D Y E I N G T E C H N I Q U E
O C E L O T
ANGELINA DEANTONIS
ARTIST BIO
Angelina DeAntonis is a California Bay Area based artist and designer. She is the owner and creator of Ocelot, a textile arts based clothing and interiors company. Her work has been featured in Selvedge Magazine, the SF Chronicle, Ornament and Fiber Arts. Her work has been exhibited internationally, notably in the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, the Palacio de Bellas Arts in Santiago Chile, the American Textile History Museum in Lowell Massuchuttes, and Gallery Renga-kan, Yokohama, Japan.
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, group exhibit, "Metamorphosis, Clothing & Identity"
Angelina DeAntonis
Resume’/ CV
Biography
1968 Born in Seattle, Washington
1986-90 University of Oregon, BA in Fine Arts, photography emphasis
1993-94 CCAC 1993-1994, studies in sculpture, performing arts, and textiles
1993-2003 Independent studies in natural dyes with Michelle Wipplinger, Jim Liles, and through travel in Mexico, India, Thailand, Chile and Bolivia
Exhibitions: group and solo
2023 "Hagi Shibori Art Tapestry Exhibition", Hagi, Japan
2023 "Arimatsu Shibori Festival Exhibition", Arimatsu, Japan
2020 "Mu Korabo", travelling exhibit of scrolls with catalog curated by Liza Dalby
2019 “Silk Road”, wall pieces, Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley
2018 “Curated Color”, wall pieces and clothing, Shibumi Gallery, Berkeley
2014 "Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity", San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
2012 “Wearable Art: Draped, Shaped Flow & Shadow”, 8th ISS Hong Kong, Hong Kong Design Institute
2012 “POP 20” Art and Design Show, Atelier Artist, Stanlee Gatti exhibit, San Francisco
2010-11 “To Dye For; A World Saturated in Color”, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco
2010 Ocelot Solo Exhibit, Silk Weaving Studio, Vancouver B.C., Canada
2010 The Moon Gallery, exhibit of 4 designers utilizing natural dyes
2009 “Couture Threads of Democracy”, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
2005 “Shibori Now”, Gallery Renga-kan, Yokohama, Japan
2004 “Personal Dress Project”, Phobos and Deimos Boutique, San Francisco
2003 “Generations/Transformations; American Fiber Art”, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
2001 “Shibori: Tradition and Innovation – East to West,” Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco
1999 Palacio de Bellas Artes, 3rd International Shibori Symposium, Santiago, Chile
Fashion Shows
2019 “Runway in the Redwoods”, U.C. Botanical Gardens Fashion Show in the Redwood Grove
2011 “Green Gala”, U.C. Botanical Gardens Fashion Show in the Redwood Grove
2010 Ocelot Fashion Show, hosted by Maiwa at Sandbar Restaurant, Vancouver B.C., Canada
2009 “Green Gala”, U.C. Botanical Gardens Fashion Show in the Redwood Grove
2008 Fashion Show Fundraiser for Barack Obama, San Francisco
2007 Ocelot Fashion Show, Maiwa East, Vancouver B.C., Canada
2006 Fall 2006 Fashion Show, Ocelot Studio, San Francisco
2006 “Artwear in Motion, Runway Show”, Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004 International Shibori Symposium Fashion Show, Harrogate, England
2003 “Instinct, Intuition, Interpretation; the Process of Fashion”, Guest Designer for the University of Iowa Student Fashion Show, Ames, Iowa
2002 Cicada Boutique Fashion Show, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
2001 Museum of Craft and Folk Art with Cicada Boutique Fashion Show, Fort Mason, San Francisco
2001 Shibori Symposium Fashion Show, Fort Mason, San Francisco
1999 International Shibori Symposium Fashion Show, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
Publications
2014 Selvedge (Issue 57), “View”, review of Metamorphosis, Clothing & Identity
2011 S.F Chronicle, Style Section, feature, “Coming Full Circle; Clothes,
Scarves to Covet”, by Beth Hughes, July 17
2009 Stitch, Q&A Interview, by Stefani Berganini, Fall Issue
2007 Contemporary Shibori in the West, (book, in Japanese)
2006 The Boston Globe Magazine, “Noteworthy Style”, by Tina Sutton, Nov. 5
2005 Selvedge, “A Rare Breed”, by Jessica Hemmings, no.07
2005 Ornament, feature article, “Angelina DeAntonis; An Ocelot with Itajime Spots”, by Nina Cooper, Vol. 29 #2
2005 Style; A Magazine of the Herald Tribune, editorial, August Issue
2004 Artist, magazine, (in Mandarin), No. 344
2003 “Generations, Transformations: American Fiber Art”, catalog, American Textile History Museum 2003 The Times Magazine Magazine, “Beautiful Minds; Academia’s New Look”, by Lucy Alexander, London, March
2003 Fiberarts, cover & feature article, “Angelina DeAntonis’ Luminous Wearables", by Victoria Alba, Vol. 29 No.5
2002 Memory on Cloth; Shibori Now, Yoshiko Wada, book, pub. Kodhansa International
Film/ Music
2004 “6 Feet Under”, 3rd Season, cocktail scene
2003 Joan Baez World Tour 2003, created wardrobe for her tour
Workshops/ Teaching
2018 “Itajime and Natural Dyes on Silk Scarves”, Ocelot Studio
2017 “Monoprint Resist with Plant dyes using Itajime Resist Technique”, U.C. Botanical Gardens
2013 “Itajime with Natural Dyes,” Shakerag Workshops, Sewannee, Tennessee
2010 “Itajime with Natural Dyes," Maiwa , Vancouver, Canada
2004 “Clamped Dyeing with Natural Dyes," Temari Art Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Costume Work 1996-1999
Joe Goode
Purple Moon
Anne Bluethenthal
Laura Ellis
Wayne Hazzard and Mercy Sidbury
Colleen Mulvihill and J.A. Deane
Fellow Travelers
Erica Blue
Town School for Boys
Children’s Fairyland
“Moving in Costume; a Circus of Intrigue”; self directed & produced & created all costumes, with a grant funded by City of Oakland Cultural Arts