Tobhiyah Stone Feller.
BDA Design NIDA.

Multidisciplinary designer and educator dedicated to live performance, interior, and installation projects.

Tobhiyah graduated from NIDA in 2005 where she has worked as a Lecturer in Bachelor Fine Arts, Design for Performance and Common subjects for the past five years (2018-2023). A skilled educator in the tertiary and youth arts sector, Tobhiyah facilitates set and costume design workshops for companies and schools. Known for her capacity to find abstract and evocative solutions to design briefs, she brings a commitment to sustainable practice to projects. Examples include the use of non-petrochemically derived paints, flooring products, and fabrics. She prioritises the life-cycle of her designs, considering re-use of existing items and non-landfill solutions to disposal. You can read about her approaches to sustainability on the ATYP production The Resistance here.

Flowstate, a multi-arts outdoor performance venue for which Tobhiyah was a lead designer, was awarded ‘The Great Place Award’ - QLD Planning Institute of Australia 2019, and an Honourable Mention from the Australian Institute of Architects 2020. Tobhiyah is proud to have worked with Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) as fit-out design consultant for their new home at Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay, Sydney for which the ‘Chillzone’ interior was Shortlisted in the Public Space and the Colour categories, 2022 IDEA (Interior Design Excellence Awards).                                                                                          

Recent projects include set design for The Face of Jizo (Omusubi Productions/Red Line), design for Plenty of Fish in The Sea (Clockfire Theatre Co.), creative development of a new opera with The House that Dan Built, and design consultancy on Here Now Trilogy for dance artist Ryuichi Fujimara.

Set and Costume Design credits include; for ATYP: Bustown, The Laramie Project, The Resistance; for Bell Shakespeare Education: Macbeth; for Blacktown Arts Centre: My Name is SUD; for Clockfire Theatre Co: Night Parade of One Hundred Goblins, Plenty of Fish in the Sea; for Ensemble: Blue/Orange, Clybourne Park, e-baby, Good People, Killing Katie: Confessions of a Book Club, Sorting Out Rachel, My Zinc Bed/Blood Bank; for Griffin: Replay, Splinter, Wicked Sisters; for Merrigong Theatre Co.: Camarilla; for Musica Viva: Da Vinci's Apprentice; for Performing Lines: Goddess, Variant; for Riverside Theatres: Parramatta Girls; for Siren Theatre Co.: Human Resources; for Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Daisy Bates at Ooldea, Orphée Aux Enfers; and for Tamarama Rock Surfers: Anna Robi and the House of Dogs.

An active member of the Australian Production Design Guild (APDG), Tobhiyah volunteers as the Live Performance Coordinator for the MENTORAPDG program.