CARNIVAL & MAS

  • TRINIDAD CARNIVAL - Batik and silk painted sections for Peter Minshall’s Song of the Earth, Hallelujah and Tapestry

  • LEEDS CARNIVAL- Award winning troupes for RJC Dance for 25 years. Workshops and skills building with young people and community groups.

  • ROTTERDAM CARNIVAL- Toured with RJC Dance with ‘Tighten Yuh Belt’ troupe.

  • LEEDS NIGHT LIGHT- Night carnival performance for Olympic Torch Relay, UK

  • CARNIVAL BOOK- A childrens carnival education resource for Key Stage 1/2 written with Ayo Jones.

  • CARNIVAL CONFERENCE- designed large scale banners for Leeds Beckett University.

  • TALKS AND LECTURES- a wide variety of conferences on specifically around sustainability,design and working with young people in carnival.

FILM & VIDEO GAMES

  • SONY ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE-Costume design and lead stylist for Best selling game 2001 ‘The Getaway’ and ‘Gangs of London’

  • SHORT FILMS- costumes and design for various independent directors.

  • TEAM BONDI- LA- Costume consultant for ‘LA Noire’.Worked in Los Angeles for Video Games Awards 2009 and New York Tribeca Film Festival 2010

  • INTERPLAY -Costume Design for LS12 Film Project working with young people from Armley.

  • PANOPTICAL FILMS- Costume & production design for ‘Black Boy Joy Gone’ a British Film Institute short dance film exploring Black Male abuse and mental wellbeing.

DANCE & THEATRE

  • ACE DANCE & MUSIC -Costume Design for touring dance production of ‘3 Shades’

  • RJC DANCE -Costume Design for professional touring dance production ‘Mekwae’

  • OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY- costumes for 100 dancers to perform as part of 2012 Torch Relay

  • ENGLAND V’S WEST INDIES CRICKET- designed costumes for 60 dancers to perform at interval at Headingley Stadium.

  • CARNIVAL MESSIAH- Part of the costume team for Mahogany Arts and designer Clary Salandy creating over 200 costumes for large-scale theatre production.

  • CUSAN THEATRE- Costume Design for Arnolds World’

  • 2.9 CREATIVE - Costume Design for dance/theatre production ‘The Dancival’


BUSINESSES:

  • MANGO CREATIVE ARTS 1999- 2010 - delivering carnival, arts, dance and design workshops to schools and community groups in north of UK.

  • KM HEADWEAR 2013- CURRENT - specialising in ethical, locally produced headwear based in Yorkshire, UK. See link for further info KM HEADWEAR


TRAINING:

  • New College, Pontefract - Art and Woven Textiles A Levels

  • Newcastle Art College- Art & Design Foundation

  • Central St Martins Art School, London - =BA Theatre Design

  • Leeds Art College - HNC Fashion and Millineryempadoo.com +351910419667


Awards include:

  • BEST SELLING GAME 2001- SONY PLAYSTATION (COSTUME DESIGNER)

  • INNOVATIVE MILLINERY AWARD 2010 - HAT DESIGN

  • TROUPE OF THE YEAR- 2001, 2003, 2007, 2018, 2019 - LEEDS WEST INDIAN CARNIVAL - COSTUME DESIGN

  • FINALIST NORTHERN POWER WOMEN AWARDS- ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2019 -KEMPADOO MILLAR HEADWEAR

  • FINALIST - NORTHERN POWERHOUSE AWARDS - MICRO EXPORTER OF THE YEAR 2019- KEMPADOO MILLAR HEADWEAR

  • FINALIST - EXPORT AWARDS - ECOMMERCE RETAILER OF THE YEAR 2019- KEMPADOO MILLAR HEADWEAR

  • BLACK BOY JOY GONE SHORTLISTED FOR 5 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS INCLUDING PRAGUE, CANNES AND TRINIDAD

over the past 20 years RHIAN haS DESIGNED FOR THE GAMES INDUSTRY, CARNIVAL, THEATRE, FILM AND DANCE both within the uk and internationally.