Biography

     Evin Sanna Olsen received her BA from Emory University and MFA from the University of California, San Diego. She is a TCG/NEA fellowship recipient in set and costume design and has served as lecturer at the University of California at Davis in the field of set design where she designed Romeo and Juliet directed by Granada artist-in-residence Peter Lichtenfels. Evin has designed commercial and residential interiors in northern and central California which include the Barking Dog Grill restaurant and office design for Gallo Winery. She has designed sets and costumes for many theatre productions, including, We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University starring Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny, The Slums of Beverly Hills), the West Coast premiere of The Cryptogram and Mules at the Magic Theatre, A Mouthful of Birds and The King Stag (directed by Andrei Belgrader) starring Tony Shaloub (Monk) at American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, and Robert Woodruff's production of Skin at the University of California, San Diego. She has designed Women Beware Women, directed by Brian Jucha; Mistero Buffo, directed by Fran?ois Rochaix; and The Trojan Women: A Love Story, directed by Robert Woodruff at the A.R.T. Institute at Harvard University. Evin also designed Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and was a guest artist at Sonoma State University. She has taught interior design and fashion design at the Art Institute of California and is thrilled to be here teaching in the Interior Design program at Modesto Junior College.  Evin is also an adjunct faculty member at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco teaching in the fashion program.