Katy Tucker is a New York–based video and projection designer. Katy began her career as a painter and installation artist, exhibiting her work at a variety of galleries, such as the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Dupont Underground, the Dillon Gallery, and Artists Space in New York City. She has collaborated with musicians like Paul McCartney, Helga Davis, Pamela Z, Paola Prestini, Amanda Gookin, and Jeffrey Zeigler.
Her work in live performance has been seen in numerous places around the world including Broadway, Off-Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, Carnegie Hall, the Park Avenue Armory, BAM, the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Opera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dutch National Opera, the Sydney Opera House, Houston Grand Opera, and more.
Upcoming: Smash, “a comedy about a musical,” at the Imperial Theater on Broadway, opening April 10; Tannhäuser at Houston Grand Opera with Francesca Zambello; Lunar Eclipse, directed by Kate Whoriskey at Second Stage Theater; The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at Washington National Opera; and Siegfried at Teatro alla Scala.
Recent: Die Walküre and Das Rheingold at Teatro alla Scala, directed by Sir David McVicar; Macbeth at Washington National Opera/Kennedy Center; Turandot at Washington National Opera, directed by Francesca Zambello, with a new ending composed by Christopher Tin; Medea at the Canadian Opera Company; The Pianist, written and directed by Emily Mann; Florencia en el Amazonas at the Metropolitan Opera; and Klangwolke 23: Odyssey at the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Austria.
photo credit: Meredith Heuer