Born in Poland, has lived in Austria since the age of 7.
She first studied Slavic studies and theatre studies, followed by stage and costume design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Prof. Erich Wonder.
As a set and costume designer, she has worked since 1998 with directors such as Wojtek Klemm, David Hermann, Jürgen Flimm, Johannes v. Matuschka, John Fulljames, Tina Lanik, Sabine Auf der Heyde, Saar Magal and Jorinde Dröse, among others, for the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, the Deutsches Theater Berlin, Bühnen Bern, the Theater Neumarkt Zürich, and the Luzerner
theatres, the playhouses in Bochum, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover and Cologne, for the Akademietheater Vienna as well as the music theatres in Dortmund, Heidelberg, Augsburg, the Vienna State Opera and Berlin.
Since 2013 Magdalena Gut has been creating stage designs for productions in Poland, including at the Słowacki Theatre in Kraków.
Alongside her theatre work, she was a lecturer in the scenography class at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna for several years and led workshops at the University of Art and Design in Linz.