Polina Adamov

Polina Adamov was born in 1970 in Moscow

Polina Adamov was born in Moscow in 1970 and grew up there. Her father was a professor who taught book design at the Academy of Graphic Design and Printing in Moscow. Her mother is a painter who worked for many years as chief designer at a Moscow publishing house.

She studied book design for 5 years at the same academy and holds a master's degree in the field. She also took a 1 year course in theater design.

From 1995 she designed sets and costumes for theaters in Moscow, Kyiv and Saint Petersburg, including the Vakhtangov Theatre and the Franko National Theater. She also worked as a book designer for several publishers and as chief designer of magazines in Moscow and Kyiv.

She moved to Israel in 2001. From 2003 she has designed for Israeli theaters such as Habima, the Arab-Hebrew Theatre in Jaffa, Tzavta and the Khan Theatre, and she also designed posters and programs. Her work has also been staged in China and Germany.

She lives in Tel Aviv with her partner, the writer and translator Roy Chen, and they have 1 son.