Simona Rybáková Ph.d, is a Czech costume designer, and independent researcher born in Prague 1963.
She studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, while also trained at the University of Applied Arts in Helsinki, Finland and at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, USA.
She was the Czech representative in OISTAT Executive Committee (1997-2007), and is currently the Czech delegate in the OISTAT Performance Design Committee and Head of the Costume Design Group. She is also a member of the European Film Academy and Czech Film and Television Academy as well.
She won the PQ99 Golden Triga as a commissioner (with Šimon Caban) of the Czech national exhibition and did outstanding work for theatre reflecting the award for costume design in World stage design Cardiff 2013.
In 2011 she was the curator of the Extreme Costumes exhibition at PQ11.
Two years ago she defended dissertation focusing on alternatives and new ways in contemporary costume designing .
Thanks to the wide scope of her education and the experiences from her own dance and theatre group Ballet Unit Cramp, she had a potential to work in many different fields of costume and fashion design, where she combined a wide range of influences. Today she creates costumes for theatre, television, film, dance, concerts, site specific projects and special events.