Hina Nishioka
Pronouns: She / her
Japanese Canadian Lighting Designer, Programmer, Operator

Photographer: Derek Pedersson
Hina is a lighting designer based in lower mainland (BC), but she is willing to work anywhere in the world where the art takes her to.
As a lighting designer, her goal on each project is to support telling the story of the production with the magic of lights. Her work has seen at theatres in Canada, such as Bard on the Beach, Belfry Theatre, The Cultch, Gateway Theatre, The Grand Theatre, etc.
She has assisted lighting designers at companies includes Vancouver Opera, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Theatre Festival, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, the Arts Club Theatre, Ne.Sans Opera, and Kokoro Dance.
She has assisted lighting designers at companies includes Vancouver Opera, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Theatre Festival, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, the Arts Club Theatre, Ne.Sans Opera, and Kokoro Dance.
As a lighting board programmer, she is able to program and operate on ETC Eos family consoles as well as MA Lighting GrandMA2 and 3. Highlights of her past works include: lighting board operator for films and TV series (click here for details), Vancouver Folk Music Festival and music and live events (see resume for more).
She received a BFA Theatre from the University of Victoria (2020) where she discovered and practiced lighting design, as well as electrician and assistant technical director.
Award
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2022 Vancouver International Dance Festival Larisa Fayad Memorial Award
2024 Recipient of Siminovitch Theatre Foundation’s Emerging Artist Grant
Traditional Territory Acknowledgement:
I would like to share my acknowledgement that I live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lkwungen) peoples, also known as Esquimalt, Songhees and W̱SÁNEĆ (Wsanec) communities, as well as the Coast Salish peoples, also known as Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
I, as a landed immigrant, am thankful that I am welcomed to live and work on this beautiful land called Canada.
Reference:
Indigenous Respective Society - Territorial Acknowledgement
Native Governance Center - A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgement
Songhees Nation - Lək̓ʷəŋən Traditional Territoty
YMCA Metro Vancouver - Why Do We Do Land Acknowledgement
Indigenous Respective Society - Territorial Acknowledgement
Native Governance Center - A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgement
Songhees Nation - Lək̓ʷəŋən Traditional Territoty
YMCA Metro Vancouver - Why Do We Do Land Acknowledgement
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