Jessica Poirier-Chang
Jury Member, 2024
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Jessica holds a degree in Set and Costume Design from the National Theatre School of Canada (2006). She has made her mark as a designer within various Canadian regional theaters as well as the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where she contributed for four seasons. Her recent credits include costume designs for Foxfinder (Imago Theatre, 2022) for which she was nominated for a META for Outstanding Costume Design, Les Géants (Cirque Éloize, 2022), Bonnes Bonnes (Théâtre aux Écuries, 2023), the opera Incoronazione di Poppea (Atelier Lyrique, 2023), Chimerica (Théâtre Duceppe, 2024), for which she won the François-Barbeau award for Best Costume Design, Meteor Shower (Theatre Calgary, 2024) and The Cirque (Cirque du Soleil, 2024). In 2021, she initiated Musée Vivant, a theatrical project exploring the representation of women through classical art, supported by a grant from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec. Alongside her costume design endeavours, Jessica has an Etsy boutique where she creates handbags from salvaged fabrics and also paints regularly.
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