Levitskaya Maria
LEVITSKAYA Maria - born April 13, 1955 in Kyiv, Ukrainian theater set designer and costume designer. Chief artist of the National Opera of Ukraine (1989). Honored Artist of Ukraine (1995). Laureate of the National Prize of Ukraine named after T. G. Shevchenko (2003). Academician of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (2017). People's Artist of Ukraine (2006).
Graduated from the Academy of Arts of Ukraine, faculty of painting, department of scenography, workshop of professor Danylo Lider. She began her career as a set designer and costume designer at the Dovzhenko Film Studio. Since 1989, M. Levitskaya has been working as the director of scenography of the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Ukraine.
She has created sets and costumes for more than 160 opera, ballet and drama performances in Ukraine, Japan, Canada, Slovenia, Poland and Russia.
Participant of many art exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. Cavalier of the Order of Princess Olga III (2001) and II (2015) degrees.
