Jan Versweyveld

Jan Versweyveld (born 1958) is a Belgian theatre set designer, scenographer and lighting designer.

Biography Jan Versweyveld studied at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Together with his husband Ivo van Hove, whom he met in 1980, he created two theatre groups in the early 1980s: "Akt/Vertikaal" and "Toneelproducties De Tijd". Versweyveld then started working as scenographer for the Zuidelijk Toneel in Eindhoven in 1990, with Ivo van Hove as the director of the company.

In 2001 he became the head of scenography and the main designer for Toneelgroep Amsterdam. Versweyveld has been a scenographer for dance company Rosas and for opera houses including La Monnaie, Palais Garnier, the Vlaamse Opera and the Dutch National Opera, and a guest lecturer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.

Awards Bessie Award for Drumming Live (a dance performance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker) 2017: Molière Award for Visual Cration for Les Damès

Nominations 2015: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design and Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design for A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic 2016: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play for A View from the Bridge at the Lyceum Theatre (Broadway) 2016: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play for A View from the Bridge, and for The Crucible 2018: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design for Network at the National Theatre 2019: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play for Network 2019: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play, with Tal Yarden, for Network