LDI 2016

Ken Tabachnick has a long diverse career in and around the arts. Beginning his career as a lighting designer 35 years ago, his career spanned the arts scene and the world (Robert Wilson, Martha Graham, Paris Opera, Bolshoi and Kirov Operas and Ballets, etc.). In academia, he served as a dean at arts schools (Purchase College, SUNY, and deputy dean at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts). He spent six years as general manager of New York City Ballet, overseeing the company’s strategic planning and the renovation of its city-owned building. An intellectual property attorney, he represented artists and artistic institutions in a broad range of issues. He has run internet businesses and served as general counsel for an internet publishing company. He is an active trustee of organizations such as Westbeth Artists Housing Corporation, the Stephen Petronio Company, and the Hemsley Lighting Programs. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and has a third degree black belt in TaeKwon Do.