Lianne Arnold is a multimedia designer, scenic designer and interdisciplinary artist working across theater, opera, dance, music, film, and large-scale installation. Known for a dramaturgical approach to design, she brings versatility of medium and form, pairing conceptual rigor with a responsive, project-specific process.

Her performance design work has been presented at leading New York venues including BAM, The Kitchen, New York Theatre Workshop, HERE Arts Center, La MaMa, Ars Nova, National Sawdust, Roulette, The Joyce Theater, 59E59, Abrons Arts Center, and 3LD, as well as nationally and internationally. She has collaborated with a wide range of innovative artists and companies across dance, movement, new music, and opera, including Movement Art Is (Lil Buck and Jon Boogz), Blue Man Productions, Beth Morrison Projects, American Opera Projects, Jane Comfort & Company, and Prospect Theater Company.

Her installation and video art has been exhibited in galleries in New York, Los Angeles, and internationally, with visual arts collaborators including Leslie Kerby and Kendra Ware.

In the corporate, event, and broadcast space, Lianne has worked with leading design studios such as MODE Studios, Lightswitch, Lux Machina, MKG, and Dandelion + Burdock on projects for clients including Meta, NBA, Marvel, MTV, Hennessy, and Holland America.

Her associate design credits include The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway, Paranormal Activity US Tour, My Name Is Lucy Barton on Broadway, A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Julie Taymor at Theatre for a New Audience, Party People at The Public Theater, and Marvel Universe Live!.

Lianne was named a “Young Designer to Watch” by Live Design magazine. She teaches Video Design and Creative Technologies at The New School, is a member of Wingspace Design Collective, and holds an MFA from CalArts.