Chris roberts antieau biography examples
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Antieau Gallery: Not Your Grandmother’s Quilts
Chris Roberts-Antieau, Snowglobes, (left) Dad on a Hill, (right) The Murder of Sherry Green, photos artighet Antieau Gallery
Like many young women, Chris Roberts-Antieau first learned to sew in seventh-grade home economics class. “I’ve always been drawn to fabric,” said the artist, who recently opened a pop-up gallery on North Summer Street in Edgartown. Ms. Roberts-Antieau first tried to channel her creative impulses into fabric by making clothing. “That was horrible,” she admits. “I burnt out on that pretty quickly.” One day, a friend recommended that she try framing some of her fabric-appliqué designs. The artist acquiesced, and a style was born.
Ms. Roberts-Antieau’s work toes the line between old-timey American folk art and bright, contemporary mixed media. “It’s basically an old quilting technique,” she said of her appliqué work. “It’s cut fabric sewn onto a fabric background. I sometimes do up to four or five layers.”
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Chris Roberts-Antieau calls me from a cemetery, somewhere in her home state of Michigan. A storm knocked out her power and cell reception the previous evening, but she is still jovial. She laughs. She has funnen a way to communicate with me, even though it meant traveling through a rather dismal place.
Ms. Roberts-Antieau is the owner, and artist, at Edgartown’s newest pop-up, The Antieau Gallery on North Water Street. Her work includes mixed media sculptures, and colorful, folk art inspired fabric work. Rest assured, these are not your grandmother’s quilts.
Like many young women, Ms. Roberts-Antieau first learned to sew in seventh grade home economics class. “I’ve always been drawn to fabric,” said the artist, who first tried channeling her creative impulses into clothing design. “That was horrible,” she admits. “I burnt out on that pretty quickly.” One day, a friend recommended that she try framing some of her fabric-applique designs, and – voila! – a style was born.
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Celebrities rave about artist who got start at Ann Arbor Art Fair
ANN ARBOR, MI - Working from her two studios in Manchester, Michigan, and New Orleans, Chris Roberts-Antieau is an artist who predominantly creates thread paintings with intricate stitching using a sewing machine.
She's gained attention and applause from many celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, Katy Perry, Ben Folds and most recently, Mindy Kailing.
Kailing raved about the "incredibly talented" artist's work in a post on Instagram after purchasing Roberts-Antieau's piece "Acension," listed for $38,000. The artist's other work ranges in price from $450 to $120,000.
Before receiving national and celebrity acclaim, though, her first experience selling her work was at the Ann Arbor Art Fair.
Roberts-Antieau recently answered some questions via email with MLive and The Ann Arbor News. The art fair is July 20-23 this year.
MLive: Can you tell m