Danila Travin is an artist, stage, costume, and video designer based in Berlin.
Education:
Moscow Art Theatre School, Set Design and Theatre Technology (BA)
Moscow State Academic Art Institute, Art History (MA)
Travin’s work as a stage and costume designer includes Onegin (Kaluga Drama Theatre, 2022), Witness for the Prosecution (Baltic House Theatre, St. Petersburg, 2022), Bobok (Kaluga Drama Theatre, 2022), Seryozha (Theater Center “Na Strastnom”, Moscow, 2021), and Dear Elena Sergeevna (Satyricon Theatre, Moscow, 2020). In 2023, he collaborated with the Ruhrtriennale as associate set designer for Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production of Aus einem Totenhaus.
Since 2021, he has worked as assistant set designer to Dmitri Tcherniakov, contributing to international opera productions including Der Ring des Nibelungen (Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin), The Flying Dutchman (Bayreuth Festival), Salome (Hamburg State Opera), Iphigenie en Aulide and Iphigenie en Tauride (Festival d’Aix-en-Provence), Giulio Cesare (Salzburg Festival), and The Maid of Orleans (Dutch National Opera).
Recent work includes Hänsel & Gretel at Staatstheater Darmstadt (2025), where he designed stage and video. Upcoming projects include Gianni Schicchi, a production of the Opernhaus Zürich at Theater Winterthur (2026).
Danila Travin explores form, space, and human perception through drawings, paintings, and 3D modeling. Central to his work is the concept of "home" and how people inhabit, seek, or await their place in the city. His pieces capture moments of anticipation and solitude, inviting viewers to reflect on human connection and the passage of time. Drawing from his background in theatre, he often uses contrasts of light and shadow to create immersive, contemplative spaces where observer and observed merge.