Born in Melbourne Australia, Bejer divides his time between studios in Bordeaux and in London. He studied fine art and stage design before embarking on a career as a theatre designer. His extensive experience in the theatre bears on his broad artistic practice, which encompasses painting, sculpture, printmaking, and installation. In 2022, he graduated with a MFA from the City and Guilds of London Art School, where he received the prestigious Artists’ Collecting Society Studio Prize as well as the Roger De Gray Prize for Drawing. From 2022 to 2023 he held the Decorative Surfaces Fellowship of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers where he is now an Honorary Freeman. His work has since been show in group and solo exhibitions in London (2024), Taipei (2024), Hong Kong (2023) and Melbourne (2022) and has been previously exhibited in group shows in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. He is currently resident artist with the Sunderland Collection’s Artist’s Programme where he is developing a body of work related to the Collection’s focus on historical maps and atlases.
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Education
Fellowship – Worshipful Company of Painters & Stainers 2022-23
MA Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School – 2020-22
Winner- ACS Studio Residency 2022
Post-Graduate Diploma- Theatre Design, Motley Theatre Design Course, 2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts, VCA, Melbourne University, 2010-2013
Internship & Conservation Department, Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Awards
Winner- ACS Studio Residency 2022
Winner, Roger de Grey drawing prize 2021
Art Battle London -Winner 2018
Garry Grossbard Drawing prize 2013
Exhibitions
2024, Paradise Glitch, General Assemby, London
2024, Liftoff Something Easy, Taipei
2024, Illusion Painter’s Hall, London
2024, Together we thrive, Cromwell Place, London
2023, Fellowship Exhibtion, CGLAS, London
2023, Miasma CG Gallery, USA
Work as Assistant Designer includes:
La Fenice Opera House, Venice; La Scala Opera House, Milan; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Garsington Opera, Amazon Studios.
Selected Set and Costume Design credits include:
The Fairy Queen, Waterperry Opera Festival
Die Zauberflöte, Croatian National Opera
Rinaldo, ‘Opera’ exhibition, mechanical theatre recreation, V&A Museum
Kiki’s Delivery Service, Southwark Playhouse
Nabucco, Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona
The Love for Three Oranges, Croatian National Opera
The Magic Flute, Iford Arts Festival
El Gato con Botas, Linbury Theatre ROH
The Cunning Little Vixen, BYO at the Peacock Theatre