Boris F. Kudlička (born 5 December 1972 in

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, Slovakia) is a theatre, opera, film set, and interior

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. He started his career in Warsaw, Poland and has since gained worldwide renown, foremost for his opera set designs. His "original style" has been characterized as minimalistic and "unconventional, built on contrasts and open to various interpretations". He has created set designs for the

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, Tokyo's Nikikai Opera,

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Dresden,

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London, and

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News York City, among others. He has also co-developed interior design for

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and the Belvedere restaurant in Warsaw. Kudlička studied set design at the Faculty of Stage and Costume Design at the

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from 1990 to 1996. He also studied at the Minerva Academy of Fine Arts in

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, the Netherlands.

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