Iosef Yusupov working on the train model for the 2014 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Iosef Yusupov is an American set designer who was one of the scenic designers for the George Tsypin creative team of the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Sochi, Russia. Currently living in the

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, he has designed many shows (plays, operas and TV) in

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and has worked motion pictures as a

scenic artist A charge scenic artist, also known as a charge artist or head scenic artist, leads and oversees the painting of stage, film, or television scenery. The duties of the charge artist involve techniques for replicating color and texture, as well as p ...

. His sets that he builds create an illusion of 3-dimensions, with 2-dimensional material.

Biography

Yusupov was the eldest son of five, born in

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to Ifraim Cohen-Yusupov, a descendant of Rabbi Yosef ben Moshe Mammon (Maimon) Maravi. After Yusupov graduated from the

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Institute of Theater, Music, and Cinematography, he went on to design sets in

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and

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. He received the State Prize of the USSR for the Arts for help in the production of ''

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'' at the Tadzhik Lakhuti Academic Drama Theater. When he moved to the United States, he met George Tsypin and has worked for him intermittently as an assistant since the early 1990s. Yusupov has also worked with directors Yefim Maizel, Rosemary Andress and Andrew Paul.

Theatrical Productions

* ''Rat in the Skull'' by Ron Hutchinson - Set Designer. October 1991. 29 Repertopy Theater Co, NY * ''

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'' by

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- Set Designer. November 1991. Queens Theater in the Park, NY * ''Shpinnen un Shpinnen'' by Beverly Taylor - Set Designer. June 1995. Theater for the New City, NYC * ''The Singer of His Majesty'' by Ilyas Mallaeva - Set Designer. February 2003. Queens Theater in the Park, NY * ''

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'' by

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- Set Designer. April 2007. Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre at Stephen Foster Memorial, Oakland, PA * '' Point Park's

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'' by

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- Set Designer. Dec 2008. Pittsburgh Playhouse, Oakland, PA

References

External links

Artists website
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