Serge von Arx, architect and professor of scenography, is the artistic director of the scenography department of the Norwegian Theatre Academy (of the Østfold University College).
In 1997, Serge von Arx received his degree in architecture at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). In 1998, he began his long-term collaboration with Robert Wilson on various stage, exhibition, and installation design projects all over the world, and since 2003 he has been a regular mentor and architectural consultant at the “Watermill Center" on Long Island, New York. In 2001, he opened a design studio in Berlin, and since 2006 he has been a resident in Oslo. Serge von Arx lectures and implements workshops at various international universities and other institutions and works internationally as a scenographer, designer, and architect, focusing on “performative architecture", the encounter of architecture and theatre. His research includes various international publications and curatorial engagements. He is a commissioner of the Performing Space exhibition at PQ 2015.