Sydney Dufka

Sydney Dufka Forchielli is a visual storyteller and costume designer.  She is interested in exploring the motivation of characters through the details in the clothing.  Her work is rooted in research, and finding the silhouettes and shapes through sketching.  Sydney believes art is a universal form of communication that is vital to humanity.  

Sydney is also an accomplished craftsman and seamstress, spending much of her spare time behind the sewing machine building her fashion designs. As well as occasional costume builds for fellow designers.

Sydney is currently a Costume Design candidate in the Stage Design Program at Northwestern University.

Sydney is Colorado born and Oregon raised. She has spent time in New York City, San Francisco, Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania and is based in Chicago.

Sydney holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Costume Design from The Theatre School at DePaul University where she studied under Nan Cibula-Jenkins.

To contact email: Sydney.Dufka@gmail.com