Selina is a costume designer from British Columbia, Canada. She graduated top of her program (recipient of the John Wolfe Mccoll Memorial Award; awarded to the graduating student with the highest cumulative GPA in the program) with a BA in theatre studies from the University of Toronto. She is also a MFA candidate for her Costume Design MFA at UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and TV.
Recent design credits include Bobbie (Theatre by the Bay), and Bone Cage (Assembly Theatre) to which the performance was Dora nominated.
Selina also has 8 years of extensive training in violin, was a part of Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, and has won gold in several performances at Kiwanis Music Festival (regional music competition). Additionally, she has also trained under the RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) for ballet and has experiences in competitive jazz, contemporary, lyrical, latin dance, and acrobatics. These experiences help guide her process when designing.
SELINA JIA
Selina is interested in bringing in Rachel Hann’s debate and theory on Critical Costume into her practices. She wrote her thesis on this- please contact me to read it, I am very passionate about it!
The link to Hann’s article can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14682761.2017.1333831
IATSE ADC 659 Associate Member
Contact: selinajia12345@gmail.com
Please send me a message if you are interested in working with me!