Yana is a multimedia designer, video editor, and creative technologist based in New York City. Her work spans film, digital media, live performance, and immersive experiences, combining visual storytelling, motion graphics, and design to create narrative environments.

Over the last decade Yana has worked with filmmakers, artists, cultural institutions, and performing arts organizations to create original video content, installations, and large-scale visual experiences. Her work ranges from narrative and documentary film editing to multimedia design, projection mapping, and interactive media.

Her creative collaborations include projects with Yale Repertory Theatre, Detroit Opera, Signature Theatre, Hartford Stage, Krymov Lab NYC, Barrington Stage Company, Resident Ensemble Players, Miami New Drama, Milwaukee Rep, Westport Country Playhouse, Red Bull Theater, American Mime Theatre, Mason Holdings, Yale University, Yale Opera, Yale Cabaret, Irish Repertory Theatre, and more.

Yana’s film credits include Palimpsest: Tales Spun from Sea and Memories presented at the Venice Biennale 2022, Promise Land at Yale University, Alphabet City at Yale Art Gallery, Not Just Me at Catskill Art Society, Meraki at Harvestworks among others.

She has lectured at Harvard, Yale and Colgate universities. MFA: Yale School of Drama.

Represented by United Talent Agency | Member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE

CREDITS

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CREDITS 〰️

projection + video design

NEW YORK:

UNCLE VANYA // dir. DMITRY KRYMOV // KRYMOV LAB NYC

THE MEETING: THE INTERPRETER // dir.BRIAN MERTES //THEATRE AT ST. CLEMENTS

TROJAN WOMEN // dir.TEA ALAJIC // BARNARD COLLEGE

THE LIFEBOAT // dir.ARTHUR YORINKS // AMERICAN PHYSICAL THEATER

TERROR IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY // dir.TEA ALAGIC // THE FLEA THEATER

SMALL ACTS OF DARING INVENTION // dir.KRISTJAN THOR //MASON HOLDINGS

DREAMS: 12 VARIATIONS // dir.ARTHUR YORINKS // AMERICAN PHYSICAL THEATER

PUSHKIN: EUGENE ONEGIN IN OUR OWN WORDS // dir. DMITRY KRYMOV //KRYMOV LAB NYC

MOSS ANTHOLOGY // dir. JACQULYN BUGLISI // BUGLISI DANCE THEATRE 

HART ISLAND // dir.KRISTJAN THOR //MASON HOLDINGS

THE KARAMAZOVS // dir.ANNA BRENNER // NEW OHIO THEATRE

THE SABBATH GIRL // dir.JOE BRANCATO // 59E59

BORDER PEOPLE // dir. NICOLE A. WATSON // THE WORKING THEATER

DROPPING GUMBALLS ON LUKE WILSON // dir.THERESA REBECK // THE WORKING THEATER

THE WHITE DEVIL // dir.LOUISA PROSKE // RED BULL THEATER

SELKIE // dir.MATT DICKSON // DUTCH KILLS THEATER

DEAD ARE MY PEOPLE // dir.LEAH GARDINER // NEW YORK THEATER WORKSHOP

CANNIBAL GALAXY: A LOVE STORY // dir.JENN HALTMAN // BETWEEN TWO BOROUGHS

1/13/14 // dir.AWOYE TIMPO // STUDIO TISCH

TRANSPORT // dir.TONY WALTON // THE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE

REGIONAL:

MOZART TO POP CHART // dir. KENNETH FERRONE // CAPE PLAYHOUSE

COSI FAN TUTTE // dir. YUVAL SHARON // DETROIT OPERA

PRELUDE TO A KISS // dir.KENNETH FERRONE // MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER

CARMEN //dir. ROBERT NEU // SIOUX CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

FLAWLESS // dir.JOE BRANCATO // PENGUIN REP THEATRE

SIMONA’S SEARCH // dir. MELIA BENSUSSEN // HARTFORD STAGE

MANY PATTERNS ONE CLOTH // dir. JUDIYE AL-BILALI // UMASS THEATER

WE ARE PUSSY RIOT OR EVERYTHING IS P.R. //dir.APRIL SWEENEY // COLGATE UNIVERSITY

SANCTUARY CITY // dir.ADRIAN GIURGEA // COLGATE UNIVERSITY

ELIAN // dir.MICHEL HAUSMANN // MIAMI NEW DRAMA

ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN // dir.SKIP GREER // BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY

YEAH BABY // dir.THERESA REBECK // RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PLAYERS

I & YOU // dir.GIA FORAKIS // BRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE

SPRING AWAKENING // dir.LEORA MORRIS // CONNECTICUT COLLEGE

MLIMA’S TALE // dir.MARK LAMOS // WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE

DON QUIXOTTE // dir. LINDA BROVSKY // YALE OPERA

GROUNDED // dir.LIZ DIAMOND // WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE

IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING // dir.LAURIE WOOLERY // YALE REPERTORY THEATRE

SCENES FROM COURT LIFE // dir.MARK WING-DAVEY // YALE REPERTORY THEATRE

THE SQUARE ROOT OF THREE SISTERS // dir. DMITRY KRYMOV // ARTS & IDEAS FESTIVAL

FILM:

SLEEPING BEAUTY // EDITOR // dir.KSENYA GOLAND // SHORT

CRY WOLF // EDITOR // dir.DIMANI KEY // SHORT

THE KARAMAZOVS // EDITOR // dir.ANNA BRENNER // FEATURE // GRAVITAS VENTURES

PALIMPSEST: TALES SPUN FROM SEA AND MEMORIES // EDITOR // dir.BILLY GERARD FRANK // SHORT // VENICE BIENNALE 2022

I DIGRESS: THE INTIMATE INSIGHTS OF A CHILDHOOD WEIRDO // EDITOR // dir.APRIL SWEENEY // SHORT

YIDDISH MEAN GIRLS // EDITOR // dir.DYLAN SEDERS HOFFMAN // SHORT

NOT JUST ME // VIDEO DESIGNER +EDITOR // dir.JULIA WILKINS // SHORT // CATSKILLS ART SOCIETY

OUT OF OFFICE // EDITOR // dir.EMMA WISEMAN + EMILY ZEMBA // SHORT

LIFT // VIDEO DESIGNER // dir.DAVID PETERSEN // FEATURE DOC // PEACOCK

ART INSTALLATION:

GEORGE WINGATE: RECOLLECTIONS // PROJECTION DESIGNER + PROGRAMMER // dir.MARY HANLON // GLOUCESTER, MA

NOT JUST ME // EDITOR + VIDEO DESIGNER // dir.JULIA WILKINS // CATSKILL ART SOCIETY

THIS WRESTLING PLACE // PROJECTION DESIGNER + PROGRAMMER // dir.EMMA SANDALL // NEW YORK, NY

PALIMPSEST: TALES SPUN FROM SEA AND MEMORIES // EDITOR // dir.BILLY GERARD FRANK // SHORT // VENICE BIENNALE 2022

PROMISE LAND // dir.YANA BIRYUKOVA + CAROLINA ORTIZ HERRERA // YALE UNIVERSITY

ALPHABET CITY // PROJECTION DESIGNER + PROGRAMMER // dir.TORI SAMPSON // YALE ART GALLERY

MERAKI // VIDEO DESIGNER // HARVESTWORKS

AWARDS + GRANTS:

  • Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Projection

  • OPERA America Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase Finalist

  • DMCA Interdisciplinary Arts Grant

  • The Donald and Zorka Oenslager Scholarship in Stage Design

EDUCATION:

YALE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF DRAMA, MFA, DESIGN
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, BFA, FILM STUDIES