Scenographer Taina Relander was graduated as Master of Arts from the School of Arts and Design / Aalto University in Helsinki 1984. The subject of her thesis was costume design for contemporary dance. She completed her post graduate studies of scenography at the École Nationale Superiéure d’Art Villa Arson´s scenography departement, with a grant of French government 1987-89.

Relander worked as a set designer at Rovaniemi City Theatre 1989-91. She has been a freelancer in Helsinki since 1991, designing costumes and/or sets for over hundred productions, visiting Finnish National Opera and several regional operas, also visiting in Spain and Estonia.

Visual workshops are also among her skills. During several projects she has been tutoring students from Aalto University in collaboration with the audience outreach departement at Finnish National Opera 2015-2019.

Exposition ‘SETs&Stuff’ presented her selected projects in the Theatre Museum 2004.

Notable designs:

Opera

Aho TOVE J Finnish Chamber Opera – 2022
Kaasinen LÄHDE Finnish National Opera – 2021
Kortekangas ELÄMÄNKUVAT Korsholm Music Festival – 2019
Puccini GIANNI SCHICCHI Finnish National Opera – 2011
Kyllönen EL LIBRO DE LOS REYES Ayuntamiento de Cadiz and Kapsäkki – 2009
Ferrero MARILYN Vaasa Opera 1993 / Finnish National Opera – 1995

Dance

TOGETHER Alpo Aaltokoski – 2010/2023
YÖNVARTIJA Alpo Aaltokoski – 1992/2001/2008
BLUE GATE Carolyn Carlson – 1992
SANTA MARIA DELLA GRAZIA Sanna Kekäläinen – 1990

Performance

PIIPÄÄ Kaija Saariaho – Marikki Hakola – 1987 / Remix 2011