Anastasia Simes
(Set and Costume Designer)

Ms. Ryurikov Simes was born in Moscow and graduated from the Surikov School of Fine Arts, Moscow, in 1987. She then acquired an MFA from The Russian Institute for Cinematography in 1994. Since her arrival in Washington, DC, in 1993, her art has been exhibited at several solo and group shows in Washington, New York, and Europe. Mrs. Ryurikov Simes' drawings have appeared regularly in film and literary magazines, and her work has been praised by a number of critics. Her theatrical works, Fathers and Sons, with The Stanislavsky Theatre Studio, The Master and Margarita, Bohemians, The Dybbuk, Frankenstein, and Macbeth with Synetic have won critical acclaim, and for her work on Macbeth she was nominated for Helen Hayes Awards in Outstanding Costume Design and Outstanding Set Design.