Mark Holthusen

Mark Holthusen

Projection Designer, Manahatta

In two seasons at OSF: Video designer, The River Bride, Head Over Heels

Video design: More than 120 of Mark’s photographs and animations served as the sole visual narration for Edgar Allan Poe’s The Haunted Palace (Paris, premiere); Duncan Sheik’s Whisper House (The Other Palace Theatre, London); Roger Waters' opera, Ça Ira (Rome); The Tiger Lillies’ ballad-opera of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Paris); Opera North’s Lulu: A Murder Ballad (West Yorkshire Playhouse, England); Either/Or (Denmark); A Dream Turns Sour (Battersea Center, London). 

Festivals: BAM Next Wave Festival; Brighton Fringe Festival (England); Bergen Arts Festival (Norway); Adelaide Arts Festival (Australia); Düsseldorf Festival (Germany); Festival Temps d’Images (France). 

Music Videos/Album Art: Roger Waters, American Music Club, The Tiger Lillies, 16 Horsepower, The Dodos. 

Commercial photography: Kohler, Toyota, Honda, Adidas, Chik-fil-A, Mercedes Benz, Target, Purina, Columbia Sportswear. 

Awards: Graphis (photography and design); Lürzer’s 200 Best Photographers in the World; Lucie Foundation Award­–International Photographer of the Year (music and advertising); Communication Arts. 

Education: San Francisco Art Institute, Brooks Institute of Photography.