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As a Lighting Designer, Christopher Rayment has been conceiving and realising radiant environments since 2008. To actualise thoughtful and thought-through illuminations he draws on a practice of assessing, researching, conceptualising, calculating, drafting, and overseeing installations before programming and fastidiously adjusting. He is hard working, passionate, and well versed in the art of persuasion with backgrounds in Collaborative Design Environments as well as Luxury Retail Sales and Service.

Education

Ryerson University Lighting Design Certificate (Candidate) 2016-2018

Lighting Analysts Inc. AGi32 Introductory Training Course 2015

IES Montreal Principes et conception des systemes d’éclairages 2014-2015
(Principles and Design of Lighting Systems)

Concordia University BFA, Distinction (Design for the Theatre) 2006-2011

Projects

June 2013 – Plato Productions: Lighting Designer, Technician
Play: Holy Tranity!, by Puelo Deir, directed by David DiGiovani

June 2013 – BW Brandes at Divan Orange: Lighting Designer, Technician
Performance: The Ink and Stars album launch; BW Brandes, Dear Ashes Deer, The Unsettlers

March, 2013 – Studio 303 – Festival Lighting Designer
Performance: Edgy Womens Festival, devised by Miriam Ginestier; featuring Julienne Doko, Antonija Livingstone, Heather Cassils, Marijs Boulogne, and Mia Van Leeuwen (among others)

2012/13 Season– Studio 303 – Resident Lighting Designer

February 2012 – Boston Children’s Theater: Assistant Lighting Designer
Play: Reflections of a Rock Lobster, written and directed by Burgess Clark, lighting design by Benjamin Williams

November 2011 – Nadère / Tangente: Assistant Lighting Designer
Performance: Di(x)parue, conceived and performed by Andréane Leclerc, lighting design by Alexis Bowles

September 2011 – École Supérieur de Théâtre de l’Université de Québec à Montréal: Lighting Technician
Play: Dialogue sur le théâtre, conceived and directed by François Marquis, lighting design by Stéphanie Beaubien

September 2011 – École Supérieur de Théâtre de l’Université de Québec à Montréal: Assistant Lighting Designer / Lighting Technician
Performance: Cherepaka, conceived and performed by Andréane Leclerc, lighting design by Alexis Bowles

April 2011 – Concordia University Theatre Department: Lighting Designer
Play: Scorched, by Wajdi Mououad, directed by Vernice Miller

December 2010 – Concordia University Theatre Department: Lighting Designer
Play: Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights, by Gertrude Stein, directed by Nathalie Claude

June 2010 – Montreal Fringe / Sheep in Fog: Set and Lighting Designer / Technician
Play: Jesus Jello, by Joanne Sarazen, directed by Joannne Sarazen and Lindsay Wilson

June 2010 – Concordia University’s Congress Festival: Lighting Designer
Project title: Understanding the Image Mill, curated by Raymond Marius Boucher

February 2010 – Centaur Theatre: Assistant Lighting Designer
Play: Michel and Ti-Jean, by George Rideout, lighting design by Kirsten Watt, directed by Sarah Stanley

October 2009 – Concordia University Theatre Department: Lighting Designer / Lighting Technician
Play: Elizabethan Bath Project, adapted from text by William Shakespeare, directed by Paul Hopkins

March 2009 – SIPA (Student-Initiated Production Assignment): Director / Set Designer
Plays: John and Jamie’s Flies, by Celeste Parr; While Isabelle Bleeds, by Sasha Semienchuk; Kite Maker’s Blues, by Kasia Juno van Schaik

March 2009 – Carney Collective: Lighting Designer / Technical Director
Play: Drag On, Jaded, by Ryan Hurl, directed by Emily Quaile

November 2008 – SIPA (Student-Initiated Production Assignment): Festival Lighting Designer
Plays: Vaudeville is Dead, by Jeff Kubik and company, directed by Kristen Gregor; Terminal Terminal, by Bryan James, directed by Deborah Forde; Tawillager, by Joseph Bembridge, directed by Alex Draghici