REINIS SUHANOVS studied stage design in Latvian Academy of Arts and theatre directing in Latvian Academy of Culture. Set designer in Valmiera Theatre since 2011, Reinis Suhanovs has created set designs for the leading theatres in Latvia, as well as Moscow Art Theater and opera houses of Klagenfurt, Zagreb, Vilnius and Prague. Artist has participated in more than ten exhibitions and worked as director in Valmiera Drama Theatre. Reinis Suhanovs has received several prominent awards, such as Gold Medal for the Most Promising Talent in Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in 2007 and a Players’ Night award as the Best scenographer of the year in the season of 2009-2010 for the set design of Till Eulenspiegel in Dailes Theatre in Riga.