LOIS IMOGEN RHOMBERG

  • SET DESIGN: THEATER & OPERA:    My work is decorative, efficient, on budget, and beautiful.    Skills include painting, sculpting, work with fabric, some upholstery, some carpentry, and joyful problem solving.   The set can be built at your shop or ours.
  • PAINTINGS:  Figurative works in oils, at STUDIO PINTURA in the Northrup King Building in NE Minneapolis.  Art-a-Whirl, Art-Attack, Open Studio nights, or by appointment.  (612) 801-1053.  Commissions welcomed.
  • PORTRAITURE: From life or photos.  Either way, my work is known for the  compassionate understanding  I extend to each client, which brings the work to life and grows into a cherished expression of the spirit of the subject.
  • MURAL and DECORATVE:  Specializing in  fine drawing and  color— I work in association with Apropos Painting Studio, a company specializing in décor for commercial spaces and buildings.​

Biography

EDUCATION: 
  • B.A., University of New Hampshire,  majors in Theater Production and Mathematics
  • M.F.A. Equivalent:  ATELIER LACK, a four-year post-college studio art program developed and taught by acclaimed painter RICHARD LACK to  pass on the on the tradition of European classical oil painting, 1993.   The program was also taught by DALE REDPATH and CYD WICKER

PAINTING:
  • Paintings and drawings can be seen at STUDIO PINTURA, #293 Northrup King Building, NE Minneapolis arts district
  • My recent painting "Mass Incarceration/One-Heart at a Time" won an award from the Minnesota State Fair Foundation in 2015  
  • Original lllustrations for "Unconditional Forgiveness" by MARY HAYES-GRIECO,
          published by BeyondWord, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, c. 2012
  • Lead Decorative Painter for VICTORIA'S SECRET (Limited Brands) innovative stores 7/2012 - 1/2013 
          through Apropos Painting Studio 
  • Work has been featured in shows at Flanders Contemporary Fine Art, Marion Swanson Fine Art, the Vern Carver/Beard Gallery, Tea Leaf Gallery, and Zacharies’ Fine Art, all in Minneapolis.  
  • Assistant Painter for MARK BALMA on his painting for the Bush Presidential L, 2009, 
          (a favorite job of mine despite being a liberal!)   
  • My paintings have been featured in  the Historic Grand Hotel in Minneapolis, the Catholic church of Saint George,  theater design firm Schuler and Shook, Apropos Painting Studio in Minneapolis, and private collections.

SET DESIGN:
OPERA SOUTHWEST, ALBUQUERQUE NM , 2006- 2011, Artistic Director  David Bartholomew, Sally Opel
  •    La Boheme, Tosca, Marriage of Figaro, Cenerentola, Die Fledermaus, La Traviata  
                   with director David Bartholomew
  •    L'Italiana in Algerie with director Candace Evans
FARGO-MOORHEAD OPERA, ND, 2004- 2015:  Artistic Director David Hamilton
  •    La Boheme, Tosca, Elixir of Love, La Traviata, Hansel and Gretel, The Magic Flute,
                  The Pearl Fisher, Don Giovanni, I Pagliacci all with director David Bartholomew
  •    The Mikado, The Barber of Seville with director Mark Meier
  •    Corps of Discovery by Micheal Chang, with director David Walsh  
  •    Amahl and the Night Visitors with director Michael Webber 
  •    Fidelio,  The Marriage of Figaro, The Daughter of the Regiment, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica  with director Patrick Hanson
  •    Merry Wives of Windsor,  The Merry Widow with director Jeff Kingsbury
OTHER TIGER with PARK SQUARE THEATER, St Paul MN
  • Palabras Project,  section designer, 2016
MIXED BLOOD THEATER, Minneapolis, artistic director Jack Reuler
  • Stepping Out of a River at Dawn, with director Aditi Brennan-Kapil, 2015
LAMPLIGHTERS MUSIC THEATER, San Francisco, 
  • redesign my OSW set for Die Fledermaus, 2013
U of MINNESOTA OPERA WORKSHOP, Minneapolis:            
  • Suor Angelica with director David Walsh 2008
U of WISCONSIN, River Falls WI:          
  • My Fair Lady with director Phil Bratnober, 2004
MINNESOTA STATE U, Moorhead: 
  • The Sound of Music with director Jennifer Tuttle, 2011
​Other clients include smaller theaters in Minneapolis and summer theaters in Vermont and Baltimore.

THEATRICAL SCENIC ARTIST:
          I also paint many of the sets I design (1985 - 2016)
  • Lead scenic artist  at the Guthrie, Theater , 1983-85, some shows through '87 
  • Lead scenic at the Minnesota Opera, several productions from 1986-88, 
  • Lead scenic at the  Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 1982-83
  • Lead scenic at the  Cleveland Playhouse, 1980-82
  • also:  lead scenic and crew scenic at smaller theaters in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Vermont and Minneapolis
TEACHING:
  • Theatrical Scenic Art, University of Minnesota, twin cites campus, 2014
  • Tech Director/Design Teacher, South High School Theater in Minneapolis, a high-quality arts program, in which students do all  the design and building, 2001- 2012
  • Large Format Painting Workshop at the Atelier, founded by Cyd Wicker and Dale Redpath, about 2003-2005
  • Created and taught a program for children's imaginitive drawing and painting for the Minnesota River School of Fine Art, Burnsville, MN  1996-1999
  • Taught painting and drawing  according to the traditional Atelier method at the Minnesota River School, director Pat Jerde, about 1996-1999
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