Sylvia Ruhm is an Austrian scenographer and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the relationship between space, visual expression and emotion. With a background in scenography and an international professional career, she creates visual environments that bring together atmosphere, imagery, and storytelling.

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She studied Scenography at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático in Córdoba, Spain, where she received the Extraordinary Graduation Award. Her professional experience includes working with renowned institutions such as Bregenzer Festspiele, Landestheater Linz and Theater an der Wien, alongside projects in Austria, Spain, Germany, Sweden and Italy. Alongside her scenographic practice, she works across drawing, painting and sculpture.

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During her residency at SPACE DEPARTMENT Nara, Sylvia is developing Komorebi Spaces: Nature Expressing Feelings, a research project exploring the emotions experienced and observed in Nara. Through light, painting and spatial expression, she aims to translate these feelings into environments that communicate beyond words. Inspired by komorebi — the Japanese expression for sunlight filtering through trees — the project seeks to create spaces that resonate with people across different languages and cultures, establishing a transcultural dialogue through visual and spatial experience.

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