YU-HSUAN CHEN
SET/PRODUCTION DESIGN
DESIGN for FILM / TV / Commercial
Selected
Production Designer Wabi Sabi (Short) dir. Josephine Green Zhang 2023
Set Designer Interior Chinatown S.1 (TV series) Hulu 2022 - 23
Set Designer The Brothers Sun S.1 (TV Series) Netflix 2022
Assistant Art Director Expats (TV Series) Amazon Prime Video 2022
Production Designer Palm Trees and Power Lines (Feature) dir. Jamie Dack 2021
Production Designer Proudly Unstoppable AAPI (UPS Commercial) dir. Jian Luo. 2021
Production Designer Initiative 29 “Your Attention Please" Hulu 2021
Production Designer A Better Half (Short) dir. Marco Calvani 2021
Production Designer American Girl (Feature)*post production dir. Feng-I Fiona Roan 2020
Production Designer Home Body (Feature) dir. Joseph Sackett 2019
Production Designer Opinum (Short) dir. Harshal Alurkar 2019
Art Director We Shine (Commercial) Essence Magazine 2019
Production Designer The Interview (Short) Beach Pictures, NY 2018
Production Designer Secret Life of Asians at Night (Short) dir. KEFF 2018
Production Designer Eastern Delights (Short) dir. Ashish Ravinran 2018
Production Designer China Telecom Promo Video EI Studio, NY 2018
Production Designer Fashion Shoot with Christina The Outnet, London 2018
Production Designer Little Hope (TV Series) dir. Jacqueline Dow 2017
Production Designer Dominant Species (Short) dir. Joseph Sackett 2017
Production Designer Jie Jie (Short) dir. Feng-I Fiona Roan 2017
Production Designer Ben and Mimi. Mimi and Ben. (Short) dir. Eva Catharina May Cragg 2017
Production Designer Stuck Inside (Fashion Film) dir. Alec G Davis 2017
Production Designer Birch (Short) dir. Paisley Valentine Walsh 2017
Production Designer Keiko’s Hands (Short) dir. Yun Liang 2017
Production Designer Light n’ Easy (Commercial) XL Entertainment, NY 2017
Art Director Fun Socks (Commercial) United Legwear Co. 2017
Set Decorator Mike, Mike Tan (Feature) Kings Road Production, US 2017
Production Designer The Good Neighbor (Short) dir. Rachel Z Delgiudice 2016
Production Designer Our Lost Queen (Short) dir. Valerie Schenkman 2016
Production Designer Low Tide (Short) dir. Joseph Sackett 2016
Production Designer Purple Days (Short) dir. Kevin C.Y. Tseng 2016
Production Designer Pregnant (Short) dir. Joseph Sackett 2016
Production Designer All About Marie (Short) dir. Kristia Coombs 2016
Production Designer Prisoners of War (Short) dir. Ashley Alexander 2016
Set Decorator JOHNY (Music Video) Sofi Tukker , US 2016
Production Designer LÉA (Short) dir. James Connor Simpson 2015
Production Designer Music Every Where (Spotify Ad) dir. Jacqueline Dow 2015
Production Designer The Future (Short) dir. Noëmi Schneider 2015
Production Designer Red Bull (Commercial) dir. Jacqueline Christy 2015
Production Designer The Sweet Sublime (Short) dir. Alik Barsoumian 2015
Production Designer Virgin Margaret (Short) dir. Jenny Wang 2015
Production Designer Cheongsam (Short) dir. Jian Luo 2015
Set Designer 時下暴力Conspiracy (Feature) 1987 Studio, Taiwan 2014
Set Designer KANO (Feature) A R S Film, Taiwan 2012
SET DESIGN for THEATER
Selected
Into the Woods dir. Joel Ferrell Dallas Theater Center, TX 2023
The Antelope Party dir. Jess Chayes The Wild Project, NY 2021
The Supreme Leader dir. Kevin Moriarty Dallas Theater Center, TX 2021
What To Send Up When It Goes Down dir. Whitney White Playwrights Horizons, NY 2021
