Jenifer Darbellay
Painting Shows and Art Exhibitions
“She” – Solo Show (SS) – May 1- June 1 2016 – Havana Gallery
“Pinpoint the Wind” – Solos Show (SS) January/February 2016– Terra Arts
“Wild Weather, Mothers Love “ – SS December 10th – January 10th - Essentia
“Little Ladies of Weather” – Solo Show August 6th-Present – BATW Yaletown
“Colliding Passions “ – Group Show July 10- August 10 2015 – The Beaumont
Professional Theatre Costume Design & Set Design
2018
Sweat! - Costume Designer - Arts Club Theatre - Director - Valerie Planche
Butcher - Costume Designer - Prime Cuts Collective - Director - Kevin McKendrick
The Humans - Costume Designer - Arts Club Theatre - Director - Amiel Gladstone
2017
THE PIANO TEACHER - Costume Designer - Arts Club Theatre Company -Directors - Rachel Ditor and Scott Bellis
2016
Slipper : The Christmas Panto - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director - Rebecca Northan
The Piano Teacher - Costume Designer - Arts Club Theatre - Director - Yvette Nolan
2014
White Hot - Costume Designer - Kindred Entertainment and Triford Entertainment - Director - Ben Ratner
Venus In Fur - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects -Director - Tracey Flye
2012
Dinner With Friends - Costume Designer - Dirty Manhattan Equity Coop - Director Jennifer Clement
2010
Lobbyhero - Costume Designer - Dirty Manhattan Equity Coop - Director Kelly-Ruth Mercier
Around the World in 80 days - Costume Designer - Gateway Theatre - Director Simon Johnston
Nisei Blue - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Ron Jenkins
The Romeo Initiative - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Glenda Stirling
Heartbreaker - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Vanessa Porteous
2009
Age of Arousal - Costume Designer - Arts Club - Director Katrina Dunn
The Idiots Karamazov - Costume Designer - UBC Theatre Dept. - Director Chris McGregor
Another Home Invasion - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects Playrites - Director Richard Rose
The Clockmaker - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White
The Good Egg - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Gina Wilkinson
Thoroughly Modern Millie - Costume Designer - Gateway Theatre - Director Simon Johnston
2008
Leading Ladies - Costume Designer - Gateway Theatre - Director Johnna Wright
Guys and Dolls - Costume Designer - Gateway Theatre - Director Sarah Rodgers
That Elusive Spark - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Linda Moore
The Gift of the Coat - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Amiel Gladstone
August - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Brian Dooley
2007
Midsummer Nights Dream - Costume Designer - UBC Department of Theatre - Director Stephen Heatley
The Odyssey - Costume Designer - Two Planks and A Passion (Nova Scotia) - Director Ken Schwartz
Age of Arousal - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Karen Hines
The Knowing Bird - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Marianne Copithorne
The December Man - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White
Sitting On Paradise - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Bob White
2006
The Skin of Our Teeth - Costume Designer - UBC Theatre Department - Director Joanna Garfinkel
Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley
The Clean House - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Bob White
The Blue Light - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Ron Jenkins
Hippies and Bolsheviks - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Racheal Ditor
Picking Up Chekov - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Don Kugler
Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director - Brian Foley
2005
Amadeus - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Bob White
Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley
Strangers on a Train - Costume Designer - Vertigo Theatre - Director Mark Bellamy
Marion Bridge - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects (ATP) - Director Pamela Halstead
Get Away - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Glenda Stirling
Myth of Summer - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director James MacDonald
The Leisure Society - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White
Mick Unplugged - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Gina Wilkinson
You Two Stay Here, the Rest Come with Me - Costume Designer - St. Mary’s College - Director Marilyn Potts
Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley
2004
Counselor-at- Law - Costume Designer - Theatre Calgary - Director Ian Prinsloo
Fire - Costume Designer - Theatre Calgary - Director Richard Rose
All Clear - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White
Down The Main Drag - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Dennis Garnhum
Big Baby - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Mark Bellamy
My One and Only - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Gail Hanrahan
Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley
Pervert - Set & Costume Designer - Ground Zero Theatre - Director Ian Prinsloo
Julius Caesar - Costume Designer - Shakespeare In The Park-MRC - Director Martin Fishman
Taming Of The Shrew - Costume Designer - Shakespeare In The Park-MRC - Director Joanne Delleuw
Sleuth - Costume Designer - Vertigo Theatre - Director Margret Bard
Sherlock Holmes - Costume Designer - Theatre Calgary - Director Ian Prinsloo
Unidentified Human Remains (The True Nature of Love) - Costume Designer - Firebelly Theatre - Director Abby Churchun
2003
A Streetcar Named Desire - Costume Designer - Theatre Calgary - Director Ian Prinsloo
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? - Set & Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Bob White
Plan B - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Vanessa Porteous
The Plum Tree - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Sarah Stanley
Pageant - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Dennis Fitzgerald
Strawberries In January - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White
The Red Priest (eight ways to say goodbye) - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Ron Jenkins
Henry IV - Costume Designer - Shakespeare In The Park-MRC - Director Martin Fishman
Love’s Labours Lost - Costume Designer - Shakespeare In The Park-MRC - Director Vanessa Porteous
Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley
The Red Priest (eight ways to say goodbye) - Costume Designer - Tarragon Theatre - Director Ron Jenkins
Lysistrata - Costume Designer - Mount Royal College Theatre and Speech Dept. - Director JP Fournier
Velvet - Costume Designer - Decidedly Jazz Danceworks - Directors Kimberly Cooper and Hannah Stillwell
Bash - Costume Designer - Ground Zero Theatre - Director Ryan Luhning
2002
The Rimers of Edlrich - Costume Designer - Mount Royal College Theatre and Speech Dept. - Director JP Fournier
The Merchant of Venice - Costume Designer - Shakespeare in the Park - MRC - Director Marty Fishman
Cocktails 2: MR. & Miss Conceptions - Costume Designer - Ground Zero Theatre - Director Sean Bowie
Tongue of a Bird - Set Designer - Vertigo Theatre - Director John Paul Fishbock
Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley
Film & Television
2013-15
Webisode – Convos with my 2 yr old - Wardrobe Designer Season 4-7, Director Producer Matt Clarke
2007
Control Alt Delete - Costume Designer - Hard Drive Films - Director Cameron Labine
2005
The Assassination of Jesse James - Costumer - Director Andrew Dominik
2004
Into The West (6 part mini-series) - Costumer - Director Robert Dornhelm
2003
Defining Edward - Costume Designer - Director Corey Lee
A Problem With Fear - Costumer - Christal Films - Director Gary Burns
Professional Awards
· Merritt Award for Outstanding Costume Design for The Odyssey 2007 (Nova Scotia)
· Betty Mitchell for Outstanding Costume Design for Age of Arousal 2007 (Calgary)
· Betty Mitchell for Outstanding Costume Design for Streetcar Named Desire 2003
· Betty Mitchell for Outstanding Costume Design for Counselor-at-Law 2004
Professional Memberships
A permit tee for IATSE local 212
Professional Memberships
Betty Award for Outstanding Costume Design in Calgary Theatre 2003, 2004, 2007
Cordula & Gunter Paetzold Fellowship (UBC) 2007
Graduate Entrance Scholarship (UBC) 2006
William Rea Fellowship in Television (UBC) 2007
Education
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver, British Columbia
M.F.A. in Costume Design 2008
ALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Calgary, Alberta
B.F.A. in Textiles 1997
Diploma in Textiles 1996
BANFF CENTER, Banff, Alberta
Millinery Master Class Sept. 2000
Costume Breakdown Master Class. April 2000
References –
Marilyn Potts 4032527927 pottsmd@telus.net - regarding character and working with children, known for 25 years, past employer and teacher
Chris Peerless 6042213605 cpeerless@stgeorge.bc.ca - regarding character and working with children, known for 1 year, past employer