Karen TenEyck (1958) is an American

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and

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who has worked in theatre, opera, film, and TV.

Early life and education

TenEyck was raised in

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. She attended Kutztown State College in Pennsylvania and earned a degree in advertising and graphic design.

Career

After graduation TenEyck worked for various advertising companies. She attended the

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and graduated in 1991. She then worked in the field of advertising and later moved to New York City. In 2013 she lived in California.

Scene design

TenEyck designed sets for theatrical productions for eleven years. Her style is generally spare and simple, but not to the point of abstraction. Some of her sets are more intricate, such as her design for

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's adaptation of '' Triumph of Love''."The Triumph of Love"
, ''Variety'' Charles Isherwood February 24, 1997Uneven New 'Triumph of Love'
– ''Los Angeles Times'', February 24, 1997 In addition to physical scene design, TenEyck has also developed techniques in virtual projection design while working for the

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theatre company. She used these techniques on the Shakespeare Festival of LA's rendition of ''Julius Caesar'', where modern-esque campaign projections for Caesar were displayed against the backdrop of

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. Both her work at Mabou Mines and Los Angeles won her awards for digital/graphic work.

Film

After working in theatre for 11 years, TenEyck did graphic work for the film ''

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'', and since then has worked on more than 30 other film titles. Some of her more recent film projects include graphics and branding for ''

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'', '' Captain America: The First Avenger'', and ''

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''.

Awards

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award for Special Effects ** ''An Epidog'' ToRoNaDa Studio, New York NY 1996 * Drama Logue Award for Scenic Design ** ''The Triumph of Love'' South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa California 1997 ** ''Pygmalion'' South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa California 1997 *

Garland Award The Back Stage Garland Awards — also referred to simply as the Garland Awards, and known as the Back Stage West Garland Awards from 1998 to 2008 — were bestowed by the entertainment-industry newspaper '' Backstage'', honoring excellence in Sou ...

for Set Design ** ''Julius Caesar'', Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California, 1998 * Included in the Autry Museum of Western Heritage's exhibition on Chinese-American life since the 1790s ** ''

On Gold Mountain ''On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family'' describes 100 years of author Lisa See's family history, providing a complex portrait of her family’s hard work, suffering, failures and successes as they moved fro ...

'', Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine California 2000

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:TenEyck, Karen 1958 births Living people American people of Dutch descent American scenic designers Women scenic designers People from Wilmington, Delaware Kutztown University of Pennsylvania alumni David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni