Sophie Thammer
studio for scenography
Sophie Thammer works as an interdisciplinary and transmedia artist, scenographer and costume designer.
In her work, she mainly deals with structures in text and music, which she transfers to visual worlds with the help of transformation processes.
Her work ranges from painting & drawing to installations, costumes and spatial concepts for exhibitions, film, theatre and opera productions.
Together with other scenographers from the German-speaking countries, she works on the development of an increasingly ecological and sustainable way of thinking, researching and acting in the performing arts.
She works as a freelance scenographer since 2024
and has been a member of Szenografie-Bund since 2024
education:
Sophie is currently completing her magister degree in scenography (stage and costume design, film and exhibition architecture) at the University Mozarteum Salzburg
2022-2023 she was a guest student (Erasmus intern) at the Sandberg Instituut/Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam as part of the Re:master Opera collective
scholarships:
2025-2027 she is a scholarship holder at Akademie Musiktheater Heute in the field of stage and costume design.
2025 she has been awarded a scholarship from Land Salzburg for the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg
2018 & 2022 she was a scholarship holder of the Michelangelo Foundation for the international craft and design festival “Homo Faber” in Venice. Here she worked for India Mahdavi and Robert Wilson, among others, as a cultural mediator.
© Felicitas Stecher
further experience:
(selection)
2023-2024 she worked as a stage design assistant to Katrin Nottrodt for ‘Orestie I-IV’ (directed by Nicolas Stemann) at Thalia Theater Hamburg and Salzburger Festspiele
2019-2023 she was part of the steering board of “Spot On MozART- Innovative Musicfilms’ in the field of visual arts
2022-2023 she was part of the props department of Salzburger Festspiele