While pursuing a degree in the fine arts in Southern California Mr. Antaky turned his interests to the performing arts and in 1983 moved to San Francisco to study visual and theatrical design at San Francisco State University.

Since 1985 Mr. Antaky has created and collaborated on both scenic and lighting designs for all of the performing arts including Theater, Opera, Dance and Music.
His work has been seen though out the United States and in many countries around the world.

Mr. Antaky’s recent opera designs include productions of “Wozzeck” for Ensemble Parallel, “Faust” with Festival Opera, “Cosi Fan Tutte” for Opera San Jose,
“La Cenerentola” for the Utah Opera and “La Boheme” for Opera Pacific.

His recent designs for dance includes works for Liss Fain Dance Company, ODC Dance Company, Oklahoma City Ballet, Robert Moses Kin, Dance, Flyaway Productions, Caminos Flamencos, the National Ballet of Peru, Smuin Ballet and SJ Dance CO.

His stage designs have also recently been seen at The Z Space theater’s production of “A Round-Heeled Woman”, the Sundance Film Festival Awards Show, Utah Symphony’s Production of Bernstein’s “MASS”, the Left Coast Leaning Festival of performances, the San Francisco international Music Festival and “show Boat” for the Oakland Symphony.

Mr. Antaky is a Six-time nominee and three-time recipient of the Isadora Duncan award for outstanding visual design.