iosef Yusupov

Archive 1985—2026

VISUAL LEADING ARTIST - Sceneographer - TEACHING ARTIST

iosef

Yusupov

Working between visual art, theatre, opera, film, set design and costume design—building complete worlds from image, space and movement.

Visual Artist
Set Designer
Costume Designer

“The stage is not decoration. It is a living image—architecture, memory and human movement held in a
single breath.”
01 · Artistic statement
01
Scenographer
Space, light and dramatic architecture for opera and theatre.
02
Visual Artist
Tempera, Acrylic, Oil paintings on paper ,canvas with unmistakable theatrical charge
03
Set & Costume Designer
A total visual language shape around body ,story and place
A visual archive

Black Sun

Portrait mother

Vintage Singer

Self-Portrait with Yelena

Masha

Vintage 1930's Remington

04 · Career
Work across
the world
An international career spanning major opera houses, ballet companies, Broadway stages and large-scale ceremonial performance.
01
Metropolitan Opera
02
La Scala
03
Bregenz Festival
04
Opera Australia
05
American Ballet Theatre
06
Broadway
05 · Selected collaborations
Creative dialogue across disciplines has remained central to Yusupov’s practice.
Francesca Zambello
Andrew Paul
Shaig Safarov
Andrey Konchalovsky
Yefim Maisel
Barzy Abdurazakov
Julie Taymor
George Tsypin
Opera Factory
06 · Sochi 2014
An opening
seen by the world.
07 · Artistic voice
“Every production begins with listening—to the music, to the text, and to the hidden architecture of the story.”