The Last of the Love Letters dir. Patricia Mcgregor Atlantic Theater Company, NY 2021
What To Send Up When It Goes Down dir. Whitney White BAM Fisher, NY 2021
The Smuggler *postponed dir. Nicola Murphy Irish Repertory Theatre, NY 2020
The Supreme Leader *cancelled dir. Kevin Moriarty Dallas Theater Center, TX 2020
The Great Leap *cancelled dir. Madeline Sayet Long Wharf Theatre, CT 2020
The Antelope Party *postponed dir. Jess Chayes The Wild Project, NY 2020
What To Send Up When It Goes Down dir. Whitney White The Public Newman Theater, NY 2020
Measure for Measure dir. LA Williams The Public Theater Mobile Unit, NY 2019
Pumpgirl dir. Nicola Murphy Irish Repertory Theatre, NY 2019
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot dir. Adrienne D Williams Hunter College, NY 2019
What To Send Up When It Goes Down dir. Whitney White The Ex I A.R.T, MA 2019
(National Tour) Hibernian Hall, MA 2019
Woolly Mammoth Theater, DC 2019
The ARC West Black Box, DC 2019
Howard University Black Box, DC 2019
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord dir. Whitney White Second Stage & WP Theater, NY 2019
Veil Widow Conspiracy dir. Aneesha Kudtarkar New York Theater Workshop Next Door, NY 2019
Nomad Motel dir. Ed Sylvanus Iskandar Atlantic Theater Company, NY 2019
Phedre dir. Suzanne Agins Berlind Theater@ Princeton University, NJ 2019
Dying in Boulder dir. Ian Morgan The Downstairs@ La MaMa, NY 2019
Neptune dir. Zhailon Levingston Brooklyn Museum, NY 2019
Paradise Blue dir. Awoye Timpo Long Wharf Theatre, CT 2018
What To Send Up When It Goes Down dir. Whitney White ART/NY Theatre, NY 2018
Dancing at Lughnasa dir. Amber McGinnis Everyman Theatre, MD 2018
Beaux Start dir. Jenny Koons Shubert Theater, NY 2018
Locked up Bitches dir. Michael Raine The Flea Theatre, NY 2018
The Homecoming Queen dir. Awoye Timpo Atlantic Theater Company, NY 2018
Agnus dir. Nelson Eusebio Theatre Row- Lion Theatre, NY 2018
The Hummm dir. Kai-Jie Tu A.R.T. Oberon Theater, MA 2017
M Butterfly dir. Vincent Lancisi Everyman Theatre, MD 2017
Inanimate dir. Courtney Ulrich The Flea Theater, NY 2017
Have Sari. Will Travel dir. Awoye Timpo TheaterLab, NY 2017
SKiNFoLK: An American Show dir. Awoye Timpo Ars Nova, NY 2017
Great Expectations dir. Tazewell Thompson Everyman Theater, MD 2017
The Hummm dir. Kai-Jie Tu Dixon Place, NY 2016
How to Field Dress an Android dir. Blayze Teicher Speyer Hall@ University Settlement, NY 2016
Sister Son/ji dir. Awoye Timpo Center for Arts and Culture- Bed Stuy, NY 2016
Three Sisters dir. Palina Jonsdottir Schapiro Studio @Columbia University, NY 2015
The Seven Deadly Sins dir. Palina Jonsdottir Schapiro Theater @Columbia University, NY 2015
The Caucasian Chalk Circle dir. Tazewell Thompson 5th Floor Theater @NYU Tisch, NY 2015
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? dir. Sara Rademacher Schapiro Theater @Columbia University, NY 2015
A Bright Room Called Day dir. Scott Illingworth Shubert Theater @NYU Tisch, NY 2014
Ego In-Flux Collaborative Dance Concert 5th Floor Theater @NYU Tisch, NY 2014
Objects In Mirror Collaborative Dance Concert 5th Floor Theater @NYU Tisch, NY 2014
Work In Taiwan
Allure dir. Shin-Jun Hsu Huashan 1914 Creative Park, Taipei 2013
Eighteen dir. Ka-Hou Mok Tainan Municipal Cultural Center, Tainan 2012
Dead White Males dir. Wei-An T. & Shang-Ting H. NTU Experimental Theater, Taipei 2012
The Woman in the Window dir. Ka-Hou Mok NTU Theater, Taipei 2011
The Yearbook dir. Meng-Huan Lin Taipei Stock, Taipei 2011
Dead Man’s Cell Phone dir. Kai-Jie Tu National Taiwan University, Taipei 2010
The God of Carnage dir. Kai-Jie Tu National Taiwan University, Taipei 2010
L’aide-Memoire dir. Ka-Hou Mok Hiu Kok Experimental Theatre, Macau 2010
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Selected
Associate Set Designer Six (Broadway) / des. Emma Bailey Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NY 2020
Associate Set Designer Howards End / des. Kimie Nishikawa Portland Center Stage, OR 2020
Assistant Set Designer Blood Moon/ des. Susan Rogers Prototype Festival, NY 2020
Associate Set Designer Pride and Prejudice / des. Kimie Nishikawa KC Rep, MO 2019
Assistant Set Designer A Bright Room Call Day / des. David Rockwell Public Theater, NY 2019
Assistant Set Designer Pretty Woman / des. David Rockwell Europe Tour 2019
Assistant Set Designer Becoming Nancy / des. David Rockwell Alliance Theater, GA 2019
Assistant Set Designer Mila, Great Sorcerer / des. Gene Kaufman Prototype Festival, NY 2019
Assistant Set Designer Kiss Me Kate(Broadway) / des. David Rockwell Studio 54, NY 2018
Assistant Set Designer Tootsie(Broadway) / des. David Rockwell Marquis Theatre, NY 2018
Assistant Set Designer The Nap (Broadway) / des. David Rockwell Manhattan Theatre Club, NY 2018
Assistant Set Designer The Hard Problem / des. David Rockwell Lincoln Center, NY 2018
Escape Room Designer Myss Tic Escape Rooms Myss Tic Company, NY 2018
Event Designer Ming River Opening Ming River Inc 2018 Assistant Set Designer Hamilton Exhibition - Election1500 DKD Studios, NY 2018
Visual Artist Invincible, a New Musical Invincible Enterprises LLC, NY 2017
Assistant Set Designer Mr. Burke & Mr.Hare / des. Caleb Wertenbaker Boston Lyric Opera, MA 2017
Assistant Set Designer Nat Turner in Jerusalem/ des. Susan Rogers New York Theater Workshop, NY 2016 Exhibition Designer Hello Kong Zi in New York Exhibition Times Square, NY 2016
Exhibition Designer Prague Quadrennial ’11 Taiwan Student Section The National Gallery, Prague 2011
EDUCATION
M.F.A NYU Tisch School of the Arts - Design for Stage and Film
B.A. National Taiwan University - Drama and Theatre
SKILLS
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Vectorworks、SketchUp、Twinmotion、Adobe (Photoshop / InDesign)、Microsoft (Word / Excel / Power Point)
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Concept Art、Model Building、Scenic Painting、Properties Construction、Painting、Linocut Print
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Mandarin: Native / English: Fluent
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Valid Driver’s License
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Member of USA 800 & 829
NOMINATION and AWARDS
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2022 Taipei Film Festival for Best Art Design for AMERICAN GIRL / Nomination
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2020 Obie Award for Outstanding Set Design for OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD / Winner
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2020 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Set Design for OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD / Nomination
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2016 First Run Festival Best Production Design for PREGNANT / Winner