the United States in 2012 to pursue an MFA at NYU Design for Stage and Film.
Credits include:
Gnit (Theater For a New Audience), The Headlands (LCT3 at Lincoln Center), Wakey Wakey (A.C.T. Theater) , Dr.Rides American Beach House (Ars Nova), Ain’t No Mo (The Public Theater), The Light (MCC Theater), Pride and Prejudice (Kansas City Rep), The Corpse Washer (Actors Theater of Louisville)
She is also a member of the 1/52 project steering committee. The 1/52 project provides financial support to encourage early career designers from historically excluded groups with the aim of diversifying and strengthening the theater design community.
M.F.A. NYU Tisch School of the Arts Design for Stage and Film
Member: United Scenic Artists Local 829
Visiting Arts Professor, Head of Scenic Design,
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Design for Stage and Film Graduate Program
西川公絵(二シカワキミエ)大阪府生まれ。父親の転勤で2歳から11歳まで米国で過ごす。上智大学在学中に演劇サークル劇団橄欖舎(カンランシャ)に所属し舞台美術を見よう見まねで始める。卒業後フリーランスで活動しながら美術会社ナラデザインに所属。舞台が恋しくなり美術家、伊藤雅子氏に師事。2012年に渡米。ニューヨーク大学ティッシュ・スクール・オブ・ザ・アーツ舞台デザインに進学し美術学修士号を2015年に取得。以来、ニューヨークで美術家として活動。