Soham Apte (he/him) is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer creating work on unceded Gadigal land.

After moving to Sydney from Dubai, Soham studied at a specialist visual arts and design school where his love for art history and design practices grew exponentially. That love kept growing during his time at NIDA studying Design for Performance (BFA, 2022).

He is passionate about designing for films, music videos, and theatre. Through his personal work, Soham is currently developing a visual language and aesthetic called Indo-futurism, inspired by Indian culture, religion, history, and philosophy.

In recent work, Soham designed the set and costumes for Mr. Bailey’s Minder at Ensemble Theatre (dir: Damien Ryan), which opened in July 2023. In addition to theatre, Soham has also been production and costume designing for music videos and short films such as Kafana, (dir. Marko Cvijanovic), which was selected for Oz Film Festival 2021.

Soham has been working professionally designing for theatre and film since 2022, and is excited for whats to come.

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Pickled (Play), Set design, 25A Belvoir, PYT Fairfield, dir: Hayden Tonazzi and May Yousif

The Arrogance (Play), Set and Costume design, KXT, Winky and Co. Productions, dir: Lucinda Gleeson

Cut Chilli (Play), Set design, Old Fitz Theatre, New Ghosts Theatre Company, dir: David Burrowes

Sunday in the Park with George (Musical), Set and Costume design, Sydney Grammar School, dir: Douglas Wilson

Frame Narrative (Play), Set design, Old Fitz Theatre, New Ghosts Theatre Company, dir: Lucy Clements

Back to Birdy (Play), Set, Costume, and Video design, The Imperial Hotel, Fruit Box Theatre, dir: Sean Landis

The Village (Play), Set and Costume design, Q Theatre, dir: Bali Padda

Human Activity (Play), Set and Costume design, KXT on Broadway and Riverside Parramatta, dir: Suzanne Millar

Saturday Girls (Play), Set design, 25A Belvoir, Sourcherry Productions and Tail of Tales Productions, dir: LJ Wilson

Mr. Bailey’s Minder (Play), Set and Costume design, Ensemble Theatre, dir: Damien Ryan

Art (Play), Set and Costume design, Sydney Grammar School, dir: Douglas Wilson

Consent (Play), Set and Costume design, Seymour Centre, Outhouse Theatre Co., dir: Craig Baldwin

Porpoise Pool (Play), Set design, 25A Belvoir, Bite Productions, dir: Eve Beck

Cherry Smoke (Play), Set design, KXT on Broadway, CrissCross Productions, dir: Charlie Vaux

Much Ado About Nothing (Play), Set and Costume design, Sydney Grammar School, dir: Douglas Wilson

Sunderella (Musical), Set design, ARA Theatre, Trikone Australia, dir: Bali Padda

Big Screen, Small Queen (Play), Set design, Kings Cross Theatre, Fruitbox Theatre Productions and Sydney World Pride, dir: Etcetera Etcetera

French Letters & Leather Cleaner (Play), Set and Costume design, Kings Cross Theatre, Fruitbox Theatre Productions and Sydney World Pride, dir: Sean Landis

One Hour No Oil (Play), Set design, Kwento Productions, Kings Cross Theatre, dir: Kenneth Moraleda

Sisterhood (Short Film), Production design, Nikola Sreckovic Productions, dir: Nikola Sreckovic

Blood Wedding (Play), Set and Costume design, Reg Grundy Theatre, NIDA Production, dir: Dino Dimitriadis

How To Defend Yourself (Play), Set design, Redline - Olf Fitz Theatre, Outhouse Theatre Co., dir: Claudia Barrie

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Musical), Set and Costume design, Sydney Grammar School, dir: Douglas Wilson

Tell Me Before The Sun Explodes (Play), Set and Costume design, Kings Cross Theatre, Rock Bottom Productions, dir: Hayden Tonazzi

Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Play), Set and Costume design, Seymour Centre, Outhouse Theatre Co., dir: Craig Baldwin

The Space Between (Virtual Reality Experience), Co-production design and Concept art, New Canvas & NIDA Production, dir: Leticia Carceres

You And Me, By The Sea (Short Film), Costume design, dir: Crystal Whiteley

The End of Winter (Play), Set and Costume design,  Griffin Theatre, Siren Theatre Co., dir: Kate Gaul

IDK (Music Video), Production and Costume design, Triple J Unearthed & NIDA, dir: Alexei Ymer-Welsby

Blur (Music Video), Production design, dir: Oliver Walton

Space Cadet (Short Film), Concept art & Production design assistant, AFTRS Production, dir: Jordan Brand

Pearly Gates (Short Film), Costume design, Miss The Mark Productions, dir: Meg Clarke

Metamorphosis (Play), Set design, Reg Grundy Theatre, NIDA Production, dir: Ben Schostakowski

Under The Concrete, The Beach (Short Film), Costume design, UTS Production, dir: Vanilla Tupu

We Have Me - SFF Selection (Short Film), Set dresser, Screen NSW, dir: Jacob Melamed

Dark Horse (Short Film), Production design, AFTRS Production, dir: Jono LeGrice

Kafana - OZ Film Fest Selection (Short Film), Costume design and Poster design, AFTRS Production, dir: Marko Cvijanovic

Lonesome Ship (Proof of Concept), Concept art and Production design assistant, AFTRS Production, dir: Jordan Brand

Groundhogs Night – SFF Selection (Short Film), Graphic design, Screen NSW, des: Keerthi Subramanyam

Order Sixty6’s Bruce Banner(Music Video), Co-production design, Triple J Unearthed & NIDA, dir: Ruby Rees

Blue Velvet’s Its All Gravy (Music Video), Graphic design, Triple J Unearthed & NIDA, des: Keerthi Subramanyam & Steph Dunlop

Koori Art Expressions: Songlines Exhibition, Logo & Poster design, Australian National Maritime Museum