XX Design creates scenic design for theater, opera, dance, concerts and film. Our company also creates imaginative space installation whether it be environmental, interior, or landscape design.
César Retana-Holguín, artist and designer, recently set designed Hungry Woman by Josefina López for CASA 0101 Theater in Los Angeles, California. In 2004, he designed Blasting Holes Into the Night which premiered in Shanghai, China. Other professional work includes Prodigal
Daughter and Jasmine at the Los Angeles Korean Consulate, Survivor at the
Electric Theater in Venice, Califonria, and the Persian Festival at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art.
In Paris, France,
he worked at thenational Theater Amandiers. He also designed the national touringshow Can't Pay, Won't Pay by Dario Fo for El Teatro de la Esperanza.
He
holds an MFA from UCLA and has either taught, directed and/or designed at the
Claremont Colleges, CSU, Northridge, West Hills College, LA Trade Technical
College, FIDM, South Coast Repertory, LA Southwest College, LA Valley College,
UCLA and USC. The Liquidtex
Corporation made a museum purchase of Frida in the Box, one of his sculptures. He has exhibited at LAX, Bonhams and Butterfield in
Hollywood, Plaza de la Raza, Advocate Gallery at the Gay and Lesbian Center,
and Penn State.
