Rose Montgomery
About
Rose Montgomery is an Australian set, costume and props designer, and holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Design for Performance from The National Institute of Dramatic Art (Sydney). Prior to studying at NIDA, Rose completed a Bachelor of Spatial Design and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. 
Rose works between Australia and The United Kingdom as a freelance designer across theatre, opera, dance, film, television , video games and events.

Awards and Nominations

2021 Recipient of the Loudon Sainthill Memorial Scholarship 
2020 Recipient of RN’s TOP 5 Arts ABC Media Residency 2020
2020 Finalist for the JMK Theatre Award (Designer) 
2020 Selected for BAFTA Connects (paired with mentor renowned costume designer Phoebe De Gaye)
2017-18 Selected for Sydney Opera House’s MADE Program  

Work
Theatre includes: Graphics Designer for Operation Mincemeat (Spit Lip) 2023, Graphics Designer for Sylvia (The Old Vic) 2023, Graphics Designer for The Great Gatsby NYC (Immersive International) 2022, Graphics Designer for The Burnt City (Punchdrunk) 2022, Designer of Chiaroscuro (Canberra Theatre Centre) 2021, Designer of This Modern Coil (Redfern Pop Up Theatre) 2021, Associate Designer of Hamlet (The Young Vic) 2020, Costume Designer of Uncle Vanya (UK Touring Production) 2019, Designer of Post (The Old Red Lion Theatre) 2019, Set and Props Designer of The Way Of The World (NIDA Theatres) 2018, Designer of The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NIDA Theatres) 2018, Costume Designer of Me Right Now (Canberra Theatre) 2012. 
Opera includes: Associate Designer on LA Philharmonic's Weimar Nightfall: Seven Deadly Sins (Walt Disney Concert Hall) 2021.
Film/Television includes: Production Designer of Short Film  'kjærlighet' (Primary Colour Pictures) 2023, Design Assistant on The Great Season 3 (Hulu) 2022, Production Designer of Svengali (Badlands Productions) 2021, Set Decoration Assistant on Piece's of Her (Netflix) 2021, Set Decoration Assistant on Thor Love and Thunder (Marvel) 2020/21, Art Department and Wardrobe Assistant on Home & Away 2020, Properties Master of The Home Team (AFTERS Pilot) 2020, Design Intern for graphics designer Annie Atkins 2018/19,  Wardrobe Assistant on All About E (Girls' Own Pictures) 2013. 
Music Videos include: Production Designer of Lime Cordiale's Reality Check Please.
Events include: Graphic Designer for Winter Wonderland 2022 and 2023, Designer for DJ Flume's European Tour pop-up stores 2020.​​​​​​​
Design Assistant for: Anna Fleischle, Jon Bausor, Tom Scutt, Ben Stones, Michael Levine, Peter McKintosh, Chloe Lamford, Laura Hopkins, Mel Page, Michael Hankin, and more. 
Press
This Modern Coil - Redfern Pop Up Theatre
"The use of gravel by set designer Rose Montgomery added an especially delicious aural experience, with every crunch-under-boot ricocheting through the audience"
— ★★★★- stateoftheart.net
Chiaroscuro - Canberra Theatre Centre
"Rose Montgomery’s setting makes effective use of the limited space, and is successful in suggesting the disarray of an artist’s studio"
— Australian Arts Review

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