Es Devlin
| Es Devlin | |
|---|---|
| Born | London, United Kingdom |
| Residence | London |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Royal Academy of Music, Bristol University |
| Occupation | Stage designer |
| Website | esdevlin |
Es Devlin is a stage designer. She also works as creative director for pop artists and has been designing shows for Louis Vuitton since 2014 . Devlin designed the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. She was appointed OBE (Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's New Years Honours List 2015.
Devlin studied music at the Royal Academy of Music from age 12 as a Junior Exhibitioner while attending Cranbrook School in Kent. She went on to gain a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature at Bristol University, writing her dissertation on the American poet Adrienne Rich. A fine art foundation course followed at Central St Martins College of Art and Design before she studied set design on the Motley Theatre Design Course in London under Percy Harris, Alison Chitty and Kandis Cook. While studying Devlin worked as a stage hand for Le Cirque Invisible – the circus created by Victoria Chaplin and Jean-Baptiste Thierrée. She also assisted the artist Damien Hirst on Agongo, an installation at the Richard de Marco Gallery in Edinburgh in 1992.
Devlin was born in Kingston upon Thames to author, campaigner and former teacher Angela Devlin, and Tim Devlin was a journalist. Devlin lives in Peckham, South London with her husband, costume designer Jack Galloway and their two children Ry and Ludo.
On completing the Motley Theatre Design Course in 1995, Devlin was awarded the Linbury Prize for Stage Design – part of the prize was her first professional commission: Edward II for the Octagon Theatre, Bolton. More projects followed in small fringe theatres in London including the Bush Theatre (pictured) where she was appointed Artistic Associate from 1997–99. Devlin invited Trevor Nunn (director of the Royal National Theatre at the time) to see her work at the tiny pub theatre – he saw the show and commissioned her to design Harold Pinter's Betrayal at the National Theatre.
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