Overview
Joan Guillén has been a teacher for 40 years in the School of Dramatic Arts at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. He also works in the fields of painting, sculpture, illustration and satirical drawings for various Spanish media. In 1999 Guillén received the Gold Medal in Costume Design at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space and in 2016 he was awarded the National Prize of Culture from the National Council of Culture and the Arts of Catalonia.
Recent engagements: Designer La Cenerentola (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Il barbiere di Siviglia (Canadian Opera Company, Gran Teatre del Liceu)