Jackie Shemesh designs lighting for dance, theatre and visual art. He has collaborated with Ben Duke and Lost Dog for more then a decade, designing most of their works.

He has worked with many dance organisations such as the Batsheva Ensemble, Rambert, Ballet Boys, Scottish Dance Theatre, Dorky Park (Berlin), National Welsh Dance, Candoco Dance and Protein Dance. Other choreographers include Stephanie Schober, Jamila Johnson-Small, Eva Recacha, Nigel Charnock, Hetain Patel, Arthur Pita, Alexander Whitley and more.

Theatre credits: ‘Ramayana’ for the Lyric Hammersmith, The Hound of the Baskervilles for Peepolykus and Neal Street Productions, Vanya and Mary Stuart (Rob Icke) for Almeida Theatre. As You Like It, The Return of Ulysses and What We Did For Weinstein for Tim Supple. The PenalColony, Man, Oh My Sweet Land for Young Vic. Islands and The Beloved for the Bush Theatre.

Other collaborations include Recital for Cathy and From Canyons to Stars for the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. JRMiP Hebbel Theatre and What If Women Ruled The Word MIF initiated by artist Yael Bartana (Berlin). TUTBU, Delete Beach for Phil Collins (Berlin). Cheap Kolektiv Berlin Communist Bigamist, The Magic Flute (NYC) and Camp Anti Camp!