Jessica Krometis, Lighting Designer
Jessica brings her theatrical sensibilities, honed through a decade in the Chicago theatre scene, to the architectural lighting world. She now employs her keen eye for constructing a narrative and her ability to manipulate light to dazzling emotional effect to enhance the visitor experience at museums and others spaces.
Before joining Available Light, Jessica designed architectural lighting effects at Northwestern University, including the mural walls at the tech Building and the stained glass at Alice Millar Chapel. She designed several shows in the Chicago area and New York with companies including American Theatre Company, Theatre Wit, Stage Left Theatre, Artistic Home, and Jackalope Theatre.
Earlier in her career, Jessica assisted major Chicago designers on exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry and the Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago. She was the ALD on various theatrical productions at Tony Award-winning theatres like the Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Court Theatre.
She graduated with her MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University, where she received the John Williams Lighting Design Award. Jessica exhibited at the Young Designer's Forum at the 2015 USITT Conference and at the Prague Quadrennial 2015 in the United States student exhibit.
Jessica brings her theatrical sensibilities, honed through a decade in the Chicago theatre scene, to the architectural lighting world. She now employs her keen eye for constructing a narrative and her ability to manipulate light to dazzling emotional effect to enhance the visitor experience at museums and others spaces.
Before joining Available Light, Jessica designed architectural lighting effects at Northwestern University, including the mural walls at the tech Building and the stained glass at Alice Millar Chapel. She designed several shows in the Chicago area and New York with companies including American Theatre Company, Theatre Wit, Stage Left Theatre, Artistic Home, and Jackalope Theatre.
Earlier in her career, Jessica assisted major Chicago designers on exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry and the Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago. She was the ALD on various theatrical productions at Tony Award-winning theatres like the Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Court Theatre.
She graduated with her MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University, where she received the John Williams Lighting Design Award. Jessica exhibited at the Young Designer's Forum at the 2015 USITT Conference and at the Prague Quadrennial 2015 in the United States student exhibit.