Heather Cameron Freedman
b. 1988, USA
Fluent in English, Italian
Education
Currently pursuing MFA in Costume Design, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY
Projected completion: 2020
2015/16; 2016/17 Resident Fellow, Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
2010 BFA Illustration, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Spring 2009, European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy
Experience
Costume Designer, February 2020
Red Velvet, Directed by Susan Fenichell, Jack Crystal Theater, New York, NY
Costume Designer, November 2019
Commercial, Written and Directed by Yulin Yang
Costume Designer, August 2019
Out of Order
Short film; Written and Directed by Brandon and Cameron Laventure, New York, NY
Associate Costume Designer, May 2019
Religion - Music video; Artist: Shura; Directed by Chloe Wallace shot on location in Yonkers, NY
Costume and Production Designer, March 2019
Basement Talk
Short film; Written and Directed by Grant Hyun shot on location in Brooklyn, NY
Costume Designer, February 2019
Compound Rite: Utopia or Oblivion
Dance work; Original choreography by NiNi Dongnier
Master’s Performance Workshop Concert, Jack Crystal Theater, New York, NY
Costume Designer, January 2019
Project/Projet
Devised theater work; Written by Keith Reddin; Directed by Mark Wing-Davey and Jim Calder
Walker Theater, NYU Tisch Graduate School of Acting, New York, NY
Costume Designer, January 2019
The Weighing of Souls*, video work by artist Holly Zausner *currently in post-production
Venice, Italy
Costume Designer, April 2018
Dyad
Dance work; Original choreography by Ashley Daigle
Choreographer’s, Composers and Designers Concert, Jack Crystal Theater, New York, NY
Illustrator/Concept Artist, Winter 2018
Tiffany & Co.
Concept and World creation for Holiday 2018
Spring 2017
Costume Designer
CENCI; Created and directed by Angela Dufresne
Palazzetto Cenci, Rome, Italy
Spring 2016
Costume Design Assistant to William Kentridge and costume designer Greta Goiris
Responsible for overseeing design and creation of +100 costumes, hats, + accessory pieces; assisted in fabrication; managed volunteers and costume shop
William Kentridge’s Triumphs & Laments
Rome, Italy
2015
Costume Stylist; Dance and Process Series, Work by Benjamin Kimitch, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Production Assistant, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2014
Production Designer; I Don’t Really Give a F*ck, Music Video, New York, NY
2013
Scenic Designer; Cloven Tongues, Play in 3 Acts, The Wild Project, New York, NY
Art Department; The Capables, Play in 2 Acts, The Gym at Judson, New York, NY
Art Director; Valedictorian, Feature Film, Directed by Matthew Yeager
Set Construction; The Future is Not What it Was, Play in 2 Acts, Walkerspace, New York, NY
2012
Designer (Costume & Set); Nothing Lasts Forever, Nothing is Lost Forever,
In collaboration with saifan shmerer | SASSON
Performance Installation, The End, Brooklyn, NY
Set Construction; This is Our Youth, Play in 2 Acts, Wild Project, New York, NY
2010
Intern, Graphic Design + Marketing, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
Production Designer, Choreographer; Wrong Wave, Music Video, Providence, RI
Set Design + Construction; Cocoon, RISD Film student thesis project directed by Evan Polivy, Providence, RI
Teaching Artist: Visual Arts, City Arts!, Providence, RI
Choreographer; RISD the Musical, written and directed by Greg Kozatek and Jean Kim, Providence, RI
2009 – 2010
Puppet Designer + Fabricator, Performer; BIG NAZO Puppet Lab, Providence, RI
Exhibitions
2017
RISD EHP Spring Exhibition, Group Show, Palazzetto Cenci, Rome, Italy
2016
RISD EHP Fall Exhibition, Group Show, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy
12x6x12, Group Show, Esthia Gallery, Rome, Italy
Sketching, Group Show, Bibliothè Contemporary Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
RISD EHP Spring Exhibition, Group Show, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy
Tiny Biennale, Group Show, Temple University Gallery, Rome, Italy
2015
RISD EHP Winter Exhibition, Group Show, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy
Impressioni, Group Show, Caffé Peru, Rome, Italy – Participant and Curator
Portafortuna, Group Show, Spazio Varco, L’Aquila, Italy
2013
ETLE Universe Inaugural Show, with A.O. Movement Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Nothing Lasts Forever, Nothing is Lost Forever, Performance Installation, The End, Brooklyn, NY
Nothing Lasts Forever, Nothing is Lost Forever, Installation, The Woods Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Habitat Becomes You, Providence Art Windows, Public Installation, Providence RI
Illustration Senior Show, Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
Residencies, Fellowships
2015-2017 Resident Fellow, Rhode Island School of Design European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
2015 Artist-in-Residence, Babayan Culture House, Ibrahimpasa, Turkey
Awards
Rhode Island School of Design Senior Book Award, Illustration Department, 2010
Dean’s List, Rhode Island School of Design, 2